
Rubén Blades
Desapariciones lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1984
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 6:29
Que alguien me diga si ha visto
Let someone tell me if they've seen
A mi esposo preguntaba la doña
My husband, the lady asked.
Se llama Ernesto X tiene 40 años
His name is Ernesto and he's 40 years old.
Trabaja de celador en un negocio de carros
Works as a guard in a car business.
Llevaba camisa oscura y pantalón claro
He wore a dark shirt and light pants.
Salió anteanoche y no ha regresado
He left the night before last and hasn't returned.
Y no sé ya qué pensar
And I don’t know what to think anymore.
Pues esto antes no me había pasado
This has never happened to me before.
Llevo tres días buscando a mi hermana
I've been looking for my sister for three days.
Se llama Altagracia igual que la abuela
Her name is Altagracia, just like our grandmother.
Salió del trabajo pa' la escuela
She left work to go to school.
Tenía puestos unos jeans y una camisa blanca
She was wearing jeans and a white shirt.
No ha sido el novio
It wasn't the boyfriend.
El tipo está en su casa
The guy is at his house.
No saben de ella en la PSN, ni en el hospital
They don’t know about her at the PSN, nor in the hospital.
Que alguien me diga si ha visto a mi hijo
Let someone tell me if they've seen my son.
Es estudiante de pre medicina
He's a pre-med student.
Se llama Agustín y es un buen muchacho
His name is Agustín and he's a good kid.
A veces es terco cuando opina
Sometimes he's stubborn when he shares his thoughts.
Lo han detenido, no sé qué fuerza
He's been detained, I don’t know what force.
Pantalón blanco, camisa a rayas
White pants, striped shirt.
Pasó anteayer
He passed the day before yesterday.
Clara, Clara, Clara, Clara Quiñones se llama mi madre
Clara, Clara, Clara, Clara Quiñones is my mother's name.
Ella es, ella es un alma de Dios, no se mete con nadie
She is, she is a soul of God, she doesn’t mess with anyone.
Y se la han llevado de testigo
And they've taken her as a witness.
Por un asunto que es nada más conmigo
For a matter that is only mine.
Y fuí a entregarme, hoy por la tarde
And I went to turn myself in, this afternoon.
Y ahora vi que no saben quién se la llevó del cuartel
And now I see they don’t know who took her from the precinct.
Anoche escuché varias explosiones
Last night I heard several explosions.
Tiros de escopeta y de revólveres
Gunshots from shotguns and revolvers.
Carros acelerados, frenos, gritos
Cars speeding, brakes, screams.
Eco de botas en la calle
Echo of boots on the street.
Toques de puerta, quejas, por dioses, platos rotos
Knocking on doors, complaints, for God's sake, broken plates.
Estaban dando la telenovela
They were showing the soap opera.
Por eso nadie miró pa' fuera
That’s why no one looked outside.
(¿Adónde van los desaparecidos?)
(Where do the missing go?)
Busca en el agua y en los matorrales
Search in the water and in the bushes.
(¿Y por qué es que se desaparecen?)
(And why is it that they disappear?)
Porque no todos somos iguales
Because we’re not all the same.
(¿Y cuándo vuelve el desaparecido?)
(And when will the missing return?)
Cada vez que los trae el pensamiento
Every time they come back in thought.
(¿Cómo se le habla al desaparecido?)
(How does one speak to the missing?)
Con la emoción apretando por dentro
With the emotion tight inside.
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Key vocabulary
- antes
- beforeA1
- anteayer
- day before yesterdayB1
- entregarme
- hand me over
- abuela
- grandmotherA2
- acelerados
- acceleratedC1
- adónde
- whereB2
- agua
- waterA1
- agustín
- Augustine
- ahora
- nowA1
- alguien
- someoneA2
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.