Ricardo Arjona
Ella baila sola (A Verónica Luque) lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 3:38
Ella baila sola
She dances alone
Bajo de un farol
Under a lantern
Tangos de Piazzolla
Tangoes by Piazzolla
Con su Sí bemol
With her B-flat
Tanta luz y a obscuras
So much light and in the dark
Tanta gracia lloran
So much grace they cry
La fe tiene dudas
Faith has its doubts
Porque Dios la ignora
Because God ignores her
Con su pelo a rape
With her hair shaved
Lucha con la suerte
She struggles with fate
De que no se escapen
So they don't escape
La vida y la muerte
Life and death
Ella baila sola
She dances alone
Esperando el fin
Waiting for the end
Bajo una farola
Under a streetlight
Sobre el adoquín
On the cobblestone
La vida es un guacho
Life is a rascal
Que a veces te afana
That sometimes robs you
La esperanza un tacho
Hope is a trash can
Pa' tirar mañanas
To throw away tomorrows
No quiso rendirse
She didn't want to give up
Como una entre mil
Like one among a thousand
Quiso despedirse
She wanted to say goodbye
Con la luz de abril
With the light of April
Un bandoneón de luna
A moonlit bandoneon
Tango del ocaso
Tango of the twilight
Milonga sin cuna
Milonga without a cradle
Vida a corto plazo
Life on borrowed time
Sin copas que a veces
Without glasses that sometimes
Se hacen pesadilla
Turn into a nightmare
La muerte y sus jueces
Death and its judges
Como zancadilla
Like a tripwire
Se escucha su risa
You can hear her laugh
Silbando en el viento
Whistling in the wind
Destinos con prisa
Destinies in a hurry
Y olvidos tan lentos
And memories so slow
Ella baila sola
She dances alone
Esperando el fin
Waiting for the end
Bajo una farola
Under a streetlight
Sobre el adoquín
On the cobblestone
La vida es un guacho
Life is a rascal
Que a veces te afana
That sometimes steals from you
La esperanza un tacho
Hope is a bucket
Pa' tirar mañanas
To throw away tomorrows
No quiso rendirse
It didn't want to give in
Como una entre mil
Like one among a thousand
Quiso despedirse
It wanted to say goodbye
Con la luz de abril
With the light of April
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Key vocabulary
- baila
- dances
- sola
- aloneB2
- bajo
- lowA1
- farol
- lampB1
- sí
- yesA1
- bemol
- flat
- tanta
- so muchB2
- luz
- lightA2
- obscuras
- dark
- gracia
- graceA1
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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.