Un Cura de Aldea
Victor Manuel Lyrics

Tien una vieya sotana
He wears an old cassock

Y un bonete muy gastau.
And a very worn beret.

Tien un rosariu con cuentes
He has a rosary with beads

De madera y un breviariu
Made of wood and a breviary

Que lu reza tos los dies
Which he prays every day

Cuando el sol ya ta baxando
When the sun is setting

En atapecer de oru
In the golden dusk

O en atapecer de orbayu.
Or in the rainy dusk.

Per la laborá diz la misa
He says Mass in the morning

Cuando atapez el rosariu,
When he finishes praying the rosary,

Per la nochi xuega al tute
At night, he plays Tute (a card game)

Y en la cama reza al santu
And he prays to the saint in his bed

Y asomau al correor
And looking out the window

Ponse el probe atristayau
The poor man becomes sad

Cavila si el so vivir
Reflecting on whether his life

Non tará ya fracasau.
Has already been a failure.

La iglesia fecha de piedra
The church, made of stone

Ta del pueblu en lo más alto
Is located at the highest point of the village

Y ye un gozu les campanes
And the ringing of the bells is a joy

Repicar nel campanariu.
In the bell tower.

Y cerquina de la iglesia
Near the church

Tien so casina el bon parracu
The good pastor has his little house

Enllená de los afanes
Filled with worries

Que el vivir va filvanando.
That life wears down.

Per les mañanes la misa
In the morning, he says Mass

Cuando atapez el rosariu,
When he finishes praying the rosary,

Como una esfueya bendita
Like a blessed sprout

Fecha de rezos y cantos,
Full of prayers and songs,

Y el camín de vuelta el chigre
And on the way back to the tavern

Ya conoze el su fracasu
He already knows his failure

Si de nochi vuelve a casa
If he returns home at night

Despacin pasin a pasu.
Slowly, step by step.