Ricardo Arjona
Nadie sabe adónde va lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2008
- Genre
- Rock, Pop
- Length
- 4:54
Enfundado en traje sastre de Channel
Dressed in a tailored suit from Chanel
Con BlackBerry y Macintosh va Manuel
With a BlackBerry and a Macintosh, it's Manuel
Comisario del Dow Jones y el interés
Commissioner of the Dow Jones and interest rates
Yuppie sin remedio, agua y pez
Yuppie without a cure, water and fish
Mientras Marta busca ofertas en el mall
While Marta searches for deals at the mall
Con sus nalgas de concurso y piel de sol
With her contest-winning curves and sun-kissed skin
Curándose la depre con Vuitton
Healing her blues with Vuitton
Abrigando la infortuna con Vison
Wrapping misfortune in Vison
Pero nadie sabe a dónde va
But no one knows where he's going
Nadie sabe a dónde va
No one knows where he's going
Todos van al metro
Everyone's heading to the subway
Justo a algún lugar
Just to somewhere
Pero nadie sabe a dónde va
But no one knows where they're going
Nadie sabe a dónde va
No one knows where they're going
Al final del día
At the end of the day
Van a algún lugar
They're going somewhere
Pero nadie sabe a dónde va
But no one knows where they're going
Nadie sabe a dónde va
No one knows where they're going
El cannabis le dio a Juan la inmunidad
Cannabis gave Juan immunity
Para no embarrarse de la sociedad
So he wouldn't get stained by society
Mientras Tom persigue a Jerry en la TV
While Tom chases Jerry on TV
Juan volando en metro va al Tibet
Juan flying on the subway heads to Tibet
Tomás es albañil de un edificio
Tomás is a bricklayer of a building
Un Spiderman colgado al precipicio
A Spiderman hanging from the cliff
Termina su jornada en la ciudad
Ends his day in the city
Otro más que cree saber a dónde va
Another one who thinks he knows where he's going
Pero nadie sabe a dónde va
But nobody knows where he's going
Nadie sabe a dónde va
Nobody knows where he's going
Todos van al metro
Everyone heads to the subway
Justo a algún lugar
Right to somewhere
Pero nadie sabe a dónde va
But nobody knows where it goes
Nadie sabe a dónde va
Nobody knows where it goes
Al final del día
At the end of the day
Van a algún lugar
They are going somewhere
Pero nadie sabe a dónde va
But nobody knows where it goes
Nadie sabe a dónde va
Nobody knows where it goes
Yo no sé donde empezó la soledad
I don't know where the solitude began
De esa gente que camina en la ciudad
Of those people walking in the city
Si es nostalgia por la vieja guerra fría
Is it nostalgia for the old cold war
O el progreso cobra con melancolía
Or does progress charge with melancholy
Son las siete y todos van a la estación
It's seven o'clock and everyone heads to the station
Coincidiendo mismo andén, mismo vagón
Meeting at the same platform, the same car
Cada cual es un pedazo de ciudad
Each one is a piece of the city
Pero nadie sabe bien a dónde va
But no one really knows where they're going
Porque nadie sabe a dónde va
Because no one knows where they're going
Nadie sabe a dónde va
No one knows where they're going
Todos van al metro
Everyone's going to the subway
Justo a algún lugar
Right to somewhere
Pero nadie sabe a dónde va
But no one knows where they're going
Nadie sabe a dónde va
No one knows where they're going
Al final del día
At the end of the day
Van a algún lugar
They’re going somewhere
Pero nadie sabe a dónde va
But no one knows where they're going
Nadie sabe a dónde va
No one knows where they're going
Mohamed se despidió de su mujer
Mohamed bid farewell to his wife
Pesa 15 kilos más de lo que ayer
He weighs 15 kilos more than yesterday
Murmurando en el andén una oración
Murmuring a prayer on the platform
Misma hora, mismo tren, mismo vagón
Same time, same train, same carriage
Nadie sabe a dónde va
No one knows where they're going
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Key vocabulary
- tomás
- nameB2
- concurso
- contestB1
- curándose
- healing
- depre
- depressionC2
- abrigando
- sheltering
- infortuna
- misfortune
- vison
- mink
- dónde
- whereA1
- justo
- justB1
- algún
- someB1
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.