La Pájara Pinta

María Elena Walsh María Elena Walsh

The Painted Bird

I am the Painted Bird,
widow of the Painted Bird.
My husband was very cheerful
and a hunter killed him
with a little green shotgun
on Saint Borombón's day.

A bullet killed his song
-and his song was so beautiful-,
the second one killed his flight,
and the third one his heart.

Oh, oh the little green shotgun,
oh oh my husband Pintón.

If they get sad hearing me
I ask everyone for forgiveness.
I can no longer sing happily
not even sitting on the lemon
like before when with my beak
I cut the branch and the flower.

I am the Painted Bird,
if someone asks where I am
they will say they saw me alone
and sitting in a corner
crying with melancholy
because of that hunter.

To the one who kills little birds
a black ice bullet will sprout
in the heart
and a whirlwind of pain.

Oh, oh the little green shotgun,
oh oh my husband Pintón.

  1. Canción de Caminantes
  2. La Canción Del Te
  3. Sin Señal de Adiós
  4. Oración a La Justicia
  5. Vals Municipal
  6. En El País de Nomeacuerdo
  7. Como La Cigarra
  8. Serenata Para La Tierra de Uno
  9. El Brujito De Gulubú
  10. Venceremos
View all María Elena Walsh songs

Most popular topics in María Elena Walsh songs

Related artists

  1. Pedro Aznar
    Pedro Aznar
  2. Joan Manuel Serrat
    Joan Manuel Serrat
  3. Ruben Rada
    Ruben Rada
  4. Serú Girán
    Serú Girán
  5. Sui Generis
    Sui Generis
  6. Silvio Rodriguez
    Silvio Rodriguez
  7. Bersuit Vergarabat
    Bersuit Vergarabat
  8. Atahualpa Yupanqui
    Atahualpa Yupanqui