Ismael Rivera
Incomprendido lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1972
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 2:57
Yo, yo, yo, yo creo que voy
I, I, I, I believe I'm going
Solito estar cuando me muera
To be alone when I die
He sido el incomprendido
I've been the misunderstood one
Ni tú ni nadie me ha querido tal como soy
Neither you nor anyone has loved me just as I am
Bituqui, pero, yo, yo, yo, yo solo estaré
Bituqui, but, I, I, I, I will only be
Y juraré que cuando muera
And I swear that when I die
Aun así con mis presagios
Even so, with my forebodings
Tendré tu nombre a flor de labios y moriré
I will have your name on the tip of my tongue and I will die
Miro una estrella y deja de brillar
I look at a star and it stops shining
Toco una flor y se ha de marchitar
I touch a flower and it starts to wilt
Negra suerte la que me tocó
Black luck that fell upon me
Que todo lo que quiero yo
That everything I want
Por eso sé que solo voy
That's why I know I'm going alone
Yo no fui nada, nada, nada soy ya sin ti
I am nothing, nothing, nothing without you anymore
Bituqui, baquilinbin, yo, yo, yo, pero que yo solo estaré
Bituqui, baquilinbin, I, I, I, but I will be alone
Y juraré que cuando muera
And I will swear that when I die
Belén, que aun así con mis presagios
Belén, that even so with my omens
Tendré tu nombre a flor de labios y moriré
I will have your name on my lips and I will die
Alalaea, ¿por qué no me comprenden a mí
Alalaea, why don't they understand me?
Si yo soy un negrito chévere?
If I am a cool little black guy?
Miro una estrella y deja de brillar
I look at a star and it stops shining
Toco una flor y se ha de marchitar
I touch a flower and it withers away
Negra suerte la que me tocó
What bad luck I've been dealt
Que todo lo que quiero yo
For everything that I desire
Por eso sé que solo voy
That's why I know I go alone
Yo no fui nada, nada, nada soy
I was nothing, nothing, nothing I am
Bituqui, baquilinbin para ti, pero que yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo solo estaré
Bituqui, baquilinbin for you, but I, I, I, I, I, I will only be
Y juraré que cuando muera
And I will swear that when I die
Belén, que aun así con mis presagios
Belén, that even so with my omens
Pondré tu nombre a flor de labios y moriré
I'll put your name on my lips and I will die
Incomprendido
Misunderstood
Yo soy maelo, el incomprendido
I am Maelo, the misunderstood one
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Key vocabulary
- solito
- alone
- estar
- beA2
- cuando
- whenB1
- muera
- dieB2
- he
- I haveA2
- sido
- beenB1
- incomprendido
- misunderstoodB2
- nadie
- nobodyA2
- ha
- hasA2
- querido
- dearA2
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About this song
Firmly fixed in the Latin music firmament as "El Sonero Mayor" (The Greatest Singer), Ismael Rivera was blessed with a gloriously husky voice, which he honed into a unique improvisational instrument.