| Ojos de sol, piel de madera | Eyes kindled by the sun, skin with the grain of ancient wood, |
| Con un corazón | With a heart— |
| Temblando por ella | Quivering like leaves for her alone, |
| Palabras sinceras | Words stripped of pretense, |
| Y su alma viaja si | And his soul journeys forth, if— |
| Cantando como, como un pájarillo | Singing, yes, singing as a fledgling bird |
| Currucurruqui cantando a su destino | Currucurruqui, his song spun toward fate’s horizon, |
| Y me despierta cada mañana | And she rouses me at dawn’s first breath, |
| Con su canción de amor | Her love-song threading through the morning hush, |
| No hay… | There is none— |
| No hay nadie como tu | There is none as you upon the earth, |
| Es mas… | Nay, even more— |
| Eres culpable por dándome tentación | You stand accused, for you conjure my longing, |
| En tus ojos me desvelo | Within your gaze I forfeit sleep, |
| Y tus labios me buscan en la oscuridad | Your lips seek me, wandering through shadow, |
| Como oraciones de la noche | Like prayers adrift in the midnight hush, |
| Le pido a dios que me de felicidad | I entreat the divine: grant me joy, |
| Eres como el viento | You are the wind, unbound— |
| El viento que me lleva | The wind that bears me hence, |
| Volando por ahí | Soaring in circuits unknown, |
| Volando por donde quiera | Soaring wherever chance may carry, |
| Como fantasma, fantasma | Like a revenant, a ghost unclaimed, |
| Como fantasma, fantasma que | Like a ghost, a ghost who— |
| A veces se aparece | At times steps out from the dim between worlds, |
| No hay… | There is none— |
| No hay nadie como tu | There is none as you beneath the sky, |
| Es mas… | Nay, even more— |
| Eres culpable por dándome tentación | You stand accused, for you conjure my longing, |
| En tus ojos me desvelo | Within your gaze I forfeit sleep, |
| Y tus labios me buscan en la oscuridad | Your lips seek me, wandering through shadow, |
| Como oraciones de la noche | Like prayers adrift in the midnight hush, |
| Le pido a dios que me de felicidad | I entreat the divine: grant me joy, |
| Y mucha paz | And peace, peace in full measure, |
| Para mi madre y mi padre | For my mother and my father, |
| Hermanos yo | Brothers, I— |
| Si he estado muy bien y mal | Whether I have walked in grace or erred, |
| Ten piedad (ten piedad) | Have mercy (have mercy), |
| Ten piedad (ten piedad) | Have mercy (have mercy), |
| Ten piedad (ten piedad) | Have mercy (have mercy), |
| De hecho somos de la misma san… | For truly, we spring from the selfsame source— |
| No hay, no hay | There is none, there is none, |
| No hay, no hay | There is none, there is none, |
| No hay, no hay nadie como tu | There is none, there is none as you beneath the sky, |
| No hay- | There is none— |