Coplas Populares
Yo no canto por cantor
Ni por tener buena voz
Canto para echar las penas
Que tengo en el corazón
Yo no canto pa' que me oigan
Ni porque mi voz sea buena
Canto para que no caiga
La culpa sobre la pena
Bien haiga este cajerito
Quien lo trajo de su tierra
Por su modito de tocar
No ha de faltar quien lo quiera
Cante, cante, compañero
Coplas no le han de faltar
Tengo una tinaja llena
Y otra para desvaciar
Ya llega la triste noche
Para aquél que anda penando
El que tenga sueño duerma
Yo lo hei de velar cantando
Popular Verses
I don't sing to be a singer
Not for having a good voice
I sing to cast away
The sorrows I have in my heart
I don't sing so they hear me
Not because my voice is good
I sing so that the blame
Doesn't fall on the sorrow
Bless this little box
That brought it from his land
For his way of playing
There will always be someone who loves it
Sing, sing, companion
Verses will not be lacking
I have a full jug
And another to empty
The sad night is coming
For those who are suffering
Whoever is sleepy, sleep
I will stay awake singing