| Dijo una voz popular:
| Said a popular voice:
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| ¿Quién me presta una escalera
| Who lends me a ladder
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| Para subir al madero
| to climb the tree
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| Para quitarle los clavos
| To remove the nails
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| A Jesús el Nazareno?
| To Jesus the Nazarene?
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| Oh, la saeta, el cantar
| Oh, the saeta, the singing
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| Al Cristo de los gitanos
| To the Christ of the gypsies
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| Siempre con sangre en las manos
| Always with blood on your hands
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| Siempre por desenclavar
| Always to unlock
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| Cantar del pueblo andaluz
| Song of the Andalusian people
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| Que todas las primaveras
| that every spring
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| Anda pidiendo escaleras
| You are asking for stairs
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| Para subir a la cruz
| to climb the cross
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| Cantar de la tierra mía
| Sing of my land
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| Que echa flores
| who throws flowers
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| Al Jesús de la agonía
| To the Jesus of the agony
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| Y es la fe de mis mayores
| And it is the faith of my elders
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| ¡Oh, no eres tú mi cantar
| Oh, aren't you my song
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| No puedo cantar, ni quiero
| I can't sing, nor do I want to
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| A este Jesús del madero
| To this Jesus of the tree
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| Sino al que anduvo en la mar!
| But the one who walked in the sea!
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| ¡Oh, no eres tú mi cantar
| Oh, aren't you my song
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| No puedo cantar, ni quiero
| I can't sing, nor do I want to
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| A este Jesús del madero
| To this Jesus of the tree
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| Sino al que anduvo en la mar!
| But the one who walked in the sea!
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| ¡Oh, no eres tú mi cantar
| Oh, aren't you my song
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| No puedo cantar, ni quiero
| I can't sing, nor do I want to
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| A este Jesús del madero
| To this Jesus of the tree
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| Sino al que anduvo en la mar!
| But the one who walked in the sea!
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| ¡Oh, no eres tú mi cantar! | Oh, aren't you my song! |