Charly García
No soy un extraño lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1983
- Genre
- Rock
- Length
- 3:16
Acabo de llegar
I just arrived
No soy un extraño
I'm not a stranger
Conozco esta ciudad
I know this city
No es como en los diarios desde allá
It's not like in the papers from over there
Dos tipos en un bar
Two guys in a bar
Se toman las manos
Hold each other's hands
Prenden un grabador
Turn on a recorder
Y bailan un tango, de verdad
And they dance a tango, for real
Y yo los miro sin querer mirar
And I watch them without wanting to look
Enciendo un faso para despistar
I light a smoke to distract myself
Me quedo piola y empiezo a pensar
I stay chill and start to think
Que no hay que pescar dos veces con la misma red
That you shouldn't fish twice with the same net
Acabo de mirar
I just looked
Las luces que pasan
At the lights that pass
Acabo de cruzar
I just crossed
La plaza, las razas y el color
The square, the races, and the color
Y siento un humo como familiar
And I feel a smoke that seems familiar
Alguien se acerca y comienza a hablar
Someone approaches and starts to talk
Me quedo piola y digo: "¿qué tal? Vamos a pescar
I stay chill and say: "How's it going? Let's go fishing
Dos veces con la misma red"
Twice with the same net"
Desprejuiciados son los que vendrán
Open-minded are those who will come
Y los que están, ya no me importan más
And those who are here, I no longer care about
Los carceleros de la humanidad no me atraparán
The jailers of humanity won't catch me
Dos veces con la misma red
Twice with the same net
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Key vocabulary
- están
- they areA1
- qué
- whatA2
- tal
- suchA2
- hablar
- talkA1
- humanidad
- humanityA1
- manos
- handsA1
- más
- moreA1
- mirar
- lookA1
- pescar
- to fishA1
- red
- netA1
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.