| Dentro de un surco abierto vi germinar
| Inside an open furrow I saw germinate
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| Una estrella de infinita soledad
| A star of infinite loneliness
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| Y con una canasta le vi regar
| And with a basket I saw him water
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| Con agua de un arroyo de oscuridad
| With water from a stream of darkness
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| Ay malaya la siembra se echóa perder
| Ay malaya the sowing was spoiled
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| Y el agua del arroyo se echóa correr
| And the water of the stream began to run
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| Al lucero le gusta la claridad
| Lucero likes clarity
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| Y al agua del arroyo la libertad
| And freedom to the water of the stream
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| No dio fruto el lucero, se fue a alumbrar
| The star did not bear fruit, it went to light
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| Y el agua del arroyo le fue a cuidar
| And the water of the stream went to take care of him
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| En una hora triste quise cantar
| In a sad hour I wanted to sing
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| Y dentro de mi canto quise gritar
| And within my song I wanted to shout
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| Y dentro de mi grito quise llorar
| And within my scream I wanted to cry
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| Pero tan sólo canto para callar
| But I only sing to shut up
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| Ay malaya la hora en que fui a cantar
| Ay Malaya the time I went to sing
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| Ay malaya la hora en que fui a gritar
| Ay Malaya the time I went to scream
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| Si gritando se llora para callar
| If yelling you cry to shut up
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| Y mi vaso sediento no llega al mar
| And my thirsty glass does not reach the sea
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| Ay malaya la hora en que fui a cantar
| Ay Malaya the time I went to sing
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| Ay malaya la hora en que fui a gritar
| Ay Malaya the time I went to scream
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| Y asíse fue el lucero a su claridad
| And so was the star to its clarity
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| Y asíse fue el arroyo a su libertad
| And so the stream went to its freedom
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| No le llególa hora de clarinar
| The time has not come to clarify
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| No le llególa hora de clarinar
| The time has not come to clarify
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| De clarinar | to clarify |