A mi padre Lyrics in English José Luis Perales
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song A mi padre by José Luis Perales from Spanish to English.
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Tiene el andar cansado y a sus espaldas
He has a tired walk and behind his back
Sesenta y tantos años de esperanza
Sixty odd years of hope
Tiene una casa
He has a house
Verdugo de sus manos y sus espaldas
Executioner of their hands and their backs
Cuando amanece el día, camina y canta
When the day dawns, he walks and sings
Buscando de la tierra en las entrañas
Searching for the earth in the bowels
El pan caliente
the hot bread
Milagro que realiza cada mañana
Miracle that performs every morning
Es aprendiz de todo, maestro en nada
He's a jack of all trades, master of none
Es poeta a su modo, le gusta el alba
He is a poet in his own way, he likes the dawn
Y entre sus manos, y entre sus manos
And between his hands, and between his hands
Florecen a escondidas algunas llagas
Some sores bloom in secret
Tiene cansado el cuerpo, cansada el alma
He has a tired body, tired soul
Tiene una interrogante sobre su cara
He has a question about his face
Tiene un camino, tiene un camino
He has a way, he has a way
Le gusta ser amigo de sus amigos
He likes to be friends with his friends
Quiso cambiar su vida, dejar la aldea
He wanted to change his life, leave the village
Mas no pasó de ser una quimera
But it did not go from being a chimera
Una quimera
a chimera
Que se quedó dormida entre la tierra
That she fell asleep in the dirt
Tiene cansado el cuerpo, cansada el alma
He has a tired body, tired soul
Luce sobre su pecho camisa blanca
On her chest, she wears a white shirt
Con su mirada, con su mirada
With her look, with her look
Me dice que la vida
She tells me that life
No vale nada
it's worth nothing
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