| El manantial (original) | El manantial (translation) |
|---|---|
| Ay amor, que te vas | Oh love, you're leaving |
| Como un ave fugaz | like a fleeting bird |
| Y el plumaje lo deja | And the plumage leaves it |
| Donde se ha ido | Where did he go |
| Ay amor, que te vas | Oh love, you're leaving |
| Esperando encontrar | Hoping to find |
| Lo que nunca has hallado ni hallarás | What you have never found nor will you find |
| Érase un camino muerto | Once upon a dead road |
| Por los años y el dolor | For the years and the pain |
| De ser camino y no poder caminar | Of being a road and not being able to walk |
| Lo ataban al cruel destino | They tied him to cruel fate |
| De esperar y esperar | Of waiting and waiting |
| Y llegó un manantial | And a spring came |
| Cauce joven de amar | young bed of love |
| Y se puso a regar lo que murió | And she began to water what died |
| Ni el amor ni el dolor | Neither love nor pain |
| De agua fresca de amar | fresh water to love |
| Pudieron impedir lo que pasó | They were able to prevent what happened |
| Érase un camino muerto | Once upon a dead road |
| Por los años y el dolor | For the years and the pain |
| De ser camino y no poder caminar | Of being a road and not being able to walk |
| Lo ataban al cruel destino | They tied him to cruel fate |
| De esperar, y esperar | To wait, and wait |
| Y llegó un manantial | And a spring came |
| Cauce joven de amar | young bed of love |
| Y se puso a regar lo que murió | And he began to water what died |
| Ni el amor ni el dolor | Neither love nor pain |
| De agua fresca de amar | fresh water to love |
| Pudieron impedir lo que pasó | They were able to prevent what happened |
| El manantial se secó | the spring dried up |
| El camino se murió | the road died |
