Translation of the song El bardo artist Antonio Machín

Spanish

El bardo

English translation

The Bard

Se enamoró un pobre bardo

A poor bard fell in love,

de una chica de la sociedad.

with a girl from high society,

Era su vida la del pobre payaso

his life was like that of a poor clown

que reía con ganas de llorar.

that laughed with a yearning to cry.

Tras ella,

Through her,

el pobre bardo vivía,

the poor bard lived,

cantando en las orquídeas

singing amongst the orchids,

donde estaba su amor.

where his love would have been.

Y la niña que no sabía nada

and the girl who was unmindful

que el bardo la adoraba,

that the bard adored her

con otro se casó.

married another.

Y dicen

And they say

que una noche de luna,

that one moonlit night,

bajo un cielo de estrellas,

beneath a starry sky

murió el trovador.

the troubadour died.

Cuentan los que le conocieron

Those who knew him say

que esa noche sintieron

that they felt that night

las quejas de su amor.

the cries of pain for his love.

La niña

The girl

cuando supo la historia,

when she heard of the story

la verdadera historia

the true story

del pobre trovador,

of the poor troubadour

decía,

she said,

sollozando en su locura:

sobbing amidst her madness:

hoy me mata la amargura

the bitterness is killing me today

porque yo también le amé.

because I loved him too.

Qué lastima,

What a shame,

¿por qué no me lo dijo?

why didn't he tell me?

si yo lo hubiera sabido

If I had known

hoy sería toda de él.

I would be his today.

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La niña

The girl

cuando supo la historia,

when she heard of the story

la verdadera historia

the true story

del pobre trovador,

of the poor troubadour

decía,

she said,

sollozando en su locura:

sobbing amidst her madness:

hoy me mata la amargura

the bitterness is killing me today

porque yo también le amé.

because I loved him too.

Qué lastima,

What a shame,

¿por qué no me lo dijo?

why didn't he tell me?

si yo lo hubiera sabido

If I had known

hoy sería toda de él.

I would be his today.

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