Solo era un niño [English translation]

He left this morning

to his friend's burial

by the decision of his stare

I already knew he was going to the slaughterhouse.

When it had already got dark

they brought him back badly injured

and I though, what a pointless oblation!

He was only a child.

What will say the ones that loved him?

What will say his mates

that will know that when seeing himself dying

he kept believing?

They will tell him he was the next,

they will tell him he was a brave one,

they will tell him it was the only way,

they will tell him it was his fate,

but what will his friend say

if he still has any friend

now that they see me all crying?

He was only a child.

They will tell him he was a brave one,

they will tell him it was his fate,

they will tell him seeing me crying now.

He was only a child.

They will tell him he was a brave one,

they will tell him it was his fate,

They will tell him...