
Jorge Drexler
Cerca del mar lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 1994
- Genre
- Latin Pop
- Length
- 3:43
Una bolsa de leche encallada en la arena
A bag of milk stranded on the sand
Un murmullo azul como un cascabel
A blue murmur like a rattlesnake
Un viento salado que se mete en las venas
A salty wind that seeps into the veins
Una algarabía estira, estira la piel
A ruckus pulls, pulls at the skin
Desde el sol caía un velo blanco, luz del mediodía
From the sun fell a white veil, midday light
Cerca del mar
Near the sea
Toda piel se vuelve presa del yodo
Every skin becomes prey to iodine
Toda bisagra se vuelve a herrumbrar
Every hinge begins to rust again
Todo el mundo dice pasar de todo
Everyone says to let everything go
Y todo el mundo vuelve, vuelve a probar
And everyone comes back, comes back to try again
Una casa blanca se va hundiendo sola entre las dunas
A white house sinks alone among the dunes
Cerca del mar
Near the sea
Cerca del mar
Near the sea
Una vez se fueron hasta la playa
Once they went all the way to the beach
Una noche antes de Carnaval
One night before Carnival
Una vez se pasaron de la raya
Once they crossed the line
Todo el año para rememorar
All year to reminisce
El viento llevaba una guitarra lejos en la noche
The wind carried a guitar far into the night
Cerca del mar
Near the sea
Cerca del mar
Near the sea
Cerca del mar
Near the sea
Cerca del mar
Near the sea
Una sombra crece en el horizonte
A shadow grows on the horizon
Una carpa vuela en el temporal
A tent flies in the storm
Los bañistas como pueden se esconden
The bathers hide as best they can
Cargan con lo que pudieron salvar
They carry what they could save
Ese mar no es agua y sal, es sangre verde desbocada
That sea is not water and salt, it's wild green blood
Una rastafari del barrio Pocitos
A rastafarian from the Pocitos neighborhood
Flota en el sopor de la grappamiel
Floats in the drowsiness of grappamiel
Prueba la madera de un entrepiso
Tastes the wood of an intermediate floor
Haciendo el amor en puntas de pie
Making love on tiptoes
Todo brillo es oro bajo el lente leve del verano
All shine is gold under the gentle lens of summer
Cerca del mar
Near the sea
Cerca del mar
Near the sea
Cerca del mar
Near the sea
Cerca del mar
Near the sea
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Key vocabulary
- blanca
- whiteC1
- hasta
- untilA1
- pie
- footA1
- agua
- waterA1
- algarabía
- noise
- amor
- loveB1
- año
- yearA1
- antes
- beforeA1
- arena
- sandB1
- azul
- blueA1
About this song
Jorge Drexler is a Uruguayan singer-songwriter and composer known for Latin American folk, alternative rock, and electronic-leaning experimentation. He is recognized for winning both a Latin Grammy and an Academy Award for the song “Al otro lado del Río.”