Ricardo Arjona
Cavernícolas lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 4:49
Te sabías el popurrí
You knew the medley
Del kamasutra
Of the Kamasutra
Y burlábamos la ley de gravedad
And we defied the law of gravity
Intentábamos de todo sin preguntas
We tried everything without questions
Y mentíamos con toda honestidad
And we lied with complete honesty
No había reloj ni presupuesto
There was no clock or budget
La piel, lo que traíamos puesto
The skin, what we wore
Y nos bastaba
And that was enough for us
Besos y croissant por
Kisses and croissants for
Desayuno
Breakfast
Sudor, gimnasia y piel para cenar
Sweat, gymnastics, and skin for dinner
Homo sapiens en pleno
Homo sapiens in full
Siglo 21
21st century
Trogloditas del amor al natural
Troglodytes of love in the raw
Se nos cedió un fideicomiso
We were granted a trust
Por unos días el paraíso
For a few days, paradise
Para los dos
For the both of us
Cavernícolas
Cavemen
Eso fuimos
That's what we were
Sin patria, sin futuro, sin hogar
Without a homeland, without a future, without a home
Éramos dos y nos bastaba
We were two and that was enough for us
Bien sabe Dios que nos gustaba
God knows well that we loved it
Vivir así
Living like this
Cavernícolas
Cavemen
Eso fuimos
That's what we were
Jugando diariamente a improvisar
Playing daily at improvising
No tenía nombre ni apellido
It had no name or surname
Quién sabe si era permitido
Who knows if it was allowed
Vivir así
Living like this
Yo te decía belleza
I used to call you beauty
Yo era el flaco
I was the skinny one
Jamás memorizamos apellidos
We never memorized last names
Sutil veneno tan
Subtle poison so
Afrodisíaco
Aphrodisiac
No depender de ningún sustantivo
Not depending on any noun
Jamás hablamos del futuro
We never talked about the future
Solo el presente era seguro
Only the present was certain
El resto humo
The rest was smoke
Cavernícolas
Cavemen
Eso fuimos
That's what we were
Sin patria, sin futuro, sin hogar
Without a homeland, without a future, without a home
Éramos dos y nos bastaba
We were two and that was enough for us
Bien sabe Dios que nos gustaba vivir así
God knows well that we loved living this way
Cavernícolas
Cavemen
Eso fuimos
That's what we were
Jugando diariamente a improvisar
Daily playing at improvising
No tenía nombre ni apellido
Had no name or last name
Quién sabe si era permitido
Who knows if it was allowed
Vivir así
To live this way
Un día entró como hojarasca
One day she came in like autumn leaves
La realidad y la costumbre
Reality and habit
Y se acabó la inmunidad
And the immunity is gone
La cueva se convirtió en casa
The cave became a home
El azar en mansedumbre
Chance turned into meekness
Se suicidó la libertad
Liberty committed suicide
Cavernícolas
Cavemen
Eso fuimos
That's who we were
Sin patria, sin futuro, sin hogar
Without homeland, without future, without home
Éramos dos y nos bastaba
We were two and that was enough for us
Bien sabe Dios que nos gustaba vivir así
God knows well we liked living this way
Cavernícolas
Cavemen
Eso fuimos
That's what we were
Jugando diariamente a improvisar
Playing daily to improvise
No tenía nombre ni apellido
Had no first name or last name
Quién sabe si era permitido
Who knows if it was allowed
Vivir así
To live like this
Yo te decía belleza
I called you beauty
Yo era el flaco
I was the skinny one
Y mentíamos con toda honestidad
And we lied with all honesty
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Key vocabulary
- popurrí
- potpourri
- kamasutra
- Kama Sutra
- burlábamos
- mocked
- paraíso
- paradiseB2
- dos
- twoA1
- cavernícolas
- cave-dwellers
- amor
- loveB1
- sabías
- you knewB1
- reloj
- watchA1
- eso
- thatA1
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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.