La Virgen se está peinando, (The Virgin is combing her hair,)
Entre cortina y cortina. (Between one curtain and another.)
Los cabellos son de oro, (Her hair is made of gold,)
Y el peine de plata fina. (And her comb, of fine silver.)
La Virgen se está peinando, (The Virgin is combing her hair,)
Entre cortina y cortina. (Between one curtain and another.)
Los cabellos son de oro, (Her hair is made of gold,)
Y el peine de plata fina. (And her comb, of fine silver.)
Pero mira como beben los peces en el río, (But see how the fish in the river are drinking,)
Pero mira como beben por ver a Dios nacido. (But see how they are drinking, because they saw that God was born.)
Beben y beben y vuelven a beber, (They drink and they drink and they drink again,)
Los peces en río por ver a Dios nacer. (The fish in the river, because they saw God being born.)
La Virgen está lavando, (The Virgin is doing her washing,)
Y tendiendo en el romero. (And hanging it on the rosemary bush).
Los angelitos cantando, (The precious angels, singing,)
Y el romero floreciendo. (And the rosemary, flowering.)
Pero mira como beben los peces en el río, (But see how the fish in the river are drinking,)
Pero mira como beben por ver a Dios nacido. (But see how they are drinking, because they saw that God was born.)
Beben y beben y vuelven a beber, (They drink and they drink and they drink again,)
Los peces en río por ver a Dios nacer. (The fish in the river, because they saw God being born.)
La Virgen se está peinando, (The Virgin is combing her hair,)
Entre cortina y cortina. (Between one curtain and another.)
Los cabellos son de oro, (Her hair is made of gold,)
Y el peine de plata fina. (And her comb, of fine silver.)
Pero mira como beben los peces en el río, (But see how the fish in the river are drinking,)
Pero mira como beben por ver a Dios nacido. (But see how they are drinking, because they saw that God was born.)
Beben y beben y vuelven a beber, (They drink and they drink and they drink again,)
Los peces en río por ver a Dios nacer. (The fish in the river, because they saw God being born.)
Pero mira como beben los peces en el río, (But see how the fish in the river are drinking,)
Pero mira como beben por ver a Dios nacido. (But see how they are drinking, because they saw that God was born.)
Beben y beben y vuelven a beber, (They drink and they drink and they drink again,)
Los peces en río por ver a Dios nacer. (The fish in the river, because they saw God being born.)
