Ricardo Arjona
Escribir una canción lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Genre
- Rock, Pop
- Length
- 4:31
Escribir una canción no es ir deprisa
Writing a song isn't about rushing through it,
Como quieren ir deprisa los que asumen
Like those who want to hurry who assume
Que es un acto fisiológico y mundano
That it's a physiological and mundane act,
Como hacer la digestión y crear desechos
Like digesting food and creating waste.
Escribir una canción es crear tormenta
Writing a song is to create a storm,
En el corazón del que la pare con dolores
In the heart of the one who gives birth to it in pain.
Es un acto irreverente y solitario
It's a reverent and lonely act,
Como lo es la confesión de un condenado
Like the confession of a condemned soul.
Es ir al cielo y abrir la puerta
It's going to heaven and opening the door,
Meterse al cuarto de un dios noctámbulo
Entering the chamber of a night-dwelling god.
Y esperar a que esté dormido
And wait until he's asleep
Para robarle algún verso suyo
To steal away some of his verses
Salir despacio y sin dejar huella
To exit slowly and leave no trace
Y conspirar contra el gran peligro
And conspire against the great danger
De que se enteren que un dios bohemio
That they find out a bohemian god
Es el autor de lo que compartes
Is the author of what you share
Si escribí por escribir algunas veces
If I wrote just to write sometimes
Pa' aumentar el inventario en la despensa
To increase the inventory in the pantry
Si un encargo me obligó al sacrilegio
If a commission forced me into sacrilege
De sentirme un arquitecto de emociones
Of feeling like an architect of emotions
Si escribir una canción no es ejercicio
If writing a song isn't exercise,
Que mejora con la práctica y el tiempo
That improves with practice and time,
Es pegarle un bofetón a la rutina
It's slapping the routine in the face,
Y rasgarle la piel a lo imposible
And tearing the skin off the impossible.
Es ir al cielo y abrir la puerta
It's going to heaven and opening the door,
Meterse al cuarto de un dios noctámbulo
Sneaking into the room of a night owl god,
Y esperar a que esté dormido
And waiting for him to fall asleep,
Para robarle algún verso suyo
To steal some of his verses,
Salir despacio y sin dejar huella
To leave slowly and without a trace,
Y conspirar contra el gran peligro
And to conspire against the great danger.
De que se enteren que un dios bohemio
Let them find out that a bohemian god
Es el autor de lo que compartes
Is the author of what you share
Que quede claro que las canciones
Let it be clear that the songs
Se las robamos a un dios dormido
We steal from a sleeping god
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Key vocabulary
- salir
- exitA1
- suyo
- hisA1
- tiempo
- timeA1
- veces
- timesA1
- gran
- greatB1
- práctica
- practiceB1
- abrir
- openA1
- algunas
- someA2
- cielo
- skyA2
- dios
- godA2
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.