El Coyuyo Y La Tortuga

I have a flower in verses
To light up your soul
I know another will be your owner
And I also know you don't love him

And that your father forbade you
To fall in love with a troubadour
And, with wet wings
Coward!, you didn't take flight

I know they have chosen you
Hunt and golden cage

You may marry without love
Sow in your womb the weeping
Without the Sun's light, the harvest
Will bear very bitter fruits

You only live one life
Walking towards death

Chorus
I love the firefly troubadour
Passing the summer singing
Poor turtle!
Living sadly for so many years

When the wine of oblivion
Seeks the stain on my chest
I will sing to the dawn
So you can hear my verses

And when you look back
From the flower of your sunset
You will see it's late and far
That the years do not return

And your desert heart
Will not sprout illusions

And on the day of judgment
I will be able to say that I loved you
You won't be able to say anything
Drowned in anguish and tears

You only live one life
Walking towards death