| Como paloma que vaga errante
| Like a dove that wanders
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| Sin rumbo fijo ni direccion
| Without a fixed course or direction
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| Navego y cruzo los rios y mares
| I navigate and cross the rivers and seas
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| Sin paz ni abrigo, ni proteccion
| Without peace or shelter, or protection
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| De sur a norte como un bohemio
| From south to north like a bohemian
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| Cruze la patria donde naci
| I crossed the country where I was born
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| Buscando abrigo, dicha y consuelo
| Looking for shelter, happiness and consolation
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| Y en vano es todo pobre de mi
| And it's all in vain poor me
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| Perdi a mis padres cuando era una niña
| I lost my parents when I was a child
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| Y en este mundo sola quede
| And in this world I'm alone
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| Desde ese instante vago sin rumbo
| From that moment I wander aimlessly
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| Y hasta la tumba descansare
| And until the grave I will rest
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| No tengo padres, hijos, ni hermanos
| I have no parents, children, or siblings
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| Y ni el cariño de un buen querer
| And not even the affection of a good love
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| Soy en el mundo tan desdichada
| I am in the world so unhappy
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| Que lloro a solas mi padecer
| That I cry alone my suffering
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| Tuve mis hijos y me dejaron
| I had my children and they left me
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| Tuve a mis padres y los perdi
| I had my parents and I lost them
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| Tuve quereres y me engañaron
| I had love and they cheated on me
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| No hay quien se duela pobre de mi
| There is no one who grieves poor me
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| Elevo al cielo mis oraciones
| I raise my prayers to heaven
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| Para que calme ya mi sufrir
| To calm my suffering
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| Hay dios eterno no me abandones
| There is an eternal god, do not abandon me
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| Dame la dicha y el porvenir | Give me happiness and the future |