1. I once killed a sparrow
I shot at her with a slingshot and struck her.
Then a day and an entire night
I still cried and I still mourned for her.
2. My mother didn't beat me, she didn't scold me.
I was holding a piece of bread in my hand.
"In vain" she said to me, "In vain you still cry"
"What you killed, remains slain."
3.Later I grew into a young man
I fell madly in love with a girl.
I don't know why, one day she died
And another day she was buried.
4. I don't shoot at sparrows with slingshots any more,
I don't go to any more burials.
The sun sets behind some hills
And rises in flames from the sea.