| Inocencio rosales se parece
| Innocent Rosales looks like
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| A una talla hecha a golpe de machete
| To a carving made with the blow of a machete
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| Suele estarse mirando la distancia
| You are usually looking into the distance
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| Sin moverse, callado, sin moverse
| Without moving, silent, without moving
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| Hoy le he visto cruzar hacia la plaza
| Today I saw him cross towards the square
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| Con un trozo de pan y una botella
| With a piece of bread and a bottle
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| Le miré caminar pesadamente
| I watched him trudge
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| Arrastrando las piernas
| dragging legs
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| Sé que el sol le hace arrugas en la cara
| I know the sun makes wrinkles on your face
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| Que le estalla en la frente
| That explodes in the forehead
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| Que no puede con él esta mañana
| That you can't with him this morning
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| Tan cansado se siente
| So tired he feels
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| Inocencio rosales suele alzarse
| Inocencio Rosales usually rises
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| De su propia tristeza
| of his own sadness
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| Con un vaso de vino colorado
| With a glass of red wine
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| Cuando llega la siesta
| when the nap comes
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| No golpea las puertas ni siquiera
| Doesn't even knock on doors
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| Cuando el hambre le quema
| When hunger burns you
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| Con sus tallas oscuras, recostado
| With the dark carvings of him, lying
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| Contra el muro se queda
| Against the wall he stays
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| Él no vino del fondo de la isla
| He did not come from the bottom of the island
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| A pedirles limosna
| to ask for alms
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| Él les trae sus toscas criaturas
| He brings them his rough creatures
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| Y apenitas les cobra
| And he barely charges them
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| Tiene un raro fulgor en la mirada
| He has a weird gleam in his eyes
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| Cuando piensa sufrido
| When he thinks suffered
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| Ya verán un buen día estos señores
| You will see a good day these gentlemen
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| Lo que pueden los indios
| what the indians can
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| Él no es de quedarse allí tirado
| He is not to stay lying there
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| Como un saco vacío
| like an empty sack
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| Él es hombre de andar poniendo el hombro
| He is a man to walk putting the shoulder
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| Es de hacer los caminos
| He is to make the roads
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| Con un vaso de vino esta mañana
| With a glass of wine this morning
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| Se ha quedado en la plaza
| He has stayed in the square
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| Frente a él sus criaturas de madera
| In front of him his wooden creatures
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| Se le antoja que bailan
| He feels like dancing
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| Inocencio rosales sin apuro
| Inocencio rosales without hurry
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| Bajo el sol se emborracha
| Under the sun he gets drunk
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| Cuando vuelva a la isla por la noche
| When he comes back to the island at night
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| Dormirá con la juana
| He will sleep with the juana
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| Cantará en guaraní cuando amanezca
| He will sing in Guarani when he wakes up
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| Volará en cada astilla
| He will fly on every splinter
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| Que le arranque al madero con los dientes
| Let him rip out the tree with his teeth
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| Bajo el sol de la isla | Under the island sun |