El Caminante

The Wanderer

El Caminante

I am a poor wandererSoy un pobre caminante
Without a course and without directionSin rumbo y sin direción
I don't even know where I come fromNo se ni de donde vengo
Nor do I know where I am right nowNi se donde ahorita estoy
Wandering alone in the worldBago solito en el mundo
What a wretched soul I amHay que desgraciado soy

I don't even know where I come fromNo se ni de donde vengo
I don't know how I came into the worldNo sé cómo vine al mundo
I didn't even know how I was raisedNi supe como me crie
They say I was very youngDicen que era muy pequeño
When I became an orphanCuando huerfano quedé
I never met my motherJamás conoci a mi madre
I don't know who my father wasMi padre no sé quién fue

My father who was a banditMi padre que fue un bandido
Who died in jailQue en la carcel se murió
They say I was very youngDicen que era muy pequeño
That he died when I was bornQue muriera al nacer yo
Few come into the worldQue pocos vienen al mundo
Unfortunate like meDesgraciados como yo

When I was 20 years oldCuando yo tenía 20 años
I wanted to start my own familyYo quise formar mi hogar
But when I was with my girlfriendPero al estar con mi novia
And everyone in front of the altarY todos frente al altar
Because I was nobody's sonPor no ser hijo de nadie
They couldn't marry usNo nos pudieron casar

This wanderer is leavingYa se va este caminante
Without a course and without directionSin rumbo y sin dirección
I don't even know where I come fromNo sé ni de donde vengo
Nor do I know where I am right nowNi sé donde ahorita estoy
Wandering alone in the worldBago solito en el mundo
What a wretched soul I amHay que desgraciado soy