Rubén Blades
Canto a la muerte lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1992
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 6:22
Na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Le-re-le-re-le-re, lerey
La-la-la-la-la
No te alegres, Muerte
Don't rejoice, Death
Hoy con tu victoria
Today with your victory
Pues mi madre vive
For my mother lives
Toda en mi memoria
All in my memory
No te enorgullezcas
Don't take pride
Si me ves llorando
If you see me crying
Yo no me avergüenzo
I’m not ashamed
De estarla extrañando
For missing her
Me ha enseñado, Muerte
She taught me, Death
A no tenerte miedo
Not to fear you
Mi querida vieja
My dear old
Se fue combatiendo
Left fighting
No te enorgullezcas, Muerte
Don't take pride, Death
Tu triunfo es vacío
Your triumph is hollow
Yo su amor protejo
I protect her love
Y ella cuida el mío
And she watches over mine
Decir adiós es difícil, camará
Saying goodbye is hard, comrade
Pero aún lo es mucho más
But it's even harder
Cuando se le da a una madre
When it’s given to a mother
Deja un vacío imposible de llenar
Leaves an impossible void to fill
Por toda la eternidad
For all eternity
Huérfano es el amor mío
Orphaned is my love
Madre solo hay una en la vida
There's only one mother in life
Madre solo hay una en la vida
There's only one mother in life
En cualquier rincón del mundo
In any corner of the world
No habrá voz que no te diga
There won't be a voice that won't tell you
Madre solo hay una en la vida
There's only one mother in life
Cuando una madre se va
When a mother departs
Qué difícil despedida
What a difficult farewell
Madre solo hay una en la vida
There's only one mother in life
Me duele lo que no llegué a decirte
It hurts me what I didn't get to tell you
Que es que te fueras, mi ma
That is, for you to leave, my mom
Madre solo hay una en la vida
There's only one mother in life
Lo-ley-lo-la-lo-le, lo-ley-lo, la-lo-le
Lo-lay-lo-la
Que me puso de rodillas
That brought me to my knees
Madre solo hay una en la vida
There's only one mother in life
Solo hay una en este mundo
There's only one in this world
Su amor nunca termina
Her love never ends
Madre solo hay una en la vida
There's only one mother in life
De las flores del pasado
Of the flowers of the past
Eres tú la preferida
You are the favored one
Madre solo (hay una en la vida)
Mother only (there's one in life)
Gracias por tanto cariño y amor
Thank you for so much affection and love
Gracias por tu sacrificio y dolor
Thank you for your sacrifice and pain
Mamita, Dios te bendiga
Mommy, God bless you
Madre solo hay una en la vida
There's only one mother in life
No te enorgullezcas, Muerte
Don't take pride, Death
Que ella en mi alma sigue viva
For she lives on in my soul
Madre, solo hay una en la vida
Mother, there's only one in life
Me ha enseñado, Muerte
She taught me, Death
A no tenerte miedo
Not to fear you
Mi querida vieja
My dear old
Se fue combatiendo
Left fighting
No te enorgullezcas, Muerte
Don't take pride, Death
Tu triunfo es vacío
Your triumph is hollow
Yo su amor protejo
I protect her love
Y ella cuida el mío
And she watches over mine
Dorme, dorme, o meu amor
Sleep, sleep, oh my love
Dorme, dorme, o meu amor
Sleep, sleep, oh my love
Dorme, dorme, o meu amor
Sleep, sleep, oh my love
Dorme, dorme, o meu amor
Sleep, sleep, oh my love
Dorme, dorme, o meu amor
Sleep, sleep, oh my love
Dorme, dorme, o meu amor
Sleep, sleep, oh my love
Dorme, dorme, o meu amor
Sleep, sleep, oh my love
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Key vocabulary
- na-na-na-na-na-na
- humming
- na-na-na-na-na-na-na
- nonsense
- na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
- nonsense
- cualquier
- anyB1
- llegué
- I arrivedB2
- lo-lay-lo-la
- nonsense
- le
- to him/her/youA2
- adiós
- goodbyeA1
- alegres
- joyfulA1
- alma
- soulB2
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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.