| Mi Padre (original) | Mi Padre (translation) |
|---|---|
| Mi padre soñaba todo el día | My father dreamed all day |
| con vender nuestra casa y marcharnos lejos | with selling our house and going away |
| pobre soñador, queria hacerse rico y se hizo viejo | poor dreamer, he wanted to get rich and got old |
| decía que el nos llevaría | he said that he would take us |
| a conocer el faro de Alejandría | to know the lighthouse of Alexandria |
| pobre aventurero, en vez de ser marino el fue minero. | poor adventurer, instead of being a sailor he was a miner. |
| y mi madre le repetía | and my mother repeated |
| al ver el tren del tiempo pasar | seeing the train of time go by |
| Confórmate que ya es tarde y deja de soñar. | Be satisfied that it is already late and stop dreaming. |
| Iríamos todos a París | We would all go to Paris |
| donde el sería duque y yo bailarina. | where he would be a duke and I would be a dancer. |
| Quién lo iba a decir, | Who was going to say it, |
| en vez de ir al palacio fue a la mina. | instead of going to the palace he went to the mine. |
| y mi madre le repetía | and my mother repeated |
| al ver el tren del tiempo pasar | seeing the train of time go by |
| Confórmate que ya es tarde y deja de soñar. | Be satisfied that it is already late and stop dreaming. |
