| Para cantar he nacido
| I was born to sing
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| Soy copla que el viento lleva
| I am a couplet that the wind carries
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| A veces canto en el árbol
| Sometimes I sing in the tree
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| Que se deshoja de pena
| That is stripped of sorrow
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| A veces bebo del fuego
| Sometimes I drink from the fire
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| Palabras de primavera
| words of spring
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| Mi sangre canta por dentro
| my blood sings inside
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| Como la lluvia por fuera
| Like the rain outside
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| La noche canta y convierte
| The night sings and turns
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| Sus pájaros en estrellas
| His birds in stars
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| Pero cuando canta el pueblo
| But when the people sing
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| Musicaliza mis venas
| Musicalize my veins
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| Yo nunca miro a la rosa
| I never look at the rose
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| Por su color de quimera
| Because of its chimera color
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| La miro porque ella tiene
| I look at her because she has
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| A sangre de los que sueñan
| To the blood of those who dream
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| Porque en sus gajos florecens
| Because in her segments of her bloom
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| Las manos del que la siembra
| The hands of the one who sows it
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| Si el canto no se levanta
| If the song does not rise
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| Como la hoguera del fuego
| Like the bonfire of fire
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| Si no libera las penas
| If she doesn't release the sorrows
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| De los que estan en la tierra
| Of those who are on earth
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| De nada sirve que suene
| It is useless to sound
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| La voz de la chacarera
| The voice of the farmer
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| Asi como canta el río
| just as the river sings
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| Cuando la noche lo ciega
| When the night blinds him
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| Y sin mirar su caminp
| And without looking at his path
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| Sigue su rumbo de piedra
| Follow your stone path
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| Yo le canto a los que vienen
| I sing to those who come
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| Caminando por la tierra
| walking the earth
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| Mi copla es azul y estrellas
| My copla is blue and stars
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| Y una guitarra encendida
| And a guitar on
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| En su corazón de pueblo
| In your heart of town
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| La vida sufre y agita
| Life suffers and shakes
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| Con el perfil de sus bombos
| With the profile of his bass drums
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| Las esperanzas marchitas
| the faded hopes
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| Po eso canto a las cosas
| That's why I sing to things
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| Que me va dando la vida
| that life is giving me
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| A los changuitos de barro
| To the little mud monkeys
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| Hondeando lunas perdidas
| Slinging lost moons
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| Al tallo con sus espinas
| To the stem with its thorns
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| Y al hombre con sus heridas | And the man with his wounds |