Ricardo Arjona
Espantapájaros lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1992
- Genre
- Rock, Pop
- Length
- 4:01
Las urracas casi a diario vienen al lugar
The magpies come almost daily to this place
Pero no es suficiente y me cansa vigilar
But it's not enough and I'm tired of keeping watch
Solo
Alone
Siempre solo
Always alone
Mi amiga era la luna pero el sol la deslumbró
My friend was the moon but the sun dazzled her
Por las noches hablábamos las cosas de los dos
At night we talked about the things of us two
Luego
Then
Fui testigo
I became a witness
De lo solo que se queda el trigal
To how lonely the wheat field remains
Qué triste suerte
What a sad fate
No poder siquiera moverme un poco al sur
Not even being able to move a bit to the south
Hasta la luna
Up to the moon
Se quedó dormida y la lluvia por el tejado rodó
She fell asleep and the rain rolled down the roof
Y yo sin nada por hacer
And I with nothing to do
Eso me pasa por ser
That's what happens to me for being
Un espantapájaros
A scarecrow
Siempre solo
Always alone
De casimir inglés con la corbata al revés
In English cashmere with the tie turned inside out
Casimir que hace un siglo me heredó un difunto juez
Cashmere that a late judge inherited to me a century ago
Y mi corbata
And my tie
Es banquete de ratas
It's a banquet for rats
Mi sombrero es marrón y mi cabeza es un balón
My hat is brown and my head is a balloon
Y hace 32 años una chica que pasó
And 32 years ago a girl who passed by
Hizo
Made
Con su mirada
With her gaze
Que en mi pecho palpitara un corazón
My heart started to beat in my chest
Maldita suerte
Cursed luck
No pude siquiera moverme ese día
I couldn't even move that day
Quise decirle
I wanted to tell her
Desátame de esta estaca que me amarra a este trigal
Unbind me from this stake that ties me to this wheat field
Y llévame junto a ti
And take me with you
Son siglos los que llevo aquí
I've been here for centuries
Y hasta hoy sé que soy hombre y no mujer
And until today I know I'm a man and not a woman
Pero nada es lo que pude hacer
But nothing is what I could do
Eso me pasa por ser
That happens to me for being
Un espantapájaros
A scarecrow
Siempre solo
Always alone
Siempre solo
Always alone
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Key vocabulary
- cosas
- thingsA1
- dos
- twoA1
- hacer
- doA1
- hasta
- untilA1
- noches
- nightsA1
- poco
- littleA1
- urracas
- magpiesA1
- casi
- almostA2
- diario
- newspaperB1
- vienen
- they come
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.