| Ha nacido en el país prohibido
| He was born in the forbidden country
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| Perdido en la falda de una montaña
| Lost on the side of a mountain
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| Dicen que es la reencarnación de un Dios
| They say he is the reincarnation of a God
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| En el misterio del gran monasterio
| In the mystery of the great monastery
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| Los lamas preparan el viaje
| The lamas prepare the trip
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| Van a buscar al futuro gran señor
| They are going to look for the future great lord
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| Siguiendo los designios de un oráculo especial
| Following the designs of a special oracle
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| Barrieron las montañas
| They swept the mountains
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| Y encontraron un chaval
| And they found a kid
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| Sabio en la memoria pudo recordar
| Wise in memory could remember
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| Cual fue su rosario y su campana
| What was his rosary of him and his bell
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| Y hasta el emisario
| And even the emissary
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| Ay Dalai Lama Dalai Lama Dalai
| Oh Dalai Lama Dalai Lama Dalai
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| Ay Dalai Lama ay Dalai Dalai
| Oh Dalai Lama oh Dalai Dalai
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| Ay Dalai
| Oh Dalai
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| Pronto el cielo, como un avispero
| Soon the sky, like a hornet's nest
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| De amarillos que volaban hacia el suelo
| Of yellows that flew to the ground
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| Y el temor que precede a la invasión
| And the fear that precedes the invasion
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| Como hojas los estrellas rojas
| As leaves the red stars
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| Cayeron sobre el valle de Lhasa
| They fell on the Lhasa valley
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| A liberar al pueblo de su religión
| To liberate the people from their religion
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| En nombre del progreso y de la revolución
| In the name of progress and revolution
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| Quemaron tradiciones y pisaron el honor
| They burned traditions and stepped on honor
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| El rey de las montañas tuvo que escapar
| The king of the mountains had to escape
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| Vestido de mendigo
| beggar dress
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| Y con el alma envuelta en el ombligo
| And with the soul wrapped in the navel
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| Ay Dalai Lama Dalai Lama Dalai
| Oh Dalai Lama Dalai Lama Dalai
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| Ay Dalai Lama ay Dalai Dalai
| Oh Dalai Lama oh Dalai Dalai
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| Ay Dalai
| Oh Dalai
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| A falta de petróleo no hubo amigos en el mar
| In the absence of oil there were no friends in the sea
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| Dejando las naciones tu barquito naufragar
| Leaving the nations your little ship shipwreck
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| Novel en la guerra
| Novice in the war
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| Nobel de la paz
| Peace Nobel
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| Ay Dalai Lama Dalai Lama Dalai
| Oh Dalai Lama Dalai Lama Dalai
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| Ay Dalai Lama ay Dalai Dalai
| Oh Dalai Lama oh Dalai Dalai
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| Ay Dalai | Oh Dalai |