Silvio Rodríguez
A caballo lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1998
- Length
- 2:54
A caballo comienza el delirio de esta carrera
On horseback begins the madness of this race
A caballo mi beso, a caballo de la primavera
On horseback my kiss, on horseback of springtime
A caballo caemos al río
On horseback we fall into the river
A caballo apagamos el frío
On horseback we extinguish the cold
A caballo se saltan los broches
On horseback we skip the closures
A caballo se alumbra la noche
On horseback the night shines bright
A caballo el amor
On horseback love
A caballo bañado en sudor
On horseback bathed in sweat
A caballo llegamos al vicio
On horseback we reach the vice
Y juro que no es sacrificio
And I swear it's not a sacrifice
A caballo querría contigo tener una vista
On horseback, I would like to have a view with you
A caballo y temprano, para que se alargue la pista
On horseback and early, so the track stretches long
A caballo andarías segura
On horseback, you would ride secure
En la más saludable montura
In the healthiest saddle
A caballo los santos pervierten
On horseback, the saints are corrupted
Y dolor y tortura divierten
And pain and torture delight
A caballo el amor
On horseback, love
Galopando hacia el premio mayor
Galloping towards the greatest prize
A caballo pasando la liebre
On horseback, passing the hare
Y un trovador cantando de fiebre
And a troubadour singing with fever
A caballo curando la baja presión de la sangre
On horseback healing low blood pressure
A caballo borrando ignominias, miserias y hambres
On horseback erasing disgrace, misery, and hunger
A caballo impartiendo justicia
On horseback delivering justice
Reclamando el país con Alicia
Claiming the country with Alicia
A caballo sin discriminarnos
On horseback without discrimination
A caballo total para amarnos
On horseback completely to love each other
A caballo el amor
On horseback love
Desbocado a todo tambor
Galloping to every beat
A caballo de tan necesario
On horseback so absolutely necessary
Me siento más revolucionario
I feel more revolutionary
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Key vocabulary
- llegamos
- arriveB1
- comienza
- begins
- caemos
- we fall
- apagamos
- turn off
- sudor
- sweatB2
- juro
- I swearB2
- sacrificio
- sacrificeB2
- andarías
- you would walk
- pervierten
- corrupt
- tortura
- tortureB2
About this song
Silvio Rodríguez is a Cuban singer-songwriter associated with nueva trova and nueva canción. He is known for politically charged, lyric-driven protest songs set against tender folk balladry, and for helping define the style that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s.