| Cuando el sol se inclinaba
| when the sun went down
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| Lo encontré
| I found it
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| En un rancho sombrío
| In a gloomy ranch
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| De Lonquén
| From Lonquen
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| En un rancho de pobres
| On a poor ranch
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| Lo encontré
| I found it
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| Cuando el sol se inclinaba
| when the sun went down
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| En Lonquén
| in Lonquen
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| Sus manos siendo tan viejas
| His hands being so old
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| Eran fuertes pa' trenzar
| They were strong to braid
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| Eran rudas y eran tiernas
| They were rough and they were tender
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| Con el cuero 'el animal
| With the leather 'the animal
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| El lazo como serpiente
| The loop as a snake
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| Se enroscaba en el nogal
| He curled up in the walnut tree
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| Y en cada lazo la huella
| And in each bond the footprint
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| De su vida y de su pan
| Of his life of him and of his bread
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| Cuánto tiempo hay en sus manos
| How much time is on your hands
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| Y en su apagado mirar
| And in his dull look
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| Y nadie ha dicho: está bueno
| And no one has said: he is hot
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| Ya no debes trabajar
| you no longer have to work
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| Las sombras vienen laceando
| The shadows come languishing
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| La ultima luz del día
| the last light of day
|
| El viejo trenza unos versos
| The old man braids some verses
|
| Pa' maniatar la alegría
| Pa' handcuff the joy
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| Sus lazos han recorrido
| His ties have traveled
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| Sur y norte, cerro y mar
| South and north, hill and sea
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| Pero el viejo la distancia
| But the old the distance
|
| Nunca la supo explicar
| He never knew how to explain it
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| Su vida deja en los lazos
| His life leaves him in ties
|
| Aferrados al nogal
| clinging to the walnut
|
| Después llegará la muerte
| Then death will come
|
| Y también lo laceará
| And he will lace it too
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| Qué importa si el lazo es firme
| What does it matter if the bond is firm
|
| Y dura la eternidad
| and lasts eternity
|
| Laceando por algún campo
| lacing through some field
|
| El viejo descansará
| the old will rest
|
| Cuando el sol se inclinaba
| when the sun went down
|
| Lo encontré
| I found it
|
| En un rancho sombrío
| In a gloomy ranch
|
| De Lonquén
| From Lonquen
|
| En un rancho de pobres
| On a poor ranch
|
| Lo encontré
| I found it
|
| Cuando el sol se inclinaba
| when the sun went down
|
| En Lonquén | in Lonquen |