Eran Tres

They Were Three

Eran Tres

They were three, they were three, they were three...Eran tres, eran tres, eran tres...
they were three with doves in their hands...eran tres con palomas en las manos...
they were three and the three were brotherseran tres y los tres eran hermanos
of light, of love, and of knowledge.de la luz, del amor y del saber.

They were three and the three left...Eran tres y se fueron los tres...
The first one behind some verses,El primero detrás de algunos versos,
the second one to paint the universeel segundo a pintar el universo
and the third one in the middle of his childhood...y tercero en mitad de su niñez...

Pablo the sparrow, Pablo the poet and sailor,Pablo gorrión, Pablo poeta y marinero,
Pablo the harlequin, Pablo the painter, Pablo the bullfighter,Pablo arlequín, Pablo pintor, Pablo torero,
Pablo and "the song of the birds", Pablo the teacher,Pablo y ""el cant dels ocells"", Pablo maestro,
Pablos of everyone, Pablos of no one... our Pablos.Pablos de todos, Pablos de nadie... Pablos nuestros.

They were three, they were three, they were three...Eran tres, eran tres, eran tres...
Three paths, three footprints, three roads,Tres senderos, tres huellas, tres caminos,
three Quixotes defeating the windmillstres Quijotes venciendo a los molinos
with a cello, a poem, and a brush.con un cello, un poema y un pincel.

They were three and the three left...Eran tres y se fueron los tres....
we are left without Pablos in the worldnos quedamos sin Pablos en el mundo
and the beauty, without them, dying...y lo bello, sin ellos, moribundo...
what will become of us... what will become!¡qué va a ser de nosotros... qué va a ser!