Ricardo Arjona
Aleluya lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 4:17
Dibujando caracolas en la luna
Drawing seashells on the moon
Canalizo la fortuna de existir
I channel the fortune of existing
Cargando esta mochila de cemento
Carrying this backpack of cement
Dudas culpas y argumentos pa' seguir
Doubts, guilt, and arguments to keep going
No hay respeto por la izquierda
There's no respect for the left
Da lo mismo miel o mierda
It doesn't matter if it's honey or shit
Hoy resulta que un milico es liberal
Today it turns out a soldier is liberal
También resulta que la luna no es de queso
It also turns out the moon isn't made of cheese
Que los santos son de yeso y que el amor
That saints are made of plaster and that love
Es un pacto entre abogados e inocentes
Is a pact between lawyers and innocents
El amor se ha vuelto un cliente de la ley
Love has become a client of the law
Hoy llegó correspondencia
Today mail has arrived
Invitando a la abstinencia
Inviting abstinence
El vaticano se quedó en la inquisición
The Vatican remained in the Inquisition
Aleluya
Hallelujah
Cárcel para el que no sepa sonreír
Prison for those who don't know how to smile
Aleluya
Hallelujah
Que se mueran los que no quieran vivir
Let those who don't want to live perish
Aleluya
Hallelujah
Que la vida está muy cara pa' sufrir
Because life is too expensive to suffer
Si te gusta una mujer está casada
If you like a woman, she's married
Si es soltera está cansada de escuchar
If she's single, she's tired of listening
No me pidas exclusivas con la piel
Don't ask me for exclusives with my skin
Imposible serte fiel sin serme infiel
Impossible to be faithful to you without being unfaithful to myself
Hay más Grammys al olvido
There are more Grammys in oblivion
Que curitas sin castigo
Than band-aids without punishment
Que no queda más que volver a decir
All that's left is to say it again
Aleluya
Hallelujah
Cárcel para el que no sepa sonreír
Prison for those who don't know how to smile
Aleluya
Hallelujah
Que se mueran los que no quieran vivir
Let those who don't want to live die
Aleluya
Hallelujah
Que la vida está muy cara pa' sufrir
Because life is too expensive to suffer
Búscate un amigo que te falle
Find a friend who will let you down
Un amor que te maldiga
A love that curses you
Busca un sueño que te estalle
Chase a dream that will explode for you
Pa' que aprendas que de migas se construye el porvenir
So you learn that from crumbs the future is built
Y cuando estés en el fondo de los fondos
And when you're at the bottom of the depths
Ya verás que no hay camino
You'll see there's no path
Que no sea el de subir y dirás
That isn't the one to rise and you'll say
Aleluya
Hallelujah
Cárcel para el que no sepa sonreír
Jail for those who don't know how to smile
Aleluya
Hallelujah
Que se mueran los que no quieran vivir
Let those who don't want to live die
Aleluya
Hallelujah
Que la vida está muy cara pa' sufrir
Life is too expensive to suffer
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Key vocabulary
- curitas
- bandages
- búscate
- find
- amigo
- friendA1
- falle
- fails
- maldiga
- curse
- estalle
- burst
- decir
- sayA1
- volver
- returnA1
- dirás
- you will say
- dibujando
- drawing
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About this song
Ricardo Arjona is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter and actor in the Latin pop and Latin ballad genres. He is known for the chart-topping hits “Mujeres” and “El Problema,” and for a long-running career with numerous Billboard Latin chart entries and honors, including induction into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame.