Café Tacvba
Volcán lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2012
- Genre
- Indie Pop
- Length
- 4:49
Mira lo que hicimos rasgando venas, hiriéndote
Look at what we've done, tearing veins, hurting you
Mira lo que hemos hecho, la gema en tu pecho
Look at what we've made, the gem in your chest
¿Dime con qué?
Tell me, with what?
Mira tus huesos rotos y tu belleza desfallecer
Look at your broken bones and your beauty fading away
Mira que, sin querer yo te he lastimado queriéndote
See that, without meaning to, I’ve hurt you while loving you
Mira que tú me has dado todo, todo
Look at how you’ve given me everything, all of it
Y así pagué
And that's how I paid
Mira que entre tus huertos había semillas que desperdicié
See that among your gardens there were seeds I wasted
Y con mi canto, yo tejo este manto
And with my song, I weave this mantle
Que te vengo a ofrecer
That I come to offer you
Que va adornado con jades de llanto
That goes adorned with jade from tears
Tanto te he hecho padecer
I've made you suffer so much
Quitar la seda opaca de estos mis ojos en tu manantial
To clear the dull silk from my eyes in your spring
Con esa poca de agua lavar mi boca de todo mal
With that little bit of water, wash my mouth of all evil
Navaja de obsidiana es el silencio en mi pecho ya
A knife of obsidian is the silence in my chest now
Adentro en la lejanía podré volverte a abrazar
Inside in the distance, I will be able to embrace you again
Vuelo sobre tus mares, entre tus montes, sobre el maizal
I fly over your seas, among your mountains, above the cornfields
Libre la serpiente vuela, profeta Venus Kukulcan
Free, the serpent flies, prophet Venus Kukulcan
Y con mi saliva busco una salida
And with my saliva, I seek an escape
Sabía savia, tan vital
Wise sap, so vital
Que te sane madre, mi alma que arde como un bello
May it heal you, mother, my soul that burns like a beautiful
Volcán
Volcano
Volcán
Volcano
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Key vocabulary
- mira
- lookA2
- hicimos
- we did
- rasgando
- tearing
- venas
- veinsB2
- hiriéndote
- hurting
- hemos
- we haveA2
- hecho
- doneA2
- gema
- gem
- pecho
- chestB1
- adentro
- insideB2
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.