
Ricardo Arjona
Circo soledad lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 2017
- Genre
- Rock, Pop
- Length
- 5:09
Hay payasos con sonrisas de colores
There are clowns with colorful smiles
Que se ríen pa' ocultar cuánto les duele
Who laugh to hide how much it hurts them
Trapecistas con corbata y de señores
Trapeze artists in ties and suits
Y bufones como plagas en la tele
And jesters like pests on the TV
En el circo lo que aburre te entretiene
In the circus, what bores you entertains you
Hay perritos dando saltos como bobos
There are little dogs jumping around like fools
Y elefantes dirigiendo ministerios
And elephants leading ministries
Sicarios con simpáticos apodos
Hitmen with friendly nicknames
Acróbatas de moto y cementerio
Motorcycle acrobats and graveyards
En el circo si no mata es un remedio
In the circus, if it doesn't kill, it's a remedy
Mimos sin libertad
Cuddles without freedom
El alma muere si eres marioneta
The soul dies if you're a puppet
Circo de soledad
Circus of loneliness
La crisis jubiló a otro poeta
The crisis retired another poet
Verdades que traen trampa en la maleta
Truths that bring traps in the suitcase
Personajes que aman tanto al proletario
Characters who love the proletarian so much
Que se vuelven magos y los multiplican
That they become magicians and multiply them
Joroba como buenos dromedarios
Hunchback like good dromedaries
Pa' ocultar lo que el domingo purifican
To hide what Sunday purifies
En el circo, si estás cerca, te salpican
In the circus, if you're nearby, they splash you
Siempre habrá un buen domador pa'l que se deje
There will always be a good tamer for those who let themselves be tamed
Y arlequines que se presten pa' comprarlos
And harlequins who lend themselves to be bought
Está el tigre que se come al que se queje
There's the tiger that devours anyone who complains
Y el caballo que acaricias pa' montarlo
And the horse you caress to ride it
En el circo al que piensa hay que asustarlo
In the circus, you must scare those who think
Mimos sin libertad
Mimes without freedom
El alma muere si eres marioneta
The soul dies if you're a puppet
Circo de soledad
Circus of loneliness
La crisis jubiló a otro poeta
The crisis has retired another poet
El circo sobrevive con piruetas
The circus survives with acrobatics
¿Serás el tirafuego o el bufón?
Will you be the firestarter or the fool?
Quien tire los cuchillos o el faquir
Who throws the knives or the fakir?
¿Serás el boletero o el patrón?
Will you be the ticket dealer or the boss?
O el que aplaste a los otros pa' subir
Or the one who crushes the rest to rise?
Mimos sin libertad
Mimes without freedom
El alma muere si eres marioneta
The soul dies if you're a puppet
Circo de soledad
Circus of solitude
La crisis jubiló a otro poeta
The crisis retired another poet
Y un niño recibiendo la estafeta
And a child receiving the baton
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Key vocabulary
- colores
- colorsA2
- ríen
- laugh
- ocultar
- hideC1
- les
- to themA2
- duele
- hurtsA2
- corbata
- tieA2
- bufones
- jesters
- como
- as; like; howB1
- plagas
- plaguesC2
- aburre
- boreB1
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.