Ismael Rivera
Mi libertad eres tú lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1966
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 3:45
En la triste soledad de mi celda
In the sad solitude of my cell
Yo compuse esta canción para ti
I wrote this song for you
Y quise adornarla
And I wanted to decorate it
Con las frases más bellas
With the most beautiful phrases
Pero todo lo que pude conseguir
But all I could achieve
Fue la cruda franqueza de mi corazón
Was the raw honesty of my heart
Que huérfano de ti
That orphaned of you
Ya no podía razonar
Could no longer reason
Triste sino
Sad fate
De aquel que vive preso
Of one who lives imprisoned
Llevando en el pecho
Carrying in my chest
Un amor que le devora el corazón
A love that devours the heart
Libertad, la bendita libertad
Freedom, the blessed freedom
Yo sé que muy pronto vendrá
I know that it will come soon
Pero no estará completa, vida mía
But it won't be complete, my dear
Si al lograrla faltas tú
If you're not there when it arrives
Pero todo lo que pude conseguir
But all I could achieve
Fue la cruda franqueza de mi corazón
Was the brutal honesty of my heart
Que huérfano de ti
That orphaned from you
Ya no podía razonar
Could no longer reason
Triste sino
Sad fate
De aquel que vive preso
Of one who lives imprisoned
Llevando en el pecho
Carrying in his chest
Un amor que le devora el corazón
A love that devours his heart
Libertad, la bendita libertad
Freedom, the blessed freedom
Yo sé que muy pronto vendrá
I know it will come soon
Pero no estará completa, vida mía
But it won't be complete, my love
Si al lograrla faltas tú
If you're missing when I achieve it
Pero no estará completa, vida mía
But it won't be complete, my love
Si al lograrla faltas tú
If you're missing when I achieve it
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Key vocabulary
- corazón
- heartB1
- muy
- veryA1
- le
- to him/her/youA2
- adornarla
- adorn her
- aquel
- thatA1
- bendita
- blessedC1
- canción
- songA1
- celda
- cellB1
- completa
- completeA2
- compuse
- composed
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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.