Cuando dejé mi tierra Lyrics in English José Luis Perales

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cuando dejé mi tierra by José Luis Perales from Spanish to English.
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Quiero meter el aire en una maleta
I want to put the air in a suitcase
Y llevarme el aroma de las violetas
And take away the scent of violets
Y del clavel
and the carnation
Y del clavel
and the carnation
Cuando deje mi tierra pa' no volver
When I leave my land to never return
Quiero llevar mañanas y brisas frescas
I want to bring mornings and fresh breezes
Cantos de ruiseñores en mi maleta
Songs of nightingales in my suitcase
Mi amanecer
my sunrise
Mi amanecer
my sunrise
Cuando deje mi tierra pa' no volver
When I leave my land to never return
Quiero llevar
I want to take
Las horas que pasé
the hours i spent
Perdido entre las calles y la escuela
Lost between the streets and the school
Infancia gris, que vuelve a ser
Gray childhood, which is again
Recuerdo del ayer
memory of yesterday
Dormido entre el salón y la escalera
Asleep between the living room and the stairs
Quiero llevar
I want to take
Verano y labrador
summer and labrador
Para dejar la tierra en primavera
To leave the earth in spring
Y el trigo verde bajo el sol
And the green wheat under the sun
La flor de mi jardín
The flower of my garden
Y el viento que se duerme en mi balcón
And the wind that falls asleep on my balcony
Quiero llevar el blanco de mis paredes
I want to take the white of my walls
Y el agua de las nubes y de las fuentes
And the water from the clouds and from the fountains
Para beber
To drink
Para beber
To drink
Cuando deje mi tierra pa' no volver
When I leave my land to never return
Quiero llevar el vuelo de mis palomas
I want to take the flight of my doves
Y a la perdiz que canta de loma en loma
And to the partridge that sings from hill to hill
Mi atardecer
my sunset
Mi atardecer
my sunset
Cuando deje mi tierra pa' no volver
When I leave my land to never return
Quiero llevar
I want to take
Guardados junto a mí
saved with me
Mis sueños, mi guitarra y mis quimeras
My dreams, my guitar and my chimeras
Mis penas y mi soledad,
My sorrows and my loneliness
Mi nido de gorrión
my sparrow nest
Mis tardes a la sombra de la higuera
My afternoons in the shade of the fig tree
Mi despertar, mi madre, mi canción
My awakening, my mother, my song
Mi huerto junto al pueblo y mi vereda
My garden next to the town and my sidewalk
La casa que me vió nacer
The house that saw me born
Y el beso de mi adiós
And kiss me goodbye
Y el viento que se duerme en mi balcón
And the wind that falls asleep on my balcony
Quiero meter el aire en una maleta
I want to put the air in a suitcase
Y llevarme el aroma de las violetas
And take away the scent of violets
Y del clavel
and the carnation
Y del clavel
and the carnation
Cuando deje mi tierra pa' no volver
When I leave my land to never return
Cuando deje mi tierra pa' no volver
When I leave my land to never return
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