A Miña Burriña

My Little Donkey

A Miña Burriña

I got married for a year, to know what life was likeEu caseime por un ano, por saber que vida era
The year is ending, single girl, how I wishO ano vaise acabando, solteiriña quen me dera

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My little donkey for spending the night in the riverA miña avoiña por noitar no miño
Goes shivering, dying from the coldAnda enfariñada morrendo co frio
Dying from the cold when it freezesMorrendo co frio cando vai xiada
My little donkey gets into bedA miña avoiña meteuse na cama

I got married and I struggled, you never struggled with meEu caseime e xuxeteime, nunca che me xuxetara
New clothes for a single woman, patched for a married oneDe solteira roupa nova de casada remendada

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My little donkey for spending the night in the riverA miña avoiña por noitar no miño
I go to the spring for water, to the mill to grindA fontiña vou por auga, ó muiño por moere
And to your house to see you, and I never could see youE a tua casa por verte e nunca te puiden vere
And I never could see you ailalelo ailalaloE nunca te puiden vere ailalelo ailalalo

Single girl, don't get married, enjoy the good lifeSolteiriña, non te cases, aproveite a boa vida
For I know well of a married woman who cries in regretQue eu ben sei dunha casada que chora de arrepentida

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My little donkey for spending the night in the riverA miña avoiña por noitar no miño

I wanted to get married, my mother tells me it's too soonEu queríame casar-e, miña nai dime que é cedo
She, being married, doesn't know the desires I haveEla como está casada non sabe as ganas que eu teño

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My little donkey for spending the night in the riverA miña avoiña por noitar no miño