Pablo Milanés - El Manantial - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Pablo Milanés - El Manantial




El Manantial
The Spring
Ay, amor que te vas
Oh, my love, you're leaving
Como ave fugaz
Like a fleeting bird
Y el plumaje lo deja
And you leave your plumage
Donde se anidó.
Where you nested.
Ay, amor que te vas
Oh, my love, you're leaving
Esperando encontrar
Hoping to find
Lo que nunca has hallado
What you've never found
Ni hallarás.
And never will.
Erase un camino muerto por los años
There was a path, dead for years
Y el dolor de ser camino
And the pain of being a path
Y no poder caminar,
And not being able to walk
Lo ataban al cruel destino
Bound it to a cruel destiny
De esperar, de esperar.
Of waiting, of waiting.
Y llegó un manantial
And a spring arrived
Cauce joven de amar
A young channel of love
Y se pusó a regar lo que murió.
And it began to water what had died.
Ni el amor, ni el olor
But neither love nor the scent
De agua fresca de amar
Of fresh water of love
Pudieron impedir lo que pasó.
Could prevent what happened.
Erase un camino muerto por los años
There was a path, dead for years
Y el dolor de ser camino
And the pain of being a path
Y no poder caminar,
And not being able to walk
Lo ataban al cruel destino
Bound it to a cruel destiny
De esperar, de esperar.
Of waiting, of waiting.
Y llegó un manantial
And a spring arrived
Cauce joven de amar
A young channel of love
Y se pusó a regar lo que murió.
And it began to water what had died.
Ni el amor, ni el olor
But neither love nor the scent
De agua fresca de amar
Of fresh water of love
Pudieron impedir lo que pasó.
Could prevent what happened.
El manantial se secó,
The spring dried up,
El camino se murió.
The path died.





Writer(s): Pedro Milanes Arias


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