| A oriente fui y vi lucir
| I went to the east and saw shine
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| la luna como pabellón
| the moon as a pavilion
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| quise al soñar versificar
| when I dreamed I wanted to versify
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| cantando al mundo la razón
| singing to the world the reason
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| Mas cuando vi Jerusalen
| But when I saw Jerusalem
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| cual amapola en la aridez
| which poppy in the aridity
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| un requiem pude escuchar
| a requiem I could hear
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| al asomarme a la ciudad
| when I look into the city
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| Por mas que tu, rezando vas
| As much as you, praying you go
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| capilla humilde por la paz
| humble chapel for peace
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| yo pude ver que dice alli:
| I could see that she says there:
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| peligro, la frontera es.
| danger, the border is.
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| Y va a la fuente por el camino
| And goes to the fountain by the way
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| quiere el cantaro llenar
| the pitcher wants to fill
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| detente, Maria Magdalena
| stop, mary magdalene
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| porque ellos no respetarán
| because they will not respect
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| Inshallah, inshallah
| Inshallah, inshallah
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| Dios lo quire, inshallah
| God wants it, inshallah
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| El olivo su sombra perdió
| The olive tree the shadow of him lost
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| y la esposa ya no vendra
| and the wife will no longer come
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| pues bajo escombros se durmió,
| because she fell asleep under rubble,
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| y presa en tierra extraña está
| and imprisoned in a strange land she is
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| Revolotea sobre una flor
| Hover over a flower
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| en la alambrada un ruiseñor
| on the wire fence a nightingale
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| Fuera de si, la gente está
| Beside themselves, people are
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| y a todos quieren repudiar
| and everyone wants to repudiate
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| Pero yo vi Jerusalen
| But I saw Jerusalem
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| cual amapola en laaridez
| which poppy in the aridity
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| Y siempre oigo un réquiem
| And I always hear a requiem
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| cuando al hablarle me asomo
| when when I speak to him I peek
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| Un requiem por los seis millones
| A requiem for the six million
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| que no teniendo su panteón
| that not having his pantheon
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| plantaron árboles, seis millones
| planted trees, six million
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| al arenal sin corazón
| to the heartless sandbank
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| Inshallah, inshallah
| Inshallah, inshallah
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| Dios lo quire, inshallah | God wants it, inshallah |