Fame, soedade e bágoas

Fame, Loneliness, and Tears

Fame, soedade e bágoas

Once upon a time the fire would dieNoutrora morría o lume
and the kids would playe os nenos topeneaban
while Manuelnamentras o Manuel
would glance at the cows.botaba unha ollada ás vacas.

The companion diedO compañeiro morreu
and the children, who would bring them together!,e os fillos, ¡quen os xuntara!,
the wind of emigrationque o vento da emigración
scattered them like sparks.espallounos como fiaspas.

Who are you waiting for, Maria,¿Por quen agardas, María,
with the moon full of wolvescoa Lúa chea de lobos
and the stars drownede as estrela afogadas
in the deep bowl of your eyes?na fonda cunca dos ollos?

Who are you stubbornly waiting for¿Por quen agardas teimosa
in the most crowded night?,na noite mais ateigada?,
no one needs youninguén precisa de tí
and you don't need anything anymore.nin tí precisas xa nada.

If you were young!, who knows!¡Se foses nova!, ¡quen sabe!
if there in a strange homelandse aló nunha patria estrana
I would find the warmthatoparía-la quentura
of a man, a bread, and a house.dun home, un pan e unha casa.

For this land only givesQue esta terra soio dá
hunger, loneliness, and tears.fame, soedade e bágoas.
Oh, who could escape¡Ai quen poidera fuxir
in the company of hope!.na compaña da esperanza!.

Now not anymore, Maria,Agora xa non, María,
only the land awaitssomentes a terra agarda
and calls for you gentlye chama por ti mainiño
so you may rise from the ashes.pra que xurdas nas carpazas.

To rise from the ashes,Pra que xurdas na carpazas,
to dive into the fountains,pra que emergullas nas fontes,
to hide in the treespra te acaneares nas arbres
to the beat of the northern wind.ó compas do vento norte.

But wait a little longer,Mais agarda outro anaquiño,
my old one by the fireplace,miña vella na lareira,
for you shall return one dayque tein de voltar un día
and they shall find fire in it.e han de atopar lume nela.

You are the one who keeps the homeland,Tí es que garda-la patria,
Maria, with life ablaze,María , coa vida acesa,
do not let the fire die outnon deixes morre-lo lume
until they bring firewood.astra que eles traian leña.