El Milagro de San Antonio

The Miracle of Saint Anthony

El Milagro de San Antonio

Divine Anthony, so preciousDivino Antonio precioso
Pray to the mighty GodSuplícale al Dios inmenso
That by your divine graceQue por tu gracia divina
You enlighten my understandingAlumbre mi entendimiento
So that my tonguePara que mi lengua
Can tell the miracleRefiera el milagro
That you workedQue en el huerto obraste
In the garden at eight years oldDe edad de ocho años

This child was bornEste niño fue nacido
With great fear of GodCon mucho temor de Dios
From esteemed parentsDe sus padres estimados
And admired by the worldY del mundo admiración
He was charitable and a pursuerFue caritativo y perseguidor
Of every enemy with great rigorDe todo enemigo con mucho rigor

His father was a gentlemanSu padre era un caballero
A Christian, honorable and wiseCristiano honrado y prudente
Who supported his householdQue mantenía su casa
With the sweat of his browCon el sudor de su frente
And had a garden where he gatheredY tenía un huerto donde recogía
Crops and fruitsCosechas y frutos
That the seasons broughtQue el tiempo traía

One Sunday morningPor la mañana un domingo
As was his customComo siempre acostumbraba
His father went to massSe marchó su padre a misa
Something he never forgotCosa que nunca olvidaba
He said, little AnthonyLe dijo Antoñito
Come here, beloved sonVen aquí, hijo amado
Listen, I haveEscucha que tengo
A message for youQue darte un recado

While I’m at massMientras tanto yo esté en misa
You must take good careBuen cuidado has de tener
Watch out for the little birdsMira que los pajaritos
They’ll ruin everythingTodo lo echan a perder
They enter the gardenEntran en el huerto
And eat the cropsComen el sembrado
That’s why I charge youPor eso te encargo
To be carefulQue tengas cuidado

When his father leftCuando se ausentó su padre
And went to churchY a la iglesia se marchó
Antonio stayed watchingAntonio quedó cuidando
And called the birdsY a los pájaros llamó
Come here, little birdsVenid pajaritos
Don’t go into the cropsNo entréis en sembrado
For my father saidQue mi padre ha dicho
To be carefulQue tenga cuidado

In that areaPor aquellas cercanías
Not a single bird remainedNingún pájaro quedó
Because they all camePorque todos acudieron
When Antonio calledCuando Antonio los llamó
Filled with joyLleno de alegría
Saint Anthony wasSan Antonio estaba
And the little birdsY los pajaritos
Sang happilyAlegres cantaban

Seeing his father comingAl ver venir a su padre
He told them all to be quietA todos les mandó callar
His father reached the doorLlegó su padre a la puerta
And began to askY comenzó a preguntar
Tell me, beloved sonDime, hijo amado
How’s it going, little Anthony?¿Qué tal, antoñito?
Did you take good care¿Has cuidado bien
Of the little birds?De los pajaritos?

Antonio repliedAntonio le contestó
Father, don’t worryPadre, no tenga cuidado
To keep them from doing harmQue para que no hagan mal
I have them all locked upTodos los tengo encerrados
His father, seeingSu padre, al ver
Such a great miracleMilagro tan grande
Tried to informAl señor obispo
The bishopTrató de avisarle

And the bishop cameY acudió el señor obispo
With all his entourageCon todo acompañamiento
Leaving everyone confusedQuedando todos confusos
At such a great wonderAl ver tan grande portento
They opened windowsAbrieron ventanas
And doors at the same timePuertas a la par
To see if the birdsA ver si las aves
Wanted to leaveSe quieren marchar

Antonio said to them allAntonio les dijo a todos
Gentlemen, no one be alarmedSeñores, nadie se alarme
The birds won’t leaveLos pájaros no se marchan
Until I give the commandHasta que yo no les mande
He stood at the doorSe puso en la puerta
And said thisY les dijo así
Go, little birds, you can now fly outVaya pajaritos, ya podéis salir

Come out, storks in orderSalgan cigüeñas con orden
Eagles, cranes, and heronsÁguilas, grullas y garzas
Bustards, hawksAvutardas, gavilanes
Owls, little owls, crowsLechuzas, mochuelos, grajas

Come out, magpiesSalgan las urracas
Turtledoves, partridgesTórtolas, perdices
Doves, sparrowsPalomas, gorriones
And quailsY las codornices

Come out, cuckoo and kiteSalga el cuco y el milano
Pastor-bird and sandpipersBurlapastor y andarrios
Canaries and nightingalesCanarios y ruiseñores
Thrushes, bifaros, and blackbirdsTordos, bifaros y mirlos

Come out, greenfinchesSalgan verderones
And goldfinchesY las cardelinas
The cuckoo's callsLas cucurujadas
And the swallowsY las golondrinas

The moment they flew outAl instante que salieron
All together they gatheredTodas juntitas se ponen
To listen to Saint AnthonyA escuchar a San Antonio
To see what he decidesPara ver lo que dispone
And Antonio told themY Antonio les dijo
Don’t go into the cropsNo entréis en sembrado
Go off to the mountainsMarchaos por montes
Rich green meadowsRicos verdes prados

And as they took flightY al tiempo de alzar el vuelo
They sang with sweet harmonyCantan con dulce armonía
Bidding farewell to AntonioDespidiéndose de Antonio
And all his companyY toda su compañía
Divine AntonioAntonio divino
By your intercessionPor tu intercesión
May we all deserveTodos merezcamos
Eternal dwelling.Eterna mansión