
Ricardo Arjona
Tu retrato lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Genre
- Rock, Pop
- Length
- 3:45
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 sé 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
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Key vocabulary
- marco
- frameA1
- nunca
- neverA1
- partes
- partsA1
- poco
- littleA1
- rojo
- redA1
- sol
- sunA1
- sido
- beenB1
- terminado
- finishedB1
- usar
- useB1
- verte
- to seeB1
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.