Rubén Blades
Cabeza de hacha lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1983
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 4:57
Ya me voy de esta tierra y adiós
I'm leaving this land, and goodbye
Buscando yerba de olvido olvidarte
Looking for the grass of forgetfulness to forget you
A ver si con esta ausencia pudiera
Let's see if with this absence I could
En relación a otros tiempos olvidarte
In relation to other times forget you
He vivido soportando el martirio,
I've lived enduring the martyrdom,
Pero jamás debo de mostrarme cobarde
But I must never show myself cowardly
Arrastrando esta cadena tan fuerte
Dragging this chain so heavy
Hasta que mi triste vida se acabe
Until my sad life comes to an end
He vivido soportando el martirios, martirios,
I've lived enduring the martyrdom, martyrdom,
Pero jamás debo de mostrarme cobarde
But I must never show myself cowardly
Recordando aquel proverbio que dice
Remembering that proverb which says
Más vale tarde que nunca compadre.
Better late than never, buddy.
Ya me voy de esta tierra y adiós
I'm leaving this land, and goodbye
Buscando yerba de olvido olvidarte
Searching for the grass of forgetfulness to forget you
A ver si con esta ausencia pudiera
Let’s see if with this absence I could
En relación a otros tiempos olvidarte
In relation to other times, forget you
He vivido soportando el martirio,
I've lived bearing the martyrdom,
Pero jamás debo de mostrarme cobarde
But I must never show myself a coward
Arrastrando esta cadena tan fuerte
Dragging this heavy chain
Hasta que mi triste vida se acabe
Until my sad life comes to an end
He vivido soportando el martirio,
I have lived enduring the torment,
Pero jamás debo de mostrarme cobarde
But I must never show myself to be cowardly
Arrastrando esta cadena tan fuerte
Dragging this chain so strong
Hasta que mi triste vida se acabe
Until my sad life comes to an end.
Coro
Chorus
Yo me iré y tu veras que jamás me olvidaras.-
I will leave and you will see that you will never forget me.
Nadie nadie sabe lo que tiene hasta cuando
Nobody, nobody knows what they have until
Se le va
It slips away.
Yo me iré y tu veras que jamás me olvidaras.-
I will leave and you will see that you will never forget me.
Me voy y me llevo mi cachet y mi personalidad
I’m leaving, taking my charm and my personality with me.
Yo me iré y tu veras que jamás me olvidaras.-
I will leave and you will see that you will never forget me.
Si hay un tiempo pa venir, si hay un tiempo
If there is a time to come, if there is a time
Pa' arrancar
To take off
Yo me iré y tu veras que jamás me olvidaras.-
I will leave and you will see that you will never forget me.
No hay mal que por bien no venga, como dice mi
There is no bad that doesn't come for good, as my
Mama (va mo pa ya)
Mom says (let's go now)
Yo me iré y tu veras que jamás me olvidaras.-
I will leave and you will see that you will never forget me.
Y no importa y no importa y no importa con quien
And it doesn't matter, and it doesn't matter, and it doesn't matter who
Andes, siempre me recordaras
You are with, you will always remember me
Yo me iré y tu veras que jamás me olvidaras.-
I will leave and you will see that you will never forget me.
Lo que tuve te lo dejo ya a mí no me sirve pa' na
What I had, I leave to you, it no longer serves me at all.
Key vocabulary
- tiene
- hasA1
- acabe
- I finish
- adiós
- goodbyeA1
- aquel
- thatA1
- arrastrando
- dragging
- ausencia
- absenceB2
- bien
- wellA1
- buscando
- seeking
- cachet
- slap
- cadena
- chainB1
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.