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Tu retrato – Ricardo Arjona

Ricardo Arjona

Tu retrato lyrics with English translation

Language
Spanish
Level
Intermediate
Genre
Rock, Pop
Length
3:45
  1. Tu retrato sigue aquí, como si nada

    Your portrait is still here, as if nothing

  2. Exhibido en la pared de la memoria

    Displayed on the wall of memory

  3. Con el pelo de huracán que te adornaba

    With the hurricane hair that adorned you

  4. Y tu boca de humedad haciendo historia

    And your mouth of humidity making history

  5. Tu retrato tiene un sol que no aparece

    Your portrait has a sun that never appears

  6. Y una sombra que te ataca por la izquierda

    And a shadow attacking you from the left

  7. Y ese brillo en tus pupilas se agradecen

    And that shine in your pupils is appreciated

  8. Tu retrato solo está pa'l que se acuerda

    Your portrait is only for those who remember

  9. Y en el óleo de mi cielo en madrugada

    And in the oil of my sky at dawn

  10. Pinto estrellas con la luz de tu recuerdo

    I paint stars with the light of your memory

  11. Y el insomnio de esta luna enamorada

    And the insomnia of this lovesick moon

  12. Y este sol que está borracho de esperarte

    And this sun that’s drunken with waiting for you

  13. Tu retrato es el canvas de un suspiro

    Your portrait is the canvas of a sigh

  14. Con el marco de tu olor por todas partes

    With the frame of your scent all around

  15. Tu retrato es el velorio de una risa

    Your portrait is the wakes of a laughter

  16. El carmín de un rojo fucsia como herida

    The carmine of a fuchsia red like a wound

  17. Tu retrato es un Van Gogh hecho de prisa

    Your portrait is a Van Gogh done in haste

  18. Y una línea de Miró que anda perdida

    And a line from Miró that’s lost its way

  19. Tu retrato no es un cuadro que se ahorca

    Your portrait is not a painting that hangs itself

  20. Ni una triste necedad para tenerte

    Nor a sad foolishness to have you

  21. Es lo poco que me queda y que me exhorta

    It's the little that I have left that urges me

  22. A no usar estas pupilas para verte

    Not to use these eyes to see you

  23. Y en el óleo de mi cielo en madrugada

    And in the oil painting of my dawn sky

  24. Pinto estrellas con la luz de tu recuerdo

    I paint stars with the light of your memory

  25. Y el insomnio de esta luna enamorada

    And the insomnia of this love-struck moon

  26. Y este sol que está borracho de esperarte

    And this sun that's drunk from waiting for you

  27. Tu retrato

    Your portrait

  28. Tu retrato

    Your portrait

  29. Tu retrato es mi retrato hecho pedazos

    Your portrait is my portrait shattered into pieces

  30. Porque nunca he sido el mismo con tu ausencia

    Because I've never been the same with your absence

  31. Es armar un crucigrama con retazos

    It's like assembling a crossword with scraps

  32. Aunque la nostalgia pierda la paciencia

    Though nostalgia loses its patience

  33. Y en el óleo de mi cielo en madrugada

    And in the oil painting of my sky at dawn

  34. Pinto estrellas con la luz de tu recuerdo

    I paint stars with the light of your memory

  35. Y el insomnio de esta luna enamorada

    And the insomnia of this lovesick moon

  36. Y este sol que está borracho de esperarte

    And this sun that's drunk from waiting for you

  37. Yo no cuando empezó lo terminado

    I don't know when the end began

  38. O es mi pago de arancel con la nostalgia

    Or if it's my toll paid in nostalgia

  39. Tu retrato

    Your portrait

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Key vocabulary

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poco
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rojo
redA1
sol
sunA1
sido
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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.

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Tu retrato

Tu retrato sigue aquí, como si nada

Your portrait is still here, as if nothing

Exhibido en la pared de la memoria

Displayed on the wall of memory

Con el pelo de huracán que te adornaba

With the hurricane hair that adorned you

Y tu boca de humedad haciendo historia

And your mouth of humidity making history

Tu retrato tiene un sol que no aparece

Your portrait has a sun that never appears

Y una sombra que te ataca por la izquierda

And a shadow attacking you from the left

Y ese brillo en tus pupilas se agradecen

And that shine in your pupils is appreciated

Tu retrato solo está pa'l que se acuerda

Your portrait is only for those who remember

Y en el óleo de mi cielo en madrugada

And in the oil of my sky at dawn

Pinto estrellas con la luz de tu recuerdo

I paint stars with the light of your memory

Y el insomnio de esta luna enamorada

And the insomnia of this lovesick moon

Y este sol que está borracho de esperarte

And this sun that’s drunken with waiting for you

Tu retrato es el canvas de un suspiro

Your portrait is the canvas of a sigh

Con el marco de tu olor por todas partes

With the frame of your scent all around

Tu retrato es el velorio de una risa

Your portrait is the wakes of a laughter

El carmín de un rojo fucsia como herida

The carmine of a fuchsia red like a wound

Tu retrato es un Van Gogh hecho de prisa

Your portrait is a Van Gogh done in haste

Y una línea de Miró que anda perdida

And a line from Miró that’s lost its way

Tu retrato no es un cuadro que se ahorca

Your portrait is not a painting that hangs itself

Ni una triste necedad para tenerte

Nor a sad foolishness to have you

Es lo poco que me queda y que me exhorta

It's the little that I have left that urges me

A no usar estas pupilas para verte

Not to use these eyes to see you

Y en el óleo de mi cielo en madrugada

And in the oil painting of my dawn sky

Pinto estrellas con la luz de tu recuerdo

I paint stars with the light of your memory

Y el insomnio de esta luna enamorada

And the insomnia of this love-struck moon

Y este sol que está borracho de esperarte

And this sun that's drunk from waiting for you

Tu retrato

Your portrait

Tu retrato

Your portrait

Tu retrato es mi retrato hecho pedazos

Your portrait is my portrait shattered into pieces

Porque nunca he sido el mismo con tu ausencia

Because I've never been the same with your absence

Es armar un crucigrama con retazos

It's like assembling a crossword with scraps

Aunque la nostalgia pierda la paciencia

Though nostalgia loses its patience

Y en el óleo de mi cielo en madrugada

And in the oil painting of my sky at dawn

Pinto estrellas con la luz de tu recuerdo

I paint stars with the light of your memory

Y el insomnio de esta luna enamorada

And the insomnia of this lovesick moon

Y este sol que está borracho de esperarte

And this sun that's drunk from waiting for you

Yo no cuando empezó lo terminado

I don't know when the end began

O es mi pago de arancel con la nostalgia

Or if it's my toll paid in nostalgia

Tu retrato

Your portrait