El Ermitaño

The Hermit

El Ermitaño

On a very distant hillEn un cerro muy lejano
Lived a hermitHabitaba un ermitano

Distressed night and dayAngustiado noche y día
He didn't eat, nor sleepNo comía, ni dormía
Regretting something sadLamentando algo triste
Because his child was sickPues su niño estaba enfermo

But one very early dayPero un día muy temprano
He decided to go down to the villageDecidio bajar al pueblo

With his very sick boyCon su muchachito grave
And in his father's armsY en los brazos de su padre
Trembling he was sayingTembloroso iba diciendo
Father, I feel like I'm dyingPadre siento que me muero

And when the two arrived at the villageY al llegar los dos al pueblo
Many people were watchingLos miraba mucha gente
They shouted at the peasantLe gritaban campesino
You killed that childTu mataste a ese nino
He, crying, said to themEl llorando les decía
Save my sick childSalven a mi nino enfermo

They laid him on the grassLo acostaron en un pasto
And called the doctorY llamaron al doctor

He told him, well, sirEl le dijo pues buen hombre
Your boy doesn't respondSu muchacho no responde
He's not alive, he's deadYa no vive, esta muerto
And crying, he hugged himY llorando lo abrazo

Hermit, it was your mistakeErmitano fue su error
Hermit, it was your mistakeErmitano fue su error