| Nació pegado a la tierra
| He was born glued to the ground
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| Como el verdín a la piedra
| Like verdigris on stone
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| Bebió en los pechos del trigo
| He drank at the breasts of wheat
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| Jugó a sembrar desde niño
| He played seeding since he was a child
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| Y fueron sus compañeros
| And they were his companions
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| La trilla, el pan y el silencio
| The threshing, the bread and the silence
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| Y la cosecha del año
| And the harvest of the year
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| Para los pobres del pueblo
| For the poor of the town
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| El chacarero, el chacarero
| The farmer, the farmer
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| El chacarero, el chacarero
| The farmer, the farmer
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| Pensaba que había nacido
| He thought that he was born
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| Para cuidar a su tierra
| To take care of your land
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| Como se cuidan los hijos
| how children are cared for
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| Sin esperar recompensa
| without expecting reward
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| Decía pocas palabras
| He said few words
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| ¿Para qué? | So that? |
| si el campo no habla
| if the field does not speak
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| Tan sólo engloraba lluvia
| It only encompassed rain
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| Cuando la lluvia hacía falta
| When the rain was needed
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| El chacarero, el chacarero
| The farmer, the farmer
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| ¡El chacarero, el chacarero!
| The farmer, the farmer!
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| Su rostro el sol fue quemando
| His face from him the sun was burning
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| Su cuerpo seco inclinando
| His body from him dry from him leaning
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| Como se inclinan los sauces
| As the willows bow
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| De tanto llorar al aire
| From so much crying in the air
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| Y tanto le dio a la tierra
| And so much he gave to the earth
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| Que el día en que se moría
| That the day he died
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| La tierra abrazó su cuerpo
| The earth embraced her body
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| Para sembrarlo con ella
| To sow it with her
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| El chacarero, el chacarero
| The farmer, the farmer
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| El chacarero, el chacarero… | The farmer, the farmer... |