La primera mentira [English translation]

When I was in an enchanted forest

I realized, surprised, that a stone sung to me

that a stone sung to me with modulations

and with the timbre of a tenor, of a tenor

Below the stone was a greenhouse toad

and I knew it was the toad that sang

that it was the toad that sang

and I kept seeking marvels to know, to know

I wanted a princess turned into a dragon

I wanted a witch's ax to throw it in my bag

I wanted a golden fleece for a kingdom

I wanted Virgil to take me to hell

I wanted to go to heaven in a sown bean

and now

From far away I saw a fountain that shone and I ran toward it

because it had golden eyes

because it had golden eyes

that color was unmistakable, like honey, like honey

The sun was reflected in the abandoned fountain

and I knew it was the sun that shone

that it was the sun that shone

disillusioned twice I moved away, I moved away

I wanted a princess turned into a dragon

I wanted a witch's ax to throw it in my bag

I wanted a golden fleece for a kingdom

I wanted Virgil to take me to hell

I wanted to go to heaven in a sown bean

and now

After a thousand failures like these

I felt very foolish, I had been tricked

We had been tricked

And I left to seek the first man who lied, who lied

I walked paths, I went across walks

but when I found the guilty one, ah!

but when I found the guilty one

made a sea of tears on seeing me, asked me, asked me:

I want a princess turned into a dragon

I want a witch's ax to throw it in my bag

I want a golden fleece for a kingdom

I want Virgil to take me to hell

I wanted to go to heaven in a sown bean

and now

• Artist:Silvio Rodríguez