Silvio Rodríguez
A Salvador Allende en su combate por la vida lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1975
- Length
- 3:46
Qué soledad tan sola te inundaba
What a solitude so alone flooded you
en el momento en que tus personales
at the moment when your personal
amigos de la vida y de la muerte
friends of life and of death
te rodeaban.
surrounded you.
Qué manera de alzarse en un abrazo
What a way to rise in an embrace
el odio, la traición, la muerte, el lodo;
hate, betrayal, death, the mud;
lo que constituyó tu pensamiento
what constituted your thought
ha muerto todo.
has all died.
Qué vida quemada,
What a burned life,
qué esperanza muerta,
what a dead hope,
qué vuelta a la nada,
what a turn to nothing,
qué fin.
what an end.
Un cielo partido, una estrella rota,
A split sky, a shattered star,
rodaban por dentro de ti.
rolling inside of you.
Llegó este momento, no hay más nada
This moment arrived, there's nothing more
te viste empuñando un fusil.
you found yourself gripping a rifle.
Volaba,
I was flying,
lejos tu pensamiento,
far your thought,
justo hacia el tiempo
just toward the time
de mensajes, de lealtades, de hacer.
of messages, of loyalties, of doing.
Quedaba,
I remained,
darse todo el ejemplo,
to give the whole example,
y en poco tiempo
and in no time
una nueva estrella armada
a new star armed
hacer.
to be.
Qué manera de quedarse tan grabada
What a way to stay so engraved
tu figura ordenando nacer,
your figure ordering to be born,
los que te vieron u oyeron decir
those who saw you or heard you say
ya no te olvidan.
never forget you.
Lindaste con Dos Ríos y Ayacucho,
You bordered with Dos Ríos and Ayacucho,
como un libertador en Chacabuco,
like a liberator in Chacabuco,
los Andes que miraron crecerte
the Andes that watched you grow
te simbolizan.
symbolize you.
Partías el aire, saltaban las piedras,
You parted the air, the stones would leap,
surgías perfecto de allí.
you emerged perfect from there.
Jamás un pensamiento de pluma y palabra
Never did a thought of ink and word
devino en tan fuerte adalid.
become such a strong champion.
Cesó por un momento la existencia,
Existence ceased for a moment,
morías comenzando a vivir.
you were dying as you began to live.
Volaba,
You flew,
lejos tu pensamiento,
far away is your thought,
justo hacia el tiempo
right towards the time
de mensajes, de lealtades, de hacer.
of messages, of loyalties, of doing.
Quedaba,
It remained,
darse todo el ejemplo,
to give the full example,
y en poco tiempo
and in little time
una nueva estrella armada
a new star ready
hacer.
to do.
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Key vocabulary
- partido
- matchA2
- rota
- brokenA2
- tan
- soA2
- ti
- youA2
- qué
- whatA1
- sola
- aloneB2
- inundaba
- flooded
- momento
- momentA1
- amigos
- friendsA1
- muerte
- deathB1
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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.