| Riu, riu, chiu
| Riu, riu, chiu
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| La guarda ribera
| The riverside guard
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| Dios guarde el lobo
| god save the wolf
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| De nuestra cordera.
| Of our lamb.
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| El lobo rabioso la quiso morder,
| The rabid wolf wanted to bite her,
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| Mas Dios poderoso la supo defender;
| But mighty God knew how to defend her;
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| Quisole hazer que no pudiesse pecar,
| He wanted to make her not be able to sin,
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| Ni aun original esta Virgen no tuviera.
| Not even original this Virgin did not have.
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| Riu, riu, chiu, etc.
| Riu, riu, chiu, etc.
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| Este qu’es nascido es el gran monarca,
| This who is born is the great monarch,
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| Cristo patriarca de carne vestido;
| Christ the patriarch dressed in flesh;
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| Hanos redimido con se hazer chiquito,
| You have redeemed us with being small,
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| Aunqu’era infinito, finito se hizera.
| Although he was infinite, he would become finite.
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| Riu, riu, chiu, etc.
| Riu, riu, chiu, etc.
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| Muchas profecias lo han profetizado,
| Many prophecies have prophesied it,
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| Y aun en nuestros dias lo hemos alcancado.
| And even in our days we have achieved it.
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| A Dios humanado vemos en el suelo
| We see a humanized God on the ground
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| Y al hombre nel cielo porqu’er le quisiera.
| And the man in heaven because I wanted him.
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| Riu, riu, chiu, etc.
| Riu, riu, chiu, etc.
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| Yo vi mil Garzones que andavan cantando,
| I saw a thousand Garzones that were singing,
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| Por aqui bolando, haciendo mil sones,
| Around here swinging, making a thousand sounds,
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| Diziendo a gascones Gloria sea en el cielo,
| Saying to Gascons Glory be in heaven,
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| Y paz en el suelo qu’es Jesus nascieta.
| And peace on the ground that is Jesus born.
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| Riu, riu, chiu, etc.
| Riu, riu, chiu, etc.
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| Este viene a dar a los muertos vida
| This one comes to give the dead life
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| Y viene a reparar de todos la caida;
| And he comes to repair everyone's fall;
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| Es la luz del dia aqueste mocuelo;
| It is the light of day, this little boy;
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| Este es el cordero que San Juan dixera.
| This is the lamb that Saint John said.
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| Riu, riu, chiu, etc.
| Riu, riu, chiu, etc.
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| Pues que ya tenemos lo que desseamos,
| Well, we already have what we want,
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| Todos juntos vamos presentes llevemos;
| All together we go present let's take;
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| Todos le daremos nuestra voluntad,
| We will all give him our will,
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| Pues a se igualar con el hombre viniera.
| Well, to be equal with the man he came.
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