Lyrics and translation Cardenales de Nuevo León - El Señor de las Canas

El Señor de las Canas

Nadie sabe cuánto tiempo
Traía cargando amargura
Como recuerdo a mi viejo
Y a sus tantas aventuras
Se le volvieron los años
En su rostro una madeja
Y transformó su sonrisa
Tan solo por una mueca

Si encuentras en tu camino
A un hombre que va llorando
Dile que a diario, en mis rezos
Su nombre voy pronunciando
Por señas tiene ojos tristes
Herido su corazón
El viejo de pelo blanco
Su mirada, puro amor

Ese señor de las canas
Que en las buenas y en las malas
Siempre supo responder
Fue pobre, allá por su infancia
Tuvo un poco de ignorancia
Pero la logró vencer

Si encuentras en tu camino
A un hombre que va llorando
Dile que a diario, en mis rezos
Su nombre voy pronunciando
Andador de mil veredas
De pueblos y calles viejas
¿Dónde quedaron sus años?
¿Dónde acabaron sus penas?

The Lord of White Hair

Nobody knows for how long
He carried his bitterness
Like the memories I have of my old man
And his many adventures
The years have turned on him
His hair has become a tangled mess
And his smile has changed
Into nothing but a grimace

If you find a man on your path
Who goes around weeping
Tell him that every day, in my prayers
I say his name
He can be recognized by his sad eyes
His wounded heart
The old man with white hair
His gaze is full of love

That old man with white hair
Who in good times and in bad
Always knew how to respond
He was poor, back when he was a child
He was a little ignorant
But he managed to overcome it

If you find a man on your path
Who goes around weeping
Tell him that every day, in my prayers
I say his name
He's walked a thousand paths
Through towns and old streets
Where have his years gone?
Where have his sorrows ended?