Rubén Blades
Encrucijada lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1999
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 4:11
Frente al precipicio hay un resquicio de razón,
Facing the precipice, there's a glimpse of reason,
Que puede ayudarnos a encontrar la solución.
That could help us find the solution.
Pero es inútil, nuestra decisión, si el juego está arreglado
But it's useless, our decision, if the game is rigged
Por los dueños del balón, y aquí estoy, contigo, tratando
By the owners of the ball, and here I am, with you, trying
De aclarar la situación.
To clarify the situation.
Tiempo de encrucijada pide respuestas claras
Time of crossroads demands clear answers
De una familia rota, de una Nación quebrada.
From a broken family, from a shattered Nation.
Sobre la desgracia de una corrupción brutal vive, y aún
Over the misfortune of brutal corruption lives, and still
Resiste, la esperanza nacional. Y ahora nos toca reivindicar
Endures, the national hope. And now it's our turn to reclaim
La vida, la memoria y el amor de América, y aquí estoy,
Life, memory, and the love of America, and here I am,
Tratando, creyendo que no es tarde para hablar.
Trying, believing that it's not too late to speak.
Tiempo de encrucijada: lucha o retirada.
Time of crossroads: fight or retreat.
O somos familia rota, o somos Nación salvada.
Either we are a broken family, or we are a saved Nation.
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Key vocabulary
- contigo
- with youB1
- estoy
- I amA2
- pide
- asks
- encrucijada
- crossroads
- memoria
- memoryB1
- puede
- canA2
- rota
- brokenA2
- salvada
- saved
- somos
- we areA1
- tarde
- lateA1
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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.