Charly García
Culpable eternamente lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1986
- Genre
- Rock
- Length
- 4:13
Estás sentado en un escalón
You're sitting on a step
Lejos de la habitación
Far from the room
Donde hace un siglo se escuchaban voces.
Where voices echoed a century ago.
La mesa, el piano, está todo igual
The table, the piano, everything's the same
Y las telas sin pintar
And the fabrics unpainted
Como una foto de aquél aire denso.
Like a picture of that thick air.
Si nunca hubieras entrado ahí,
If you had never entered there,
Si no hubieses visto el fin,
If you hadn't seen the end,
Si vos no hubieras sido el asesino.
If you hadn't been the killer.
Despues de un viaje en la oscuridad
After a journey in the darkness.
Todo brilla hasta cegar
Everything shines until it blinds
La luz del día cien años más tarde.
The light of day a hundred years later.
No hubo testigos ni juicio oral
There were no witnesses or trial
Ni condena que apelar
No sentence to appeal
Pero seré culpable eternamente.
But I will be guilty forever.
Aunque me vaya de este lugar
Even if I leave this place
El castigo será igual:
The punishment will be the same:
Volver al sitio pero en otro tiempo.
To return to the spot but in another time.
Si tú no hubieras entrado ahí,
If you hadn't gone in there,
Si no hubieses visto el fin,
If you hadn't seen the end,
Si vos no hubieras sido el asesino.
If you hadn't been the killer.
Si tú no hubieras entrado ahí,
If you hadn't walked in there,
Si no hubieses visto el fin,
If you hadn't seen the end,
Si vos no hubieras sido el asesino
If you hadn't been the killer.
Si tú no hubieras entrado ahí,
If you hadn't walked in there,
Si no hubieses visto el fin,
If you hadn't seen the end,
Si vos no hubieras sido el asesino
If you hadn't been the killer.
Key vocabulary
- denso
- denseB2
- condena
- sentenceC1
- apelar
- appealC2
- cien
- hundredA2
- hace
- doesA2
- hubo
- wasA2
- igual
- equalA2
- ahí
- thereB1
- fin
- endA1
- despues
- afterward
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About this song
Charly García was an Argentine musician and songwriter who helped define Latin and Argentine rock, spanning pop, indie rock, and electronic styles. He is known for composing influential songs across multiple generations and for major roles in bands including Sui Generis and Serú Girán, as well as for his prolific solo career and albums such as Yendo de la Cama al Living, Say No More, and Cronicas.