La copla de los números

The Ballad of Numbers

La copla de los números

At one I get up,A la una me levanto,
at two I'm looking for you,a las dos te ando buscando,
at three in the morninga las tres de la mañana
four roosters are singing.cuatro gallos van cantando.
At five I jump,A las cinco doy un brinco,
at six I get on a boat,a las seis subo a una lancha,
at seven you go to massa las siete vas a misa
to pray eight praises.a rezar ocho alabanzas.

At nine you go to the water,A las nueve vas al agua,
ten sighs you will givediez suspiros tú darás
for the eleven letters of minepor las once cartas mías
that at twelve you will find.que a las doce encontrarás.
Thirteen were my siblings,Trece fueron mis hermanos,
fourteen were my neighbors,catorce vecinos míos,
fifteen shots we tookquince chuicos nos tomamos
for a sixteenth of July.para un dieciséis de julio.

Seventeen policemenDiecisiete policías
are looking for eighteen thievesbuscan dieciocho ladrones
who in the park on a nineteenthque en el parque un diecinueve
stole twenty planks.robaron veinte tablones.
They had them for twenty-one daysVeintiún días los tuvieron
in twenty-two jail cells,en veintidós calabozos,
twenty-three sticks they were givenveintitrés palos les dieron
at the twenty-four wakes.los veinticuatro velorios.

Twenty-five regimentsVeinticinco regimientos
fought on the twenty-sixth,pelearon un veintiséis,
twenty-seven generals,veintisiete generales,
twenty-eight dead by law,veintiocho muertos por ley,
twenty-nine signedun veintinueve firmaron
thirty sheets of paper.treinta hojas de papel.
Thirty-one pacts they made,Treinta y un pactos hicieron,
the thirty-two backwards.los treinta y dos al revés.