| Ante esta comunidad cristiana
| Before this Christian community
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| Que representa la iglesia de Dios, os pregunto:
| What does the church of God represent, I ask you:
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| Si alguien tiene un impedimento para que esta unión se realice
| If someone has an impediment for this union to take place
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| Que lo diga ahora o que calle para siempre
| Say it now or shut up forever
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| En la puerta de la iglesia llora un niño
| At the door of the church a child cries
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| En su interior una boda celebraban
| Inside, a wedding was being celebrated
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| En una choza una mujer se está muriendo
| In a shack a woman is dying
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| Ella es la madre de aquel niño que lloraba
| She is the mother of that child who cried
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| Había salido a buscar a su papá
| She had gone out to look for her dad
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| Salió muy triste al dejar su madre sola
| She left very sad to leave her mother alone
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| Pero al llegar a la puerta de la iglesia
| But when I reached the door of the church
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| Miró a su padre, era el novio de la boda
| She looked at her father from her, he was the groom at the wedding
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| Con pie descalzo fue corriendo hacia el altar
| With bare feet she ran to the altar
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| Mirando al cura le gritó con sentimiento:
| Looking at the priest he shouted with feeling:
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| «Oiga señor, esa boda hay que pararla
| «Hey sir, that wedding must be stopped
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| Él es mi padre y mi mamá se está muriendo»
| He is my father and my mother is dying»
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| El reverendo miró al novio y preguntó
| The reverend looked at the groom and asked
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| «Diga señor, ¿qué es lo que está sucediendo?»
| "Say sir, what is going on?"
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| «Le juro padre, ese niño no conozco
| «I swear father, I do not know that child
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| Y le aseguro que el muchacho está mintiendo»
| And I assure you that the boy is lying»
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| Pero en la iglesia se formó la confusión
| But in the church confusion formed
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| Sacan al niño y con más fuerza lloraba
| They take the child out and with more force he cried
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| Quedó en la puerta con un nudo en la garganta
| He was left at the door with a lump in his throat
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| Mientras que adentro la boda se celebraba
| While inside the wedding was celebrated
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| Y sin saber que su madre había muerto
| And without knowing that his mother had died
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| Miró a su padre y con su novia del brazo
| He looked at his father from him and with his girlfriend on his arm
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| «Dios te bendiga y te perdone, padre ingrato»
| “God bless you and forgive you, ungrateful father”
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| Siguió llorando con el alma hecha pedazos | He kept crying with his soul in pieces |