| Los chicos no juegan, la casa está triste
| The boys don't play, the house is sad
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| La gente camina en puntas de pie
| People walk on tiptoes
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| El alma de ella en todo subsiste
| Her soul in everything subsists
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| El alma tan buena de la que se fue
| The soul so good that she left
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| Sollozos furtivos, suspiros y quejas
| Furtive sobs, sighs and complaints
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| Se oyen muy suaves cual leve rumor
| They are heard very soft like a slight rumor
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| De los que han quedado. | Of those who have remained. |
| Se postran las viejas
| the old women prostrate
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| Y elevan plegarias a Nuestro Señor
| And raise prayers to Our Lord
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| Un hombre murmura: «¡Qué mala es la vida!
| A man murmurs: "How bad is life!
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| ¡Llevarla tan joven, indigna pensar!
| Carry her so young, unworthy to think!
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| ¡Tan buena y tan bella, por todos querida
| So good and so beautiful, by all dear
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| Dejar en tristezas sumido a su hogar!»
| Leave your home in sadness!»
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| La gente la extraña -¡si era tan buena!-
| People miss her -if she was so good!-
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| Con todos charlaba, con todos se dio
| He chatted with everyone, with everyone he gave
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| Por eso en su muerte se ve tan serena
| That's why in her death she looks so serene
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| ¿Será que su almita al cielo voló?
| Could it be that her little soul flew from her to heaven?
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| Despunta la aurora y mecen las brisas
| The dawn breaks and the breezes sway
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| Las plantas, las flores, que tanto cuidó
| The plants, the flowers, that she took care of so much
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| Y añoran sus riegos, sus dulces sonrisas
| And they long for their risks, their sweet smiles
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| Y tiernos cuidados que en vida les dio
| And tender care that in life he gave them
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| Se asoma un nenito, rosado, sonriente;
| A little boy appears, pink, smiling;
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| Pregunta a su padre: «¿Mamá dónde está?»
| He asks his father about him: "Mom where is he?"
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| Y al ver el cadáver, le dice doliente:
| And upon seeing the corpse, he mournfully tells her:
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| «¡Papito, yo quiero dormir con mamá!» | "Daddy, I want to sleep with mommy!" |