Ricardo Arjona
Quinto piso lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2008
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 5:02
Cielo arriba, suelo abajo
Sky above, ground below
Pan de trigo, luz de neón
Wheat bread, neon light
Yo aquí vivo, quinto piso
I live here, fifth floor
No consigo sonreír
I can’t seem to smile
Y la tele es un revólver
And the TV is a revolver
Y el vecino es un caníbal como yo
And the neighbor is a cannibal like me
Y hay tanta gente por la calle
And there are so many people on the street
Disimulando la amargura
Hiding the bitterness
Hay tantos lunes que los viernes
There are so many Mondays that Fridays
Están armando un sindicato
Are forming a union
Para acudir a la fortuna
To turn to fortune
Te venden dioses novedosos
They sell you new gods
Para encontrarse la ternura
To find tenderness
Hay quien se manda una pastilla
There are those who take a pill
Y éste septiembre tan enero
And this September feels like January
Y ésta sonrisa tan llorona
And this smile is so tearful
Tanto cielo, tanta luz
So much sky, so much light
¿Quién me observa desde allí?
Who watches me from there?
Tantos ríos, tanta sed
So many rivers, so much thirst
Tanta prisa por llegar
So much hurry to arrive
Y el futbol de los domingos
And the soccer on Sundays
Y el café que abre unos ojos que no ven
And the coffee that opens eyes that can’t see
Y hay tanto espacio en el espacio
And there’s so much space in space
Y hay tanta duda en las escuelas
And there’s so much doubt in the schools
Los mercenarios al congreso
The mercenaries to Congress
Y otro estratega es emboscado
And another strategist is ambushed
Para acudir a la fortuna
To chase after fortune
Te venden dioses novedosos
They sell you new gods
Para encontrarse la ternura
To find tenderness
Hay quien se manda una pastilla
There are those who take a pill
Y éste septiembre tan enero
And this September so like January
Y ésta sonrisa tan llorona
And this smile so full of tears
Cielo arriba, suelo abajo
Sky above, ground below
Pan de trigo, luz de neón
Wheat bread, neon light
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Key vocabulary
- congreso
- congressB1
- encontrarse
- meetB1
- manda
- ordersB1
- ternura
- tendernessB2
- café
- coffeeA1
- enero
- JanuaryA1
- pan
- breadA1
- piso
- floorA1
- tantos
- so manyB1
- armando
- arming
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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.