Adormido se á el buen viejo,
Del cansancio que trata,
A la sombra de un enebro,
Que otro árbol no le avía,

Rogando a Dios que le mate
Y le saque fiesta vida,
Pues llevó a tantos buenos
Que le hazían compañía.

El, que estava ya dormido,
Oyó una boz que dezía:
«Levántate, y come luego
Deste pan que te traga»,

Apenas ovo comido,
Que otra vez se adormescía
Y luego le despertó
El ángel que era su guía.

The good old man has fallen asleep
from the weariness he bore,
in the shadow of a juniper,
for there was no other tree,

pleading God to kill him
and to take him from this life,
since he had taken so many good men
who had been his company.

As he lay asleep,
he heard a voice that said:
"Rise up, and then eat
this bread that I bring for you."

As soon as he had eaten,
he fell asleepagain,
and at once was awakened by
the angel who would guide him.

Translation from Binkley Spanish Romances, 143.