Lyrics translated into Español · See the original lyrics
An old man stood and stared into the music store windowUn anciano se detuvo y miró por la ventana de la tienda de música
And he saw a sorta harmonica lyin' there in the sunY vio una especie de armónica tirada allí al sol
He thought of the music the harp could be playingPensó en la música que la armónica podría estar tocando
He closed his old eyes and he started to humCerró sus viejos ojos y comenzó a tararear
He hummed an old song bout an unfaithful loverTarareó una vieja canción sobre un amante infiel
He hummed the sweet tune about children at playTarareó la dulce melodía sobre niños jugando
He hummed a bright song about beer drinking buddiesTarareó una canción alegre sobre amigos bebedores de cerveza
One about Jesus and uncloudy dayUna sobre Jesús y un día sin nubes
Well he bought the harmonica and he took it on homeBueno, compró la armónica y la llevó a casa
With his youth all behind him and livin' aloneCon su juventud detrás de él y viviendo solo
He soon learned to play it as pure and as coolPronto aprendió a tocarla tan pura y fresca
As any great master musician could doComo cualquier gran maestro músico podría hacerlo
He played an old song about an unfaithful loverTocó una vieja canción sobre un amante infiel
He played the sweet tune about children at playTocó la dulce melodía sobre niños jugando
He played a bright song about beer drinking buddiesTocó una canción alegre sobre amigos bebedores de cerveza
And one about Jesus and uncloudy dayY una sobre Jesús y un día sin nubes
Well they found him one morning lying there on the sofaLo encontraron una mañana tendido en el sofá
Ah but they didn't find his harmonica therePero no encontraron su armónica allí
They lowered him down and they put the dirt on himLo bajaron y le echaron tierra encima
Ashes to ashes to Jesus a prayerDe cenizas a cenizas, una oración a Jesús
Well the old man's gone and of course his music went with himBueno, el anciano se ha ido y, por supuesto, su música se fue con él
And there's a sadness about him you know it seems strange to sayY hay una tristeza a su alrededor, sabes, parece extraño decirlo
For all of his music and as much as he loved itPor toda su música y por mucho que la amara
Nobody else even knew he could playNadie más sabía siquiera que podía tocar