Silvio Rodríguez
Ala de colibrí lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1996
- Length
- 4:11
Hoy me propongo fundar un partido de sueños
Today I aim to found a party of dreams
Talleres donde reparar alas de colibríes
Workshops to repair hummingbird wings
Se admiten tarados, enfermos, gordos sin amor
All are welcome: the odd, the ill, the unloved and large
Tullidos, enanos, vampiros y días sin sol
The lame, the dwarfs, the vampires, and sunless days
Hoy voy a patrocinar el candor desahuciado
Today I'm going to sponsor the forsaken innocence
Esa crítica masa de Dios que no es pos ni moderna
The critical mass of God that is neither past nor modern
Se admiten proscritos, rabiosos, pueblos sin hogar
All are welcome: the outcasts, the furious, the homeless towns
Desaparecidos deudores del banco mundial
The disappeared debtors of the World Bank
Por una calle
On a street
Descascarada
Chipped away
Por una mano
For a hand
Bien apretada
Tightly grasped
Hoy voy a hacer asamblea de flores marchitas
Today I'm going to gather wilted flowers
De deshechos de fiesta infantil, de piñatas usadas
From remnants of childhood parties, from used piñatas
De sombras en pena del reino de lo natural
From shadows in mourning in the realm of the natural
Que otorgan licencia a cualquier artefacto de amar
That grant permission to any artifact of love
Por el levante
For the east
Por el poniente
For the west
Por el deseo
For desire
Por la simiente
For the seed
Por tanta noche
For so many nights
Por el sol diario
For the daily sun
En compañía
In company
Y en solitario
And in solitude
Ala de colibrí
Hummingbird's wing
Liviana y pura
Light and pure
Ala de colibrí
Hummingbird's wing
Para la cura
For the healing
Ala de colibrí
Hummingbird's wing
Liviana y pura
Light and pure
Ala de colibrí
Hummingbird's wing
Para la cura
For the healing
Ala
Wing
Ala
Wing
Ala
Wing
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Key vocabulary
- hoy
- todayA1
- fundar
- foundB2
- partido
- matchA2
- sueños
- dreamsA2
- donde
- whereB1
- reparar
- repairC1
- alas
- wingsB1
- infantil
- childishC2
- bien
- wellA1
- dios
- godA2
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.