Rubén Blades
Buscando América lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1984
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 8:39
Seis del Solar
Six from the Sun
Te estoy buscando América
I'm searching for you, America
Y temo no encontrarte
And I fear I won't find you
Tus huellas se han perdido
Your footprints have vanished
Entre la oscuridad
Into the darkness
Te estoy llamando América
I'm calling you, America
Pero no me respondes
But you don't answer me
Te han desaparecido
They have made you disappear
Los que temen la verdad
Those who fear the truth
Envueltos entre sombras
Wrapped in shadows
Negamos lo que es cierto
We deny what is certain
Mientras no haya justicia
As long as there is no justice
Jamás tendremos paz
We will never have peace
Viviendo dictaduras
Living under dictatorships
Te busco y no te encuentro
I'm looking for you and cannot find you
Tu torturado cuerpo
Your tortured body
No saben dónde está
They don't know where it is
Si el sueño de uno
If one person's dream
Es sueño de todos
Is everyone's dream
Romper la cadena
Break the chain
Y echarnos andar
And let’s get moving
Tengamos confianza
Let us have faith
Pa' lante mi raza
Forward, my race
A salvar el tiempo
To save the time
Por lo que vendrá
For what is to come
¡Dilo, Frank!
Say it, Frank!
Te han secuestrao América
They have kidnapped you, America
Y amordazao tu boca
And gagged your mouth
Y a nosotros nos toca
And now it's our turn
Ponerte en libertad
To set you free
Te estoy llamando América
I'm calling you, America
Nuestro futuro espera
Our future awaits
Y antes que se nos muera
And before it dies on us
Te vamos a encontrar
We will find you
¡Buena, Raffy!
Good one, Raffy!
Te estoy buscando América
I'm searching for you, America
Te estoy llamando América
I'm calling you, America
Luchando por la raza
Fighting for the race
Y nuestra identidad
And our identity
Te estoy buscando América (esta es mi casa)
I'm looking for you, America (this is my home)
Te estoy llamando América
I'm calling you, America
Y vamos a encontrarte
And we will find you
Entre esta oscuridad
In this darkness
Te estoy buscando América
I'm searching for you, America
Te estoy llamando América
I'm calling you, America
Te han desaparecido
They have made you disappear
Los que niegan la verdad
Those who deny the truth
Te estoy buscando América
I'm looking for you, America
Te estoy llamando América
I'm calling you, America
Y a nosotros nos toca
And now it's our turn
Hoy ponerte en libertad
Today to set you free
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Key vocabulary
- tendremos
- we will haveB1
- tiempo
- timeA1
- américa
- AmericaB1
- amordazao
- to silence
- andar
- walkA2
- antes
- beforeA1
- boca
- mouthA2
- buena
- goodA2
- buscando
- seeking
- busco
- searchB2
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About this song
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna is an award-winning singer, composer, actor, and activist known for his foundational contributions to salsa music and Latin jazz.