Lyrics and translation Lali Torres - Manos Vacías

Manos Vacías

En una hermosa vision
Ante un trono me llamo
Un anciano venerable
Tenia algo muy agradable
Con sus manos me entrego

Con su voz muy respetable
Me dijo que no muy tarde
El me volveria a llamar
De lo que puso en mis manos
De lo que a mi me a entregado
Cuentas le tenia que dar

Y me fui por un camino
De un anciano desvalido
Y con el yo comparti
Luego un niño abandonado
De pan muy nesecitado
Y tambien a el le di

Un enfermo en su dolor
Un preso en la prision
Le di una buena porcion
Y al final de mi jornada
Vi una anciana que lloraba
Le di lo que me quedaba
Y termino mi labor

Otra vez aquel anciano
Su trono me llamo
De lo que puso en mis manos
De lo que me habia entregado
Cuantas claras me pidio

No sabia si reir o llorar de alegria
No sabia que decir
Tenia mis manos vacias
Le dije todo lo di
Entra mi buen siervo fiel
Al gozo de tu señor
Lo que puse yo en tus manos
Lo que puse yo en tus manos
Hijo mio era amor

Empty Hands

In a beautiful vision
An elder called to me before a throne
He looked venerable
He had something he wanted to give me
He handed it to me with his hands

His very respectable voice
Told me that in due time
He would call on me again
Of what he put in my hands
Of what he had given me
I would have to give an account

So I went on my way
Of an old man in need
And with him I shared
Then an abandoned child
In great need of bread
And I gave to him as well

To one sick and in pain
To a prisoner in jail
I gave them ample portions
And at the end of my journey
I saw an old woman weeping
I gave her what I had left
And so my task was done

Once again the old man
Summoned me to his throne
Of what he put in my hands
Of what he had given me
Clear accounts he asked of me

I did not know whether to laugh or weep for joy
I did not know what to say
My hands were empty
I told him I had given it all away
Enter, my good and faithful servant
Into the joy of your Lord
What I put in your hands
What I put in your hands
My child, was love