Eros Ramazzotti
Éxodos lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1993
- Genre
- Rock, Pop
- Length
- 4:37
En una esquina un escrito rezaba así:
On a corner, an inscription read like this:
"El último que salga que apague la luz,
"The last one out, turn off the light,
Que no pueda nadie mirar, donde está,
So that no one can see, where it is,
Al país del que le hablamos".
To the country we talked about."
Entre las ruínas un viejo se queda allí
Among the ruins, an old man stays there,
Con su gran dolor, sin una lagrima ya,
With his great sorrow, without a tear left,
Porque ya las ha llorado
Because he has already cried them
En su corazón ahogado.
In his drowned heart.
"Yo de aquí no puedo irme" -nos decía-
"I can't leave here" - he told us -
"Pues mis pies están cansados y, además
"For my feet are tired and, besides
Esta tierra es nuestra tierra, mírala.
This land is our land, look at it.
El cerezo lo he plantado con mis manos
I planted the cherry tree with my own hands.
Y en un mes o dos florecerá
And in a month or two, it will bloom.
Como un signo de esperanza renacerá.
Like a sign of hope, it will be reborn.
Y al seguir el paso de mil huellas,
And as I follow the path of a thousand footprints,
Se me encoge el corazón porque
My heart tightens because
No puedo ver como se marchan
I can't see how they leave,
Tantos amigos, tantos testigos
So many friends, so many witnesses,
Que callarán.
Who will fall silent.
Hasta las aves, cuando amanezca,
Even the birds, when dawn breaks,
Alzando el vuelo, emigrarán
Taking flight, they will migrate
Lejos de esta mala suerte,
Far from this bad luck,
De este invierno, de esta muerte
From this winter, from this death
Que otro frío nos traerá".
That another cold will bring us.
Cómo se marchan todas las cosas,
How everything departs,
Las bellas esposas, cómo se marchan.
The beautiful brides, how they fade away.
¿Hacia dónde? Quién sabrá.
Where to? Who will know.
¿Qué caminos andarán antes de poder parar?
What paths will they walk before they can stop?
Y sobre el muro queda escrito
And on the wall it remains written
Aquello que dice así:
What it says is this:
"El último que salga que apague la luz,
The last one out, turn off the light,
Y que nunca mire a sus espaldas;
And never look back;
Que camine hasta encontrar
Walk until you find
Otro tiempo, otra esperanza
Another time, another hope
Por la humanidad"
For humanity
En una esquina.
On a corner.
Key vocabulary
- bellas
- beautifulA1
- cosas
- thingsA1
- manos
- handsA1
- tantos
- so manyA1
- en
- in
- esquina
- corner
- escrito
- written
- rezaba
- prayed
- así
- like
- el
- the
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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.