| Voy por la vida, triste y desolado
| I go through life, sad and desolate
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| Lleno de angustia y dolor mortal
| Filled with anguish and deadly pain
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| Al recordar, de mis pobres padres
| Remembering, of my poor parents
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| De mis hermanos y mi dulce hogar
| Of my brothers and my sweet home
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| Mi pobre madre, que me dio existencia
| My poor mother, who gave me existence
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| Mi pobre padre, que me dio este ser
| My poor father, who gave me this being
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| Donde estarán, llorando por mi ausencia
| Where will they be, crying for my absence
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| Sin esperanza, de volverme a ver
| Without hope, to see me again
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| Mi pobre madre, muy desconsolada
| My poor mother, very heartbroken
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| Llorando triste, sin poderme ver
| Crying sad, without being able to see myself
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| No sufras madre, busca tu consuelo
| Do not suffer mother, seek your consolation
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| Es mi destino sufrir y padecer
| It is my destiny to suffer and suffer
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| Si acaso muero, por mi triste vida
| If I die, for my sad life
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| Padre y hermanos, con todo mi ser
| Father and brothers, with all my being
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| Velen el cuerpo, de un hijo querido
| Watch over the body of a beloved son
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| Que por su ignorancia, no supo comprender
| That due to his ignorance of him, he did not know how to understand
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| Adiós oh madre, con dolor profundo
| Goodbye oh mother, with deep pain
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| Tal vez sera, por ultima ocasión
| Maybe it will be for the last time
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| Solo te pido, me des en este mundo
| I only ask you, give me in this world
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| Tu maternal y santa bendición | Your motherly and holy blessing |