La calandria [English translation]

In a golden cage

Hanging from a balcony

There was a calandra lark

Singing her pain

Until a little sparrow

Came to her cage

"If you can get me out,

I'll leave with you"

And the poor liitle sparrow

Fell in love with her

And the poor soul, as best he could

Broke the wires

And the ungrateful calandra lark

After he got her out

As soon as she saw herself free

She flew, she flew and she flew!

The poor sparrow

He still followed her

To see if she would fulfil

What she promised him

The wicked calandra lark

Replied this to him:

"I don't know you

Nor have I been a prisoner"

The little sparrow, sad,

Then went back

He stopped at an apple tree

He cried, he cried and he cried

And now in that cage

Hanging from the balcony

The little sparrow is found

Singing his passion

In a golden cage

Hanging from a balcony

There was a calandra lark

Singing her pain

Until a little sparrow

Came to her cage

"If you can get me out,

I'll leave with you"

And the poor liitle sparrow

Fell in love with her

And the poor soul, as best he could

Broke the wires

And the ungrateful calandra lark

After he got her out

As soon as she saw herself free

She flew, she flew and she flew!

• Artist:Pedro Infante