He andado muchos caminos,

I have walked many roads,

he abierto muchas veredas,

I have found many paths;

he navegado en cien mares

I have sailed a hundred seas,

y atracado en cien riberas.

and landed on a hundred shores.

En todas partes he visto

Everywhere I have seen

caravanas de tristeza,

caravans of sadness,

soberbios y melancòlicos

sober and melancholy

borrachos de sombra negra,

drunk with black shadow,

y pedantones al pano

and pedants of cloth

que miran, callan y piensan

who look, quietly, and think

que saben, porque no beben

that they know, because they do not drink

el vino de las tabernas.

the wine in the taverns.

Mala gente que camina

Bad people who walk

y va apestando la tierra...

and in walking soil the land…

Y en todas partes he visto

And in all the places I have seen

gentes que danzan o juegan

people who dance or play,

cuando pueden, y laboran

when they can, and work

sus cuatro palmos de tierra.

their four spans of land.

Nunca, si llegan a un sitio,

Never, when they come to a place,

preguntan adònde llegan.

do they ask where to go.

Cuando caminan, cabalgan

When they make their way, they ride

a lomos de mula vieja,

on the back of an old mule,

y no conocen la prisa

and do not know to hurry

ni aun en los días de fiesta.

not even on the days of the fiesta.

Donde hay vino, beben vino;

Where they have wine, they drink wine;

donde no hay vino, agua fresca

where they have no wine, fresh water.

Son buenas gentes que viven,

They are good people who live,

laboran, pasan y sue?an,

work, pass the time and dream,

y en un día como tantos

and on a day like many,

descansan bajo la tierra.

rest beneath the soil.