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El aparato – Café Tacvba

Café Tacvba

El aparato lyrics with English translation

Language
Spanish
Level
Intermediate
Released
1994
Genre
Indie Pop
Length
3:19
  1. ¡Ay!

    Oh!

  2. Qué hombre que maneja el aparato

    What a man who drives the machine

  3. Cuando volteé lo tenía arriba

    When I turned, he had it up high

  4. Es una luz

    It's a light

  5. Algún tiempo me dejó inmovil

    For some time, it left me immobilized

  6. Solo me quedó el zumbido

    All that was left was the buzzing

  7. De la luz

    Of the light

  8. Lo escuchaba en mi cabeza

    I could hear it in my head

  9. En lengua extraña me hablaba

    He spoke to me in a strange tongue

  10. Pero entendí

    But I understood

  11. Lo juro que no había tomado

    I swear I hadn't taken anything

  12. Solo estaba encandilado

    I was just dazzled

  13. La hora perdí

    I lost track of time

  14. Ay, yo que vendrá por mí, ah, ah ah ah ah

    Oh, I know that it will come for me, ah, ah ah ah ah

  15. Y me llevará a un jardín, ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah

    And it will take me to a garden, ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah

  16. ¡Ay! (¡Ay!)

    Oh! (Oh!)

  17. Cuando me encontré con Pablo

    When I met Pablo

  18. Fue que me contó esta historia

    He told me this story

  19. Y no le creí

    And I didn't believe him

  20. Eso fue algunos meses

    That was a few months ago

  21. Desde entonces que no lo vemos

    Since then we haven't seen him

  22. Mas por aquí

    But right here

  23. Ya no ni qué pensar

    I don't even know what to think anymore

  24. Desde que llegó una carta

    Ever since a letter arrived

  25. Del hospital

    From the hospital

  26. Pablo tiene quemaduras

    Pablo has burns

  27. Y ceguera permanente

    And permanent blindness

  28. No quiere hablar

    He doesn't want to talk

  29. Ay, yo que vendrá por mí, ah ah ah ah ah

    Oh, I know he'll come for me, ah ah ah ah ah

  30. Y me llevará a un jardín, ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah

    And he'll take me to a garden, ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah

  31. Ay, yo que vendrá por

    Oh, I know that he will come for me

  32. Y me llevará a un jardín ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah

    And he will take me to a garden ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah

  33. Eya, eya eya he... eya he, eya he... eya he, eya

    Yeah, yeah yeah he... yeah he, yeah he... yeah he, yeah

  34. Eya, eya eya he... eya he, eya he... eya he, eya

    Yeah, yeah yeah he... yeah he, yeah he... yeah he, yeah

  35. Eya, eya eya he... eya he, eya he... eya he, eya

    Yeah, yeah yeah he... yeah he, yeah he... yeah he, yeah

  36. Eya, eya eya he... eya he, eya he... eya he, eya

    Yeah, yeah yeah he... yeah he, yeah he... yeah he, yeah

  37. Eya, eya eya he... eya he, eya he... eya he, eya

    Yeah, yeah yeah he... yeah he, yeah he... yeah he, yeah

  38. Eya, eya eya he... eya he, eya he... eya he, eya

    Yeah, yeah yeah he... yeah he, yeah he... yeah he, yeah

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Key vocabulary

jardín
gardenA1
meses
monthsA1
desde
fromA2
entonces
thenA2
le
Indirect object pronoun meaning “to him/to her/to you” (singular) or “to it” (in formal/impersonal uses), depending on context.A2
meA2
ya
alreadyA2
fue
wasB1
llegó
arrivedB1
mas
moreB1

About this song

Café Tacvba are a Mexican rock en español band. Formed in Mexico City in the late 1980s, they are known for blending alternative rock with Mexican folk and other genres across acclaimed albums such as Re (1994) and their later genre-hopping releases.

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El aparato

¡Ay!

Oh!

Qué hombre que maneja el aparato

What a man who drives the machine

Cuando volteé lo tenía arriba

When I turned, he had it up high

Es una luz

It's a light

Algún tiempo me dejó inmovil

For some time, it left me immobilized

Solo me quedó el zumbido

All that was left was the buzzing

De la luz

Of the light

Lo escuchaba en mi cabeza

I could hear it in my head

En lengua extraña me hablaba

He spoke to me in a strange tongue

Pero entendí

But I understood

Lo juro que no había tomado

I swear I hadn't taken anything

Solo estaba encandilado

I was just dazzled

La hora perdí

I lost track of time

Ay, yo que vendrá por mí, ah, ah ah ah ah

Oh, I know that it will come for me, ah, ah ah ah ah

Y me llevará a un jardín, ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah

And it will take me to a garden, ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah

¡Ay! (¡Ay!)

Oh! (Oh!)

Cuando me encontré con Pablo

When I met Pablo

Fue que me contó esta historia

He told me this story

Y no le creí

And I didn't believe him

Eso fue algunos meses

That was a few months ago

Desde entonces que no lo vemos

Since then we haven't seen him

Mas por aquí

But right here

Ya no ni qué pensar

I don't even know what to think anymore

Desde que llegó una carta

Ever since a letter arrived

Del hospital

From the hospital

Pablo tiene quemaduras

Pablo has burns

Y ceguera permanente

And permanent blindness

No quiere hablar

He doesn't want to talk

Ay, yo que vendrá por mí, ah ah ah ah ah

Oh, I know he'll come for me, ah ah ah ah ah

Y me llevará a un jardín, ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah

And he'll take me to a garden, ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah

Ay, yo que vendrá por

Oh, I know that he will come for me

Y me llevará a un jardín ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah

And he will take me to a garden ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah

Eya, eya eya he... eya he, eya he... eya he, eya

Yeah, yeah yeah he... yeah he, yeah he... yeah he, yeah

Eya, eya eya he... eya he, eya he... eya he, eya

Yeah, yeah yeah he... yeah he, yeah he... yeah he, yeah

Eya, eya eya he... eya he, eya he... eya he, eya

Yeah, yeah yeah he... yeah he, yeah he... yeah he, yeah

Eya, eya eya he... eya he, eya he... eya he, eya

Yeah, yeah yeah he... yeah he, yeah he... yeah he, yeah

Eya, eya eya he... eya he, eya he... eya he, eya

Yeah, yeah yeah he... yeah he, yeah he... yeah he, yeah

Eya, eya eya he... eya he, eya he... eya he, eya

Yeah, yeah yeah he... yeah he, yeah he... yeah he, yeah