Un gorrión sentimental [English translation]

A loner and a dreamer,

fond of singing softly, 1

who used to fly against the wind and got tired,

a sentimental sparrow,

so small and so audacious,

a friend of life and flying.

My softly singing sparrow,

who was still dreaming to be better,

looking at the horizon he recalled

that life meant losing,

that life meant winning,

that he has never given up.

A high-flying sparrow,

fond of singing and adventurous,

one clear night he flew away,

he was looking for consolation

of another sea and another sky,

he was very bohemian, my sparrow.

A loner and a dreamer,

fond of singing softly,

who used to fly against the wind and got tired,

a sentimental sparrow,

so small and so audacious,

a friend of life and flying.

A high-flying sparrow,

fond of singing and adventurous,

one clear night he flew away,

he was looking for consolation

of another sea and another sky,

he was very bohemian, my sparrow.

1. Or: “in sotto voce, in a low voice”.