| De niño no me gustaban los libros ni las sotanas
| As a child I did not like books or cassocks
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| Ni salir en procesión
| Nor go out in procession
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| Era tan desobediente como el viento de poniente
| He was as disobedient as the west wind
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| Revoltoso y juguetón
| rambunctious and playful
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| En vez de mirar pal cielo
| Instead of looking at the sky
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| Me puse a medir el suelo que me tocaba de andar
| I started to measure the floor that I had to walk on
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| Y nunca seguí al rebaño
| And I never followed the herd
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| Porque ni el pastor ni el amo eran gente de fiar
| Because neither the shepherd nor the master were trustworthy people
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| Como aquel que calla, otorga
| Like the one who is silent, grants
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| Y aunque la ignorancia es sorda
| And though ignorance is deaf
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| Pude levantar la voz
| I was able to raise my voice
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| Más fuerte que los ladríos' de los perros consentíos'
| Stronger than the barking' of the dogs pamper yourselves'
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| Y que la voz del pastor
| And that the voice of the shepherd
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| Empecé haciendo carreras
| I started racing
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| Por atajos y veredas muy estrechas para mí
| Through shortcuts and paths too narrow for me
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| Y decían mis vecinos
| And my neighbors said
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| Que llevaba mal camino apartado del redil
| Who led astray away from the fold
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| Siempre fui esa oveja negra
| I was always that black sheep
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| Que supo esquivar las piedras que le tiraban a dar
| That he knew how to dodge the stones that were thrown at him
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| Y entre más pasan los años
| And the more the years go by
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| Más me aparto del rebaño porque no sé adonde va | The more I separate myself from the herd because I don't know where it goes |