A Mi Padre
José Luis Perales
Lyrics
Translation
Tiene el andar cansado y a sus espaldas
He walks tired, with years behind him
Sesenta y tantos años de esperanza
Sixty-something years of hope
Tiene una casa
He has a house
Verdugo de sus manos y sus espaldas
Executioner of his hands and his back
Cuando amanece el día camina y canta
When the day dawns, he walks and sings
Buscando de la tierra en las entrañas
Searching the earth in its depths
El pan caliente
The hot bread
Milagro que realiza cada mañana
A miracle he performs every morning
Es aprendiz de todo, maestro en nada
He's an apprentice in everything, a master in nothing
Es poeta a su modo, le gusta el alba
He's a poet in his own way, he likes dawn
Y entre sus manos
And in his hands
Y entre sus manos
And in his hands
Florecen a escondidas algunas llagas
Some wounds bloom in secret
Tiene cansado el cuerpo, cansada el alma
His body is tired, his soul is tired
Tiene un interrogante sobre su cara
There's a question on his face
Tiene un camino
He has a path
Tiene un camino
He has a path
Le gusta ser amigo de sus amigos
He likes to be a friend to his friends
Quiso cambiar su vida, dejar la aldea
He wanted to change his life, leave the village
Más no pasó de ser una quimera
But it didn't go beyond being a chimera
Una quimera
A chimera
Que se quedó dormida entre la tierra
That fell asleep among the earth
Tiene cansado el cuerpo, cansada el alma
His body is tired, his soul is tired
Luce sobre su pecho camisa blanca
He wears a white shirt on his chest
Con su mirada
With his gaze
Con su mirada
With his gaze
Me dice que la vida
He tells me that life
No vale nada
Is worth nothing