| Dentro de un surco abierto vi germinar
| Inside an open furrow I saw germinate
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| Un lucero 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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| Ah, malhaya, la siembra se ech? | Ah, malhaya, the sowing was done? |
| a perder
| to lose
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| Y el agua del arroyo se ech? | And the water of the stream was thrown? |
| a correr
| to run
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| Al lucero le gusta la libertad
| Lucero likes freedom
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| Y al agua del arroyo la claridad
| And to the water of the stream the clarity
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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 te fue a cuidar
| And the water of the stream went to take care of you
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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 s? | But so yes? |
| lo canto para callar
| I sing it to shut up
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| Ah, malhaya la hora en que fui a cantar
| Ah, I wish the time I went to sing
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| Ah, malhaya la hora en que fui a gritar
| Ah, woe to the time when 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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| Ah, malhaya la hora en que fui a cantar
| Ah, I wish the time I went to sing
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| Ah, malhaya la hora en que fui a gritar
| Ah, woe to the time when I went to scream
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| Y as? | and so? |
| se fue el lucero a su libertad
| the star went to his freedom
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| Y as? | and so? |
| se fue el arroyo a su claridad
| the stream went to its clarity
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| No me lleg? | I didn't get it |
| la hora de clarinar. | the time to clarify. |