| Y en mi fragua ya no hay ruido
| And in my forge there is no noise
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| Y el yunque está arrinconado,
| And the anvil is cornered,
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| Los martillos se han perdido
| The hammers have been lost
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| Cuando mi padre ha faltado.
| When my father has been absent.
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| Y sentadito estaba yo, y en mi petate
| And I was sitting down, and in my petate
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| Con la cabeza echada para atrás yo me acordaba
| With my head thrown back I remembered
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| De mi madre, mis hermanicos ¿cómo estarán?
| From my mother, my little brothers, how will they be?
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| No quiero más memoriales, ni papeles de la audiencia
| I don't want any more memorials, or papers from the audience
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| Porque a mí me habían dicho, prima, los fiscales
| Because they had told me, cousin, the prosecutors
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| Que tengo mi casita en Valencia y si no es verdad
| That I have my little house in Valencia and if it is not true
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| Y esto que yo digo si no es verdad
| And what I say is not true
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| Que Dios me mande un castiguito, prima,
| May God send me a little punishment, cousin,
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| Muy grande, si me lo quiere mandar. | Very big, if he wants to send it to me. |