Guillermo Anderson
Cortaron El Arbol lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1999
- Length
- 4:14
Cortaron el árbol
They cut down the tree
Que guardaba en su memoria
That kept in its memory
A tu familia y su historia
Your family and their story
En el patio aquel.
In that yard.
Cortaron el árbol
They cut down the tree
Guía fiel de embarcaciones
Faithful guide of vessels
Soportaba los ciclones
Withstood the cyclones
En el puerto ayer.
In the harbor yesterday.
Cortaron el cedro aquél
They cut down that cedar
De la avenida
From the avenue.
Y la acacia
And the acacia
Tiernamente florecida
Tenderly bloomed
Que alegró los días de tu juventud.
That brightened the days of your youth.
Cortaron el árbol
They cut down the tree
La ceiba antillana hermosa
The beautiful Antillean ceiba
Su raíz profunda y diosa
Its deep and goddess-like root
Quedó triste en mi.
Remained sad within me.
Corren los venados
The deer run
Asustados y sedientos
Frightened and thirsty
Fuertes llamas trae el viento
Strong flames the wind brings
Ya no llueve aquí.
It no longer rains here.
Cortaron el Mango hermoso
They cut down the beautiful Mango
De la plaza
From the square.
El Caimito que cobijaba tu casa
The Caimito that sheltered your home,
El Ceibón de tu infancia
The Ceibón of your childhood.
Lo cortaron ya.
It's already been cut.
CORTARON EL ARBOL LO MATARON
THEY CUT DOWN THE TREE, THEY KILLED IT.
CINCO SEÑORES SE LO LLEVARON
FIVE GENTLEMEN TOOK IT AWAY.
VA QUEDANDO EL SUELO DESCUBIERTO
THE GROUND IS LEFT BARE.
MI VERDE PAÍS SE HACE UN DESIERTO
MY GREEN COUNTRY IS TURNING INTO A DESERT.
Solo la alegría de sembrar nos trae vida
Only the joy of sowing brings us life
La madre resentida volverá a reír.
The resentful mother will laugh again.
Quede en la conciencia del que siembra y se realiza
Let it remain in the conscience of the sower and the fulfilled
Y la lluvia cual sonrisa se verá venir
And the rain, like a smile, will come into view
Solo echando fuera el mal del egoísmo
Only by casting out the evil of selfishness
Podrá el canto de las aves ser el mismo
Will the song of the birds remain the same
Que se quede el que prefiera la ignorancia
Let those who prefer ignorance stay behind
No solo cortándolo se hace ganancia
It's not just by cutting it that we gain
Que llegue la hora
Let the hour arrive
De sembrar aquí.
To sow here.
MIL ÁRBOLES NUEVOS HOY CANTARON
A THOUSAND NEW TREES SANG TODAY
LOS NIÑOS DEL MUNDO LOS SEMBRARON
THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD PLANTED THEM
CELEBREMOS SU VERDE RIQUEZA
LET'S CELEBRATE THEIR GREEN RICHES
VIVA LA MADRE NATURALEZA
LONG LIVE MOTHER NATURE
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Key vocabulary
- madre
- motherA1
- mal
- badA1
- mismo
- sameA1
- niños
- childrenA1
- nuevos
- newA1
- país
- countryA1
- venir
- comeA1
- cortaron
- cut
- árbol
- treeA1
- guardaba
- kept
About this song
Guillermo Anderson was a Honduran singer-songwriter. He is known for lyrics that address ecology and social problems.