Ricardo Arjona
Historia lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1991
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 4:15
Ahorrábamos toda la semana para ir al cine
We saved all week to go to the movies
El regalo de cumpleaños siempre era un chocolate
The birthday gift was always a chocolate
Éramos mitad valientes mitad inocentes
We were half brave, half innocent
Éramos hombre y mujer mitad adolescentes
We were man and woman, half teenagers
Éramos
We were
Conforme fue pasando el tiempo arrugábamos sabanas
As time went by, we crumpled sheets
Y una de tantas veces te me hiciste mujer
And one of those times, you became a woman to me
Éramos todo aquello que se puede soñar
We were all those things one can dream of
Éramos todo aquello que es tan difícil lograr
We were all those things that are so hard to achieve
Éramos
We were
Y como duele pensar
And how it hurts to think
Que todo lo que construimos no es más que una simple y maldita
That everything we built is nothing but a simple damn
Historia, historia, tan añeja como el vino del abuelo
Story, story, as old as grandpa's wine
Tan absurda como un árbol sin suelo
As absurd as a tree without soil
Historia, historia como colon y sus tres carabelas
Story, story like Columbus and his three caravels
Como cualquier historia de escuela lo nuestro es ayer
Like any school story, ours is from yesterday
Hoy se me pasa la vida encendiendo cigarros
Today I spend my life lighting cigarettes
Preguntándome a diario si serás feliz
Wondering daily if you will be happy
Hoy tomo clases de piano y de saxofón
Today I take piano and saxophone lessons
Dicen que es buena medicina para el corazón
They say it's good medicine for the heart
Pero no y es que duele pensar
But no, it hurts to think
Que todo lo que construimos no es más que una simple y maldita
That all we built is nothing more than a simple and damned
Historia, historia tan añeja como el vino del abuelo
Story, a story as old as grandpa's wine
Tan absurda como un árbol sin suelo
As absurd as a tree without soil
Historia, historia como colon y sus tres carabelas
Story, a story like Columbus and his three caravels
Como cualquier historia de escuela lo nuestro es ayer
Like any school story, ours is yesterday
Como explicarle al presente, que es por culpa del pasado
How to explain to the present, that it's because of the past
Que algo tan bello no fue mas que una maldita
That something so beautiful was nothing more than a damned
Historia, historia tan añeja como el vino del abuelo
Story, a story as old as grandpa's wine
Tan absurda como un árbol sin suelo
As absurd as a tree without soil
Historia, historia como colon y sus tres carabelas
History, history like Columbus and his three caravels
Como cualquier historia de escuela lo nuestro es ayer
Like any school story, ours is from yesterday
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Key vocabulary
- medicina
- medicineA2
- adolescentes
- teenagersA2
- buena
- goodA2
- ahorrábamos
- we saved
- siempre
- alwaysA1
- tiempo
- timeA1
- cine
- cinemaA1
- era
- wasB1
- éramos
- we wereC1
- mitad
- halfB1
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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.