Carlos Vives
Babel lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2022
- Genre
- Latin Pop, Cumbia
- Length
- 4:19
Hay un lugar sagrado
There is a sacred place
Que no tiene pasado
That has no past
Y fue relegado a compraventa
And was relegated to trading
Donde cada quien va por su cuenta, no
Where everyone goes their own way, no
Es un mundo cansado, ya casi desfondado
It's a weary world, almost bankrupt
De pergaminos y apariencia
Of scrolls and appearances
Que nos enredan con su lengua
That entangle us with their tongue
Pero no saben dónde ir
But they don’t know where to go
Y te vuelvo a pensar, ¿cómo pude cambiar
And I think of you again, how could I trade
Tu canción por dos tenis usados?
Your song for two used sneakers?
Solo quiero escribir para estar junto a ti
I just want to write to be close to you
Y escapar de este mundo inventado
And escape from this made-up world
Babel
Nadie se quiere entender
No one wants to understand each other
Prefieren Roma y arder
They prefer Rome and to burn
Nos vuelve a dejar el tren a la salida
The train leaves us behind at the station again
Lo siento, señores, el tren ya partió
I'm sorry, gentlemen, the train has already departed
Je, je, llegaron tarde
Heh, heh, you arrived late
Raimundo está cansado y no le gusta la gente
Raimundo is tired and doesn’t like people
Pero quiere lanzarse para presidente
But he wants to run for president
El mundo es una jaula de extremistas rabiosos
The world is a cage of rabid extremists
Y el resto pa' salvarnos nos ponemos relocos
And the rest to save ourselves go a little crazy
Y te vuelvo a pensar, ¿cómo pude cambiar
And I think of you again, how could I trade
Tu canción por dos tenis usados?
Your song for two used sneakers?
Solo quiero escribir para estar junto a ti
I just want to write to be close to you
Y escapar de este mundo inventado
And escape from this made-up world
Babel
Nadie se quiere entender
No one wants to understand each other
Prefieren Roma y arder
They prefer Rome and to burn
Nos vuelve a dejar el tren a la salida
The train leaves us behind at the station again
Babel
Nadie se quiere entender
No one wants to understand each other
Prefieren Roma y arder
They prefer Rome and to burn
Nos vuelve a dejar el tren a la salida
The train leaves us behind at the station again
Babel
Nadie se quiere entender
No one wants to understand each other
Prefieren Roma y arder
They prefer Rome and to burn
Nos vuelve a dejar el tren a Barranquilla
The train leaves us behind to Barranquilla
Quieren algo de tango y se va a armar un quilombo bárbaro
They want some tango and it’s going to create a big mess
Y no se van a saber bien de qué costa es, si del este, del oeste
And they won't know well which coast it's from, whether the east or the west
Se supone que se va a armar un nuevo continente
It’s supposed to start a new continent
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Key vocabulary
- bien
- wellA1
- cada
- eachB2
- vuelvo
- return
- escapar
- escapeB1
- escribir
- writeA1
- apariencia
- appearanceC1
- arder
- burnC1
- armar
- armC2
- bárbaro
- barbarousC2
- cómo
- howA1
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About this song
Colombian singer who brought vallenato into the pop mainstream by mixing it with rock and Caribbean rhythms.