Ismael Rivera
Si te contara lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1959
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 2:32
Si te contara mis sufrimientos
If I told you of my sufferings
Si tú supieras la pena tan grande que llevo muy dentro
If you only knew the great sorrow I carry deep within
La triste historia que noche tras noche de dolor y pena
The sad story that night after night brings me pain and sorrow
Llegó a mi alma, surgió en mi memoria como una condena
It reached my soul, emerged in my memory like a damnation
Si lo supieras, te importaría
If you knew, it would matter to you
Si te dijeran que en mí ya no queda ni luz ni alegría
If they told you that in me there's no light or joy left
Que tu recuerdo es el daño más fuerte que me hago yo mismo
That your memory is the strongest pain I inflict upon myself
Por vivir soñando con que tú regreses arrepentida
For living in dreams of you returning, regretful
Si lo supieras, te importaría
If you knew, it would matter to you
Si te dijeran que en mí ya no queda ni luz ni alegría
If they told you that in me there's no light or joy left
Que tu recuerdo es el daño más fuerte que me hago yo mismo
That your memory is the strongest pain I inflict upon myself
Por vivir soñando con que tú regreses arrepentida
For living, dreaming that you return, regretting your departure
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Key vocabulary
- alegría
- joyB2
- alma
- soulB2
- arrepentida
- regretful
- como
- likeB1
- condena
- sentenceC1
- contara
- would tell
- daño
- damageB1
- dentro
- insideA2
- dijeran
- they said
- fuerte
- strongA2
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.