I have walked many roads,

He andado muchos caminos,

I have found many paths;

he abierto muchas veredas,

I have sailed a hundred seas,

he navegado en cien mares

and landed on a hundred shores.

y atracado en cien riberas.

Everywhere I have seen

En todas partes he visto

caravans of sadness,

caravanas de tristeza,

sober and melancholy

soberbios y melancòlicos

drunk with black shadow,

borrachos de sombra negra,

and pedants of cloth

y pedantones al pano

who look, quietly, and think

que miran, callan y piensan

that they know, because they do not drink

que saben, porque no beben

the wine in the taverns.

el vino de las tabernas.

Bad people who walk

Mala gente que camina

and in walking soil the land…

y va apestando la tierra...

And in all the places I have seen

Y en todas partes he visto

people who dance or play,

gentes que danzan o juegan

when they can, and work

cuando pueden, y laboran

their four spans of land.

sus cuatro palmos de tierra.

Never, when they come to a place,

Nunca, si llegan a un sitio,

do they ask where to go.

preguntan adònde llegan.

When they make their way, they ride

Cuando caminan, cabalgan

on the back of an old mule,

a lomos de mula vieja,

and do not know to hurry

y no conocen la prisa

not even on the days of the fiesta.

ni aun en los días de fiesta.

Where they have wine, they drink wine;

Donde hay vino, beben vino;

where they have no wine, fresh water.

donde no hay vino, agua fresca

They are good people who live,

Son buenas gentes que viven,

work, pass the time and dream,

laboran, pasan y sue?an,

and on a day like many,

y en un día como tantos

rest beneath the soil.

descansan bajo la tierra.