Ricardo Arjona
Si usted la viera (El confesor) lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2010
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 4:19
El confesor me dice que no te quiera
The confessor tells me not to love you
Y yo le digo padre, si usted la viera
And I reply, father, if only you could see her
Dice que tus amores me vuelven loco
He says your loves drive me insane
Que mi deber no atiendo, que duermo poco
That I'm neglecting my duty, that I sleep so little
Que duermo poco
That I sleep so little
Dice que nuestras muchas conversaciones
He says our many conversations
Fomentan en la aldea murmuraciones
Fuel gossip in the village
Dice que no quererte fácil me fuera
He says it would be easy not to love you
Y yo le digo padre, si usted la viera
And I reply, father, if only you could see her
Si usted la viera
If only you could see her
En vano le aseguro que eres tan pura
In vain I assure you that you are so pure
Hay que rezar delante de tu hermosura
One must pray before your beauty
Que eres gentil, airosa, cual azucena
For you are gentle, graceful, like a lily
Que nacen de tus labios, nardo y verbena
That bloom from your lips, spikenard, and verbena
Que son lluvias de mayo, tus blondos rizos
They are May rains, your golden curls
Y que vivir no puedo, sin tus hechizos
And I cannot live without your spells
Él me dice muy hosco, que es gran quimera
He tells me very grimly, that it's a grand illusion
Y yo le digo padre, si usted la viera
And I tell him, father, if only you could see her
Confesando que el alma tengo en tus ojos
Confessing that my soul is in your eyes
Me dijo el padre cura con mil enojos
The father priest told me in a thousand annoyances
Que un pecado tan grande no perdonaba
That such a great sin was unforgivable
Y que si te quería, me condenaba
And that if I loved you, I was condemned
Me condenaba
I was condemned
Entonces con amante dulce arrebato
Then with sweet lover's fervor
Del pecho en que lo llevo saqué un retrato
From the heart that holds you I took a portrait
Y el cura al ver tu imagen, luz y alma mía
And the priest, seeing your image, light and my soul
Contemplándolo absorto se sonreía
Contemplating it, lost in thought, he smiled
Él sonreía
He smiled
Esa sí que refleja santos amores
Now that truly reflects holy loves
Creyó que eras la virgen de los dolores
He believed you were the virgin of sorrows
Esa sí que es hermosa, qué luz destella
She truly is beautiful, what a light she shines
Y yo le dije padre, pues esta es ella
And I said, Father, for this is she
Olvidado ya el cura de su corona
Long forgotten by the priest, his crown set aside
Dijo abriendo los ojos linda persona
He said, with eyes wide open, lovely person
Si es buena como hermosa que en paz te quiera
If she’s as good as she is beautiful, may she love you in peace
Y yo le dije padre si usted la viera
And I said, Father, if only you could see her
Esa sí que refleja santos amores
She truly reflects sacred loves
Creyó que eras la virgen de los dolores
He thought you were the virgin of sorrows
Esa sí que es hermosa, qué luz destella
She truly is beautiful, what a light she shines
Y yo le dije padre, pues esta es ella
And I said, Father, for this is she
Olvidado ya el cura de su corona
Forgotten now is the priest with his crown
Dijo abriendo los ojos linda persona
He said, opening his eyes, lovely person
Si es buena como hermosa que en paz te quiera
If she's good as she's beautiful, may peace desire you
Y yo le dije padre
And I said to him, father
Si usted la viera
If you could see her
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Key vocabulary
- confesor
- confessor
- lluvias
- rainsA2
- aseguro
- I ensureB2
- dice
- saysB2
- usted
- you (formal)A2
- tus
- yourA1
- loco
- crazyB2
- deber
- mustB2
- duermo
- sleepB2
- nuestras
- ourA2
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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.