Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Titiritero by Joan Manuel Serrat from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
De aldea en aldea el viento lo lleva
From village to village the wind carries it
Siguiendo el sendero
Following the trail
Su patria es el mundo
Their homeland is the world
Como un vagabundo va el titiritero
Like a vagabond goes the puppeteer
Viene de muy lejos
It comes from far away
Cruzando los viejos
Crossing the old ones
Caminos de piedra
Stone paths
Es de aquella raza
He is of that breed
Que de plaza en
That of square in
Nos canta su pena
He sings his sorrow to us
¡Titiritero, allez hop
Puppeteer, allez hop
De feria en feria, siempre risueño
From fair to fair, always smiling
Canta sus sueños y sus miserias
Sing their dreams and their miseries
Vacía su alforja
Empty your saddlebag
De sueños que forja
Of dreams that forge
En su andar tan largo
In his long walk
Nos baja una estrella
We get a star
Que borra la huella
That erases the footprint
De un recuerdo amargo
From a bitter memory
Canta su romanza
Sing your romance
Al son de una danza
To the sound of a dance
Híbrida y extraña
Hybrid and strange
Para que el aldeano
For the villager
Le llene la mano
Fill your hand
Con lo poco que haya
With what little there is
¡Titiritero, allez hop
Puppeteer, allez hop
De feria en feria, siempre risueño
From fair to fair, always smiling
Canta sus sueños y sus miserias
Sing their dreams and their miseries
Y al caer la noche
And at nightfall
En el viejo coche
In the old car
Guardará los chismes
Will save the gossip
Y tal como vino
And just as it came
Sigue su camino
Follow your path
Solitario y triste
Lonely and sad
Y quizá mañana
And maybe tomorrow
Por esa ventana
Out that window
Que muestra el sendero
What the trail shows
Nos llegue su queja
We receive your complaint
Mientras que se aleja
While walking away
El titiritero
The Puppeteer
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