Eros Ramazzotti
El hombre que miraba las nubes lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2003
- Genre
- Rock, Pop
- Length
- 3:42
Yo he conocido un hombre
I've met a man
Que observaba nubes al pasar,
Who watched clouds as they drifted by,
Como un libro que se abre
Like a book that opens
Sus formas él sabía interpretar.
He knew how to interpret their shapes.
El veía un mundo nuevo como un sueño que parece real
He saw a new world like a dream that feels real
Pero que no alcanzarás.
But one you'll never reach.
Hace mucho tiempo un día una nube rara vi pasar,
Long ago, one day I saw a strange cloud pass by,
Yo le dije que era un ogro,
I told him it was an ogre,
Él veía un ángel singular,
He saw a unique angel,
Es quizás por que queremos ver
Maybe it's because we want to see.
lo que cada uno cree mejor,
What each one believes is best,
Un poco como en la verdad.
A bit like in the truth.
Siempre es la misma historia,
Always the same story,
Quizás muchos otros la conocen ya
Perhaps many others already know it
Aunque se cambien las palabras
Though the words may change,
Siempre es igual la historia de la humanidad.
The story of humanity remains the same.
Y las nubes van y pasan sin parar
And the clouds come and go without stopping,
Y nosotros las veremos aún pasar aquí
And we will still watch them pass here
Y pasarán aquí.
And they will pass here.
Ahora que será ya viejo a mi amigo quiero preguntar,
Now that he will be old, I want to ask my friend,
Si se mira en un espejo cual será la imagen que verá,
If he looks in a mirror, what image will he see,
Pero dicen que se ha ido
But they say that he's gone,
Cuando ha visto un cielo terso
When he's seen a clear sky,
y ya nadie sabe donde está.
And now no one knows where he is.
Yo he conocido un hombre
I have known a man,
Que observaba nubes al pasar,
Who watched clouds drift by,
Quizás necesitaba amor,
Maybe he needed love,
Quizás necesitaba un cuento más.
Maybe he needed one more story.
Es quizás por que queremos ver
It's perhaps because we want to see,
lo que cada uno cree mejor,
What each one believes is best,
Un poco como en la verdad.
A little like in the truth.
Siempre es la misma historia,
It's always the same story,
Quizás muchos otros la conocen ya
Perhaps many others already know her
Aunque se cambien las palabras
Even if the words change
Siempre es igual el tiempo que la historia
The weather is always the same as the story
Nos reservará,
He will reserve us,
Aunque se cambien las palabras
Even if the words change
Siempre es igual la historia de la humanidad.
It's always the same, the story of humanity.
Y las nubes van y pasan sin parar
And the clouds go by, never stopping.
Y nosotros las veremos aún pasar aquí,
And we will still see them pass here,
Aún pasar aqu
Still passing here
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Key vocabulary
- yo
- I
- he
- I have
- conocido
- known
- hombre
- man
- que
- that
- observaba
- observed
- nubes
- clouds
- pasar
- pass
- como
- like
- libro
- bookA1
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About this song
Eros Ramazzotti is an Italian pop and rock singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is known for releasing albums in both Italian and Spanish across Europe and the Spanish-speaking world.