Roberto Torres
Para Que Aprendas lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1984
- Genre
- Salsa, Bolero
- Length
- 5:14
Jo jo, ma'
Jo jo, ma'
Bajo el trío Aragón
Under the Aragón trio
Para que aprenda
So that he may learn
Aquel que no haya sufrido
He who has never suffered
Para que aprenda
So that he may learn
En verso yo te lo digo
In verse I tell you
Desde la cárcel te escribo
From the prison I write to you
Querida madre de alma
Dear mother of my soul
Desde la cárcel te escribo
From the prison I write to you
Querida madre de alma
Dear mother of my soul
Sin ti yo no tengo calma
Without you, I have no calm
En esta sombra en que vivo
In this shadow where I live
Las penas las sobrevivo
I survive the sorrows
Por esa fuerza que muevo
For that strength I carry
Es la oración que hoy elevo
It's the prayer I raise today
Al supremo redentor
To the supreme redeemer
Para que entienda el error
So that He understands the mistake
De la condena que llevo
Of the burden I bear
La libertad es lo primero
Freedom is the first thing
Que tiene el hombre en la vida
That a man has in life
Es una luz encendida
It's a light that's burning
Que brilla en cada lucero
That shines in every star
Es la distancia del cielo
It's the distance from the sky
Y es la grandeza del mar
And it's the greatness of the sea
Y es no tener que ocultar
And it's not having to hide
La cara tras nuestras manos
The face behind our hands
Es lo más lindo y humano
It's the most beautiful and human
Que podemos conservar
That we can preserve
Solo mi madre comprende
Only my mother understands
Las penas que yo he sufrido
The sorrows that I've endured
Solitario en el olvido
Lonely in the oblivion
Donde nadie a mi me entiende
Where no one understands me
Aquí en la cárcel se aprende
Here in prison, you learn
Lo que es pan lo que es abrigo
What is bread, what is shelter
Lo que es tener un amigo
What it means to have a friend
Cuando nos falla la suerte
When luck turns its back on us
La cárcel es como la muerte
Prison is like death
Y por eso la maldigo
And that's why I curse it
Para que aprenda
So that they learn
Aquel que no haya sufrido
Those who have never suffered
Para que aprenda
So that you can learn
En verso yo te lo digo
In verse, I tell you
Solo mi madre me comprende a mi
Only my mother understands me
Solo mi madre querida me comprende a mí
Only my dear mother understands me
Solo mi madre me comprende a mí
Only my mother understands me
Ahora le toca a la flauta, que mire caminando por ahí
Now it's the flute's turn, walking around there
Solo mi madre me comprende a mi
Only my mother understands me
Después que uno vive 20, ¿qué importa uno más?
After living for 20, what does one more matter?
Solo mi madre me comprende a mi
Only my mother understands me
Solo mi madre me comprende a mi
Only my mother understands me
Madre hay una sola y me entiende a mi
Mother, there's only one, and she understands me
Solo mi madre me comprende a mi
Only my mother understands me
Y vuelve la flauta otra vez, ¿dónde está? (jajaja)
And the flute plays again, where is it? (hahaha)
Solo mi madre me comprende a mi
Only my mother understands me
Hará que aprenda, señores, aquel que no haya sufrido así
She will make me learn, gentlemen, those who haven't suffered like this
Solo mi madre me comprende a mi
Only my mother understands me
Ay, me comprende a mi
Oh, she understands me
Key vocabulary
- ma
- mom
- trío
- trioC1
- aragón
- Aragon
- aprenda
- learn
- aquel
- thatA1
- sufrido
- suffering
- verso
- verseB2
- desde
- fromA2
- querida
- dear
- madre
- motherA1
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About this song
Roberto Torres was a Cuban-born bandleader and singer in salsa and related Latin genres. He founded Orquesta Broadway Zervigon and later launched a solo career with hits including “El Caminante,” and co-founded SAR Records in partnership with Sergio Bofill and Andriano Garcia.