Carlos Mejía Godoy
El zenzontle pregunta por Arlen lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- 3:17
Mire compañer, la verdad es que no se puede hacer
Look my friend, the truth is you can't do
La revolucion sin la participacion de las mujeres, en el
The revolution without the participation of women, in the
Ejercito de Sandino: Maria de Altamirano, Conchita Alday
Army of Sandino: Maria de Altamirano, Conchita Alday
Y Blanca Arauz.
And Blanca Arauz.
Y en nuestra Organizacion en el Frente
And in our Organization in the Sandinista Front:
Sandinista: Luisa Amanda, Maria Castil, Claudia, Arlen, Mildred.
Luisa Amanda, Maria Castil, Claudia, Arlen, Mildred.
Compadre Guardabarranco hermano de viento, de casta
Compadre Guardabarranco brother of the wind, of lineage
Y de luz, decime si en tus andanzas viste una chavala llamada Arlen Siu.
And of light, tell me if in your wanderings you saw a girl named Arlen Siu.
Yo vide Zenzontle amigo una estrella dulce en el Cañaveral,
I saw Zenzontle my friend a sweet star in the Cañaveral,
Saeta de mil colores dentro de los rumores del pajonal,
A dart of a thousand colors within the whispers of the reeds,
Enterro en el hueco de su guitarra el lucero limpio de su corazon
He buried in the hollow of his guitar the bright star of his heart,
Se fue rio arriba pa' la sabana como un lirio de agua serenito, dice
He went upstream to the savanna like a lily of water, so serene, they say,
Martiniano que en la montaña revolucionario todo es alli que anda
Martiniano, in the mountains, revolutionary, everything moves around there,
Clandestina una mariposa y su responsable es un colibri que anda
A clandestine butterfly, and its keeper is a hummingbird that roams,
Clandestina una mariposa y su responsable es un colibri.
A clandestine butterfly, and its keeper is a hummingbird.
Compadre Guardabarranco hay usted perdone mi curiosidad, como
Compadre Guardabarranco, please forgive my curiosity, how,
Era la guerrillera que segun sus señas paso por alla,
Was the guerrilla who, according to signs, passed through there,
Le cuento zenzontle amigo que onde la chinita pelio hasta el
I tell you, zenzontle friend, where the little chinita fought until the,
Final, nacio un manantial quedito que a cada ratito le viene a cantar.
End, a quiet spring was born that comes to sing every little while.
Enterro en el hueco de su guitarra el lucero limpio de su corazon
He buried in the hollow of his guitar the bright star of his heart.
Se fue rio arriba pa' la sabana como un lirio de agua serenito,
He went upstream to the savanna like a gentle water lily,
Dice Martiniano que en la montaña revolucionario todo es alli que
Martiniano says that in the mountains, revolutionary life is all there,
Anda clandestina una mariposa y su responsable es un colibri que
A butterfly moves in secret and its keeper is a hummingbird that,
Anda clandestina una mariposa y su responsable es un colibri.
A butterfly moves in secret and its keeper is a hummingbird.
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Key vocabulary
- dice
- saysB2
- ejercito
- army
- maria
- Mary
- conchita
- little shell
- agua
- waterA1
- blanca
- whiteC1
- arauz
- Arauiz
- organizacion
- organization
- castil
- castle
- guardabarranco
- canyon guard
About this song
Carlos Mejía Godoy is a Nicaraguan musician, composer, and singer-songwriter associated with testimonial song, also called nueva canción. He is one of the main representatives of the movement in Nicaragua.