Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Pequeño marinero by José Luis Perales from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Hoy siento no poder cantarte una canción de amor
Today I'm sorry I can't sing you a love song
Hoy tengo, amigo mío, roto el corazón
Today I have, my friend, my heart breaks
Roto el corazón
Broken heart
Hoy he visto un velero sin marinero que a la deriva
Today I saw a sailboat without a sailor that drifts
Jugaba con las olas y se reía
He played with the waves and laughed
Y en una playa una mujer de luto
And on a beach a woman in mourning
Lloraba por la vida que no dio fruto
I wept for the life that did not bear fruit
Que no dio fruto
That did not bear fruit
Y preguntaba cuando miraba alto
And he asked when he looked high.
'¿Por qué si soy tan pobre me robas tanto?
'Why if I'm so poor do you steal so much from me?
Me robas tanto'
You steal so much from me'
Tenía el viento como amigo y la mirada azul
He had the wind as a friend and the blue gaze
Un sol de vacaciones y su juventud
A holiday sun and its youth
Y su juventud
And his youth
Tenía unos amigos y un pueblo viejo que andaba en fiesta
I had some friends and an old town that was partying.
Y un barco de bidones entre la hierba
And a boat of jerry cans among the grass
Entre la hierba
Among the grass
Y tenía el alma de viejo marinero
And he had the soul of an old sailor.
Y se quedó en el agua con su velero
And he stayed in the water with his sailboat.
Con su velero
With your sailboat
Y en una playa una mujer de luto
And on a beach a woman in mourning
Lloraba por la vida que no dio fruto
I wept for the life that did not bear fruit
Que no dio fruto
That did not bear fruit
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