Jilguero [English translation]

On your balcony there's a nest

and on that nest there's a nightingale.

Never clip its wings nor make him your prisoner.

He wants to sing love songs,

to spread his wings in the wind.

It's the nightingale that inhabits

the soul and the mind.

If he enjoys his freedom (let him fly)

let him fly in search of the truth (let him fly).

It's a little bird that we carry in our souls,

it's a little bird that we carry in our souls.

If you enjoy your freedom, take flight

(take flight) [x2]

take flight.

Open your wings and bask in the sun,

be free like the wind

and strive for your beliefs, for in the end

you were born to be free, to fly.

Open your wings and bask in the sun,

be free like the wind

and strive for your beliefs, for in the end

you were born to be free, to fly.

If he enjoys his freedom (let him fly)

let him fly in search of the truth (let him fly).

It's a little bird that we carry in our souls,

it's a little bird that we carry in our souls.

If you enjoy your freedom, take flight

(take flight) [x2]

take flight.

• Artist:Joan Sebastian
• Album:Y Las Mariposas [1977]