Rubén Blades
Todos vuelven lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1986
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 4:29
Todos vuelven a la tierra en que nacieron
Everyone returns to the land where they were born
Al embrujo incomparable de su sol
To the incomparable charm of its sun
Todos vuelven al rincón de 'onde salieron
Everyone returns to the corner where they came from
Donde acaso floreció más de un amor
Where perhaps more than one love bloomed
Bajo el árbol solitario del pasado
Under the lonely tree of the past
Cuántas veces nos ponemos a soñar
How many times do we start to dream
Todos vuelven, por la ruta del recuerdo
Everyone returns, by the road of memories
Pero el tiempo del amor no vuelve más
But the time of love never comes back
El aire, que trae en sus manos
The air, that brings in its hands
La flor del pasado y su aroma de ayer
The flower of the past and its scent from yesterday
Nos dice muy quedo al oído
Tells us softly in our ear
Su canto aprendido del atardecer
Its song learned from the sunset
Nos dice, con voz misteriosa
It tells us, with a mysterious voice
De nardo y de rosa, de luna y de miel
Of spikenard and rose, of moon and honey
Que es santo el amor de la tierra
That the love of the land is sacred
Que es triste la ausencia que deja el ayer
That the absence left by yesterday is sad
Que es santo el amor de la tierra
That the love of the land is sacred
Que es triste la ausencia que deja el ayer
That the absence left by yesterday is sad
(Todos vuelven) Polvo eterno del caribe
(Everyone returns) Eternal dust of the Caribbean
(Todos vuelven) Cuando el sol baja casado
(Everyone returns) When the sun descends married
(Todos vuelven) El recuerdo vive libre
(Everyone returns) The memory lives freely
(Todos vuelven) Mariposa del pasado
(Everyone returns) Butterfly of the past
(Todos vuelven) Cuando el alma se estremece
(Everyone returns) When the soul trembles
(Todos vuelven) Con las voces del ayer
(Everyone returns) With the voices of yesterday
(Todos vuelven) La memoria de un amigo
(Everyone returns) The memory of a friend
(Todos vuelven) O un perfume de mujer
(Everyone returns) Or a woman's perfume
(Todos vuelven) Se oyen voces misteriosas
(Everyone returns) Mysterious voices can be heard
(Todos vuelven) Que susurran a mi lado
(Everyone returns) Whispering by my side
(Todos vuelven) Todos vuelven en silencio
(Everyone returns) Everyone returns in silence
(Todos vuelven) Por la ruta del recuerdo
(Everyone returns) By the road of memories
(Todos vuelven) Y venciendo a los olvidos
(Everyone returns) And conquering the forgetfulness
(Todos vuelven) La esperanza que no ha muerto
(Everyone returns) The hope that has not died
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Key vocabulary
- vuelve
- returnsB2
- lado
- sideA1
- acaso
- perhapsB1
- aire
- airA1
- alma
- soulB2
- amigo
- friendA1
- amor
- loveB1
- atardecer
- sunsetB2
- ausencia
- absenceB2
- ayer
- yesterdayA1
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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.