| Garzas viajeras novias leves del ayer
| Mild Brides Traveling Herons of Yesterday
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| Con rumbo norte salpicando el cielo van
| Heading north dotting the sky they go
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| Y aquí mi río espejo muestra su vuelo
| And here my mirror river shows its flight
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| Como si fuera un pañuelo
| As if it were a handkerchief
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| Que enero lavando está
| that January is washing
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| Y aquí mi río espejo muestra su vuelo
| And here my mirror river shows its flight
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| Como si fuera un pañuelo
| As if it were a handkerchief
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| Que enero lavando está
| that January is washing
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| Hay un barquito que se hamaca sin cesar
| There is a little boat that hammocks endlessly
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| Varias muchachas navegando por placer
| Several girls sailing for pleasure
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| Y allá a lo lejos canoa de pescadores
| And there in the distance canoe of fishermen
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| Son signo de sinsabores
| They are a sign of trouble
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| Qué distinto atardecer
| what a different sunset
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| Y allá a lo lejos canoa de pescadores
| And there in the distance canoe of fishermen
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| Son signo de sinsabores
| They are a sign of trouble
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| Qué distinto atardecer
| what a different sunset
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| Mire paisano yo anido entre pajonales
| Look countryman I nest between grasslands
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| Pase si gusta compartir necesidades
| Come in if you like to share needs
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| Vida de pobre de esperanza se sostiene
| Life of poor of hope is sustained
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| Doblando el lomo pa' que otro doble los bienes
| Doubling the loin so that another doubles the goods
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| Bandera al viento el lienzo rubio del trigal
| Flag to the wind the blond canvas of the wheat field
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| Se mece suave en ondas de oro
| It sways gently in waves of gold
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| Y al volver
| and when you return
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| Buchonas grises las torcazas en el río
| Gray pouters the pigeons in the river
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| Antes de buscar los nidos
| Before looking for the nests
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| Van de su cauce a beber
| They go from their bed to drink
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| Buchonas grises las torcazas en el río
| Gray pouters the pigeons in the river
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| Antes de buscar sus nidos
| Before looking for their nests
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| Van a su cauce a beber
| They go to their riverbed to drink
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| Hay una fiesta allá en la loma del palmar
| There is a party there on the hill of Palmar
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| Está cumpliendo años el hijo del patrón
| The boss's son is celebrating his birthday
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| Y en un bendito apretao entre las totoras
| And in a blessed squeeze between the reeds
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| Aquí abajo llora y llora, el gurí del hachador
| Down here cries and cries, the hatchet's guri
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| Y en un bendito apretao entre las totoras
| And in a blessed squeeze between the reeds
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| Aquí abajo llora y llora
| Down here cries and cries
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| El gurí del hachador
| The axer's guri
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| Mire paisano… | look countryman... |