| No era el hombre más honesto
| He wasn't the most honest man
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| Pero él…
| But…
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| Era un hombre valiente y fiel
| He was a brave and faithful man
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| Tampoco la piedad se cobijaba en él
| Neither was mercy sheltered in him
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| Malvivía, alquilando por tres maravedís
| He lived poorly, renting for three maravedís
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| Su espada y vizcaína en
| His sword from him and vizcaína in
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| Ajustes de poco lustre y de peor fin
| Low-gloss and worst-end settings
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| Eran tiempos duros y había que buscarse el pan
| Those were hard times and bread had to be found
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| Reinaban la picaresca, la espada y el «voto a tal»
| The picaresque, the sword and the "vote to such" reigned
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| Brilla el acero en su mano
| The steel shines in his hand
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| Perla su cara el sudor
| Pearl his face from him the sweat
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| Donde el mar no tiene dueño irá…
| Where the sea has no owner it will go…
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| Irá a buscar
| will go looking
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| A su espalda, una sombra y a pie
| At his back from him, a shadow and walk
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| Le seguía sin perder ningún detalle
| He followed him without losing any detail
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| Parecía aprender
| he seemed to learn
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| Su mirada reflejaba calma y paz
| His gaze reflected calm and peace
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| Su voz grave y familiar
| His voice deep and familiar
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| Relataba leyendas de la antigüedad
| He recounted legends of old
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| Algo misterioso le envolvía, no dormía jamás
| Something mysterious enveloped him, he never slept
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| Cuentan que se alimentaba del relato popular
| They say that he fed on the popular story
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| Brilla la Cruz de Santiago
| The Cross of Santiago shines
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| En su pecho, por el Sol
| In his chest of him, by the Sun
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| Su rostro jamás descubrió
| His face never discovered
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| Su nombre ocultó
| His name from him hid
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| En el tejado del tiempo
| on the roof of time
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| En el desván de los sueños
| In the attic of dreams
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| Se ahoga una voz:
| A voice drowns:
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| «No creas en todo lo que veas
| "Don't believe everything you see
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| Sólo haz caso a tu intuición
| Just listen to your intuition
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| Y si albergas la duda
| And if you harbor the doubt
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| Nunca hallarás consuelo en tu interior
| You'll never find comfort inside
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| Lanza bien los dados
| roll the dice well
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| Porque el juego del camino ha comenzado
| 'Cause the road game has begun
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| Agudiza tu ingenio
| sharpen your wits
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| Sírvete de mancias
| Help yourself to mancias
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| Sírvete del tarot
| Use the tarot
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| Lee en el alma del bosque
| Read in the soul of the forest
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| Y adivina dónde la muerte se escondió" | And guess where death hid" |