Viejo

Old Man

Viejo

Under your temples so many years were cradledBajo tus se cienes se acunaron tantos años
That accumulated your honesty and your perseveranceQue acumularon tu honradez y tu tesón
And in your head white hairs maturedY en tu cabeza canas blancas maduraron
Such experience that I wish I hadTan expriencia que quisiera tener yo
Very proud to be a son of your lineageMuy orgulloso de ser hijo de tu extirpe
I come to sing to you with the harp this songVengo a cantarte con el arpa esta canción
Because you are the shading oak of my figurePorque eres roble sombreador de mi figura
And you have sheltered with love and tendernessY has cobijado con amor y con ternura
The constant faith that your guardianship meansLa fe constante que tu tutela medio

Old man, you are my old man, my bloodViejo, eres mi viejo, mi sangre
With pride I shoutComo orgullo grito yo
I am part of your flesh, of your life and your vigorYo soy parte de tu carne, de tu vida y tu vigor
I want to brighten your sunburned dark circlesQuiero alegrar tus ojeras chamuscadas por el Sol
Old man, how could I repayViejo, como pudiera pagarle
So much happiness that you sowedTanta dicha que sembró
In the tree of my childhood that grew with its shadeEn el árbol de mi infancia que con su sombra creció
Today the fragrance that its essence left me lulls me, old manHoy me arulla la fragancia que su esencia me dejó, viejo

I know that I am the beloved old man's hopeYo sé que soy viejo querido su esperanza
And I know that I am a little tree that he plantedY sé que soy un arbolito que sembró
On the land of his love and longingSobre la tierra de su amor y su añoranza
Under the shadow of his life and his courageBajo la sombra de su vida y su valor
That's why I, who am the colt of his yearsPor eso yo que soy el potro de sus años
That with affection in his own way formed meQue con cariño a su manera me formó
I will trot through the savannah of his effortVoy a trochar por la sabana de su empeño
And galloping show that you are the ownerY galopante demostrar que usted es el dueño
Of this horse that is such a good runnerDe este caballo que es tan bueno corredor

Old man, you are my old man, my bloodViejo, eres mi viejo, mi sangre
With pride I shoutComo orgullo grito yo
I am part of your flesh, of your life and your vigorYo soy parte de tu carne, de tu vida y tu vigor
I want to brighten your sunburned dark circlesQuiero alegrar tus ojeras chamuscadas por el Sol
Old man, how could I repayViejo, como pudiera pagarle
So much happiness that you sowedTanta dicha que sembró
In the tree of my childhood that grew with its shadeEn el árbol de mi infancia que con su sombra creció
Today the fragrance that its essence left me lulls me, old manHoy me arulla la fragancia que su esencia me dejó, viejo