Joan Manuel Serrat — He Andado Muchos Caminos song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "He Andado Muchos Caminos" by Joan Manuel Serrat.
Lyrics
He andado muchos caminos
he abierto muchas veredas;
he navegado en cien mares
y atracado en cien riberas.
En todas partes he visto
caravanas de tristeza,
soberbios y melanclicos
borrachos de sombra negra.
Y pedantones al pao
que miran, callan y piensan
que saben, porque no beben
el vino de las tabernas.
Mala gente que camina
y va apestando la tierra…
Y en todas partes he visto
gentes que danzan o juegan,
cuando pueden, y laboran
sus cuatro palmos de tierra.
Nunca si llegan a un sitio
preguntan a donde llegan.
Cuando caminan, cabalgan
a lomos de mula vieja.
Y no conocen la prisa
ni an en los das de fiesta
donde hay vino, beben vino;
donde no hay vino, agua fresca.
Son buenas gentes que viven,
laboran, pasan y suean,
y un da como tantos,
descansan bajo la tierra.
Lyrics translation
I've walked many paths
I've opened many paths;
I've sailed a hundred seas
and docked on a hundred banks.
Everywhere I've seen
caravans of sadness,
proud and melancholy
black shadow drunks.
And pedantones al pao
who look, shut up and think
they know, because they don't drink
the wine from the taverns.
Bad people walking
and it stinks the Earth…
And everywhere I've seen
people who dance or play,
when they can, and they work
its four spans of Earth.
Never if they get to a place
they ask where they're going.
When they walk, they ride
on the back of an old mule.
And they don't know the rush
not even in the party days.
where there's wine, they drink wine;
where there is no wine, fresh water.
They are good people who live,
they work, they pass and they dream,
and a Gives like so many,
they rest under the ground.