| Era el canario un primor
| The canary was a cousin
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| Y era su dueño un pequeño
| And it was his owner of him a small
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| Que velaba con empeño
| who watched with determination
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| Los cuidados del cantor
| The cares of the singer
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| Era un hermoso ejemplar
| He was a beautiful specimen
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| De color anaranjado
| orange in color
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| Era un preso resignado
| He was a resigned prisoner
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| A la mision de cantar
| On the mission of singing
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| Era muy lindo escuchar
| He was very nice to hear
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| De su garganta sonora
| Of his sonorous throat
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| La nota grave que llora
| The low note that cries
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| En un constante rolar
| In a constant rolling
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| Daba a entender su trinar
| He implied his trill
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| Que alguna angustia sufría
| that some anguish suffered
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| Porque falto de alegria
| Because I lack joy
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| Era su canto un penar
| It was his song of him a sorrow
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| Un cierto dia su dueño
| One day its owner
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| Al candoroso pequeño
| To the innocent little
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| Que se solia extasiar
| That he used to be ecstatic
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| Al observar los fulgores
| Looking at the lights
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| De tan divinos colores
| Of such divine colors
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| Y tan bonito cantar
| and so beautiful to sing
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| Llegó hasta el cielo su queja
| He reached the sky his complaint
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| Porque vencido a la reja
| Because defeated the fence
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| De la pequeña prisión
| of the little prison
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| En nostalgica agonía
| In nostalgic agony
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| Su fiel canario, moría
| His faithful canary of him, he died
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| Sin comprender la razón
| Without understanding the reason
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| Presa de un ondo quebranto
| Dam of a deep rift
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| Sumió sus ojos en llanto
| He plunged his eyes into tears
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| Y con infante emociòn
| And with infant emotion
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| Quitò de la jaula al preso
| He took the prisoner out of the cage
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| Posò con su boca un beso
| He posed a kiss with his mouth
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| Sobre el rosado plumaje
| About the rosy plumage
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| Y en su mano temblorosa
| And in her trembling hand
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| Quedó dormida una rosa, que tenía corazón
| She fell asleep a rose, that she had a heart
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| La cajita de madera,(bis)
| The wooden box,(bis)
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| La misma que contuviera
| The same one that contained
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| Lapicitos de color
| colored pencils
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| Fue la morada postrera
| It was the final abode
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| De aquel que en su vida fuera (bis)
| Of the one who was his in his life (bis)
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| Su mas preciado valor
| Your most precious value
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| Y en el jardìn de su casa,(bis)
| And in the garden of his house, (bis)
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| A distancia muy escasa de un legendario nogal
| A very short distance from a legendary walnut tree
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| Lloró, la pobre criatura (bis)
| Cried, the poor creature (bis)
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| Al cabar la sepultura de su canario cantor | At the end of the grave of his singing canary |