Adónde Vas, Jilguerillo

Where Are You Going, Little Goldfinch

Adónde Vas, Jilguerillo

Where are you going, little goldfinch¿Adónde vai, jilguerillo
With that shortened flight?Con ese abreviado vuelo?
Go and bring a sighAndá y llevale un suspiro
To the image of my dreamA la imagen de mi sueño

Flying from branch to branchVolando de rama en rama
You must reach her doorHai de llegar a su puerta
And don't come back from thereY no te vengái de allá
Until you bring me an answerHasta traerme respuesta

The other day on a branchL’otro día en una rama
I saw a goldfinch singingVi cantar un jilguerillo
I said to myself: This is the mailmanMe dije: Este es el correo
With whom I sent my sighCon quien mandé mi suspiro

I approached and asked himMe acerco y le pregunté
Why he was singing so sadlyPor qué cantaba tan triste
Because I didn't get an answerPorque no tuve respuesta
To the sigh you gave meDel suspiro que me diste

(Hush, goldfinch, don't sing(Calla, jilguero, no cantes
Don't torment meNo me estés dando tormento
Tell the ungrateful one to comeDile al ingrato que acuda
Just for a moment)Tan solo por un momento)

(Little flying goldfinch(Jilguerillo volador
Go and reach her windowAnda y llega a su ventana
Tell her for the second timeDile por segunda vez
That my chest is already inflamed)Que el pecho ya se me inflama)

Long live the noble company(Viva la noble compaña
Little hook of thistleGanchito de cardenillo
More flattering mailmanCorreo más lisonjero
There won't be like the goldfinch)No habrá como el jilguerillo)