Silvio Rodríguez
Ángel para un final lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1984
- Length
- 3:43
Cuentan que cuando un silencio
They say that when a silence
Aparecía entre dos
Would appear between two
Era que pasaba un ángel
It was that an angel passed
Que les robaba la voz
Who stole their voice away
Y hubo tal silencio el día
And there was such silence the day
Que nos tocaba olvidar
That we had to forget
Que de tal suerte yo todavía
That in such a way I still
No terminé de callar
Haven't finished being silent
Todo empezó en la sorpresa
Everything began in surprise
En un encuentro casual
In a casual encounter
Pero la noche es traviesa
But the night is mischievous
Cuando se teje el azar
When fate is woven
Sin querer se hace una ofrenda
Unintentionally, it becomes an offering
Que pacta con el dolor
That makes a pact with pain
O pasa un ángel
Or an angel passes by
Se hace leyenda
It becomes legend
Y se convierte en amor
And turns into love
Ahora comprendo
Now I understand
Cuál era el ángel
Which angel it was
Que entre nosotros pasó
That passed between us
Era el más terrible, el implacable
He was the most terrible, the relentless
El más feroz
The fiercest
Ahora comprendo en total
Now I fully understand
Este silencio mortal
This deadly silence
Ángel que pasa, besa y te abraza
Angel that passes, kisses, and hugs you
Ángel para un
Angel for a
Final
Ending
Todo empezó en la sorpresa
Everything started with surprise
En un encuentro casual
In a casual encounter
Pero la noche es traviesa
But the night is mischievous
Cuando se teje el azar
When fate is woven
Sin querer se hace una ofrenda
Unintentionally it becomes an offering
Que pacta con el dolor
That makes a pact with pain
O pasa un ángel
Or an angel passes by
Se hace leyenda
It becomes legend
Y se convierte en amor
And turns into love
Ahora comprendo
Now I understand
Cuál era el ángel
Which angel it was
Que entre nosotros pasó
That passed between us
Era el más terrible, el implacable
It was the most terrible, the unyielding
El más feroz
The fiercest one
Ahora comprendo en total
Now I understand completely
Este silencio mortal
This mortal silence
Ángel que pasa, besa y te abraza
Angel that passes, kisses, and hugs you
Ángel para un
Angel for a
Final
Final
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Key vocabulary
- amor
- loveB1
- encuentro
- meetingB1
- implacable
- relentlessB1
- pasó
- happenedB1
- azar
- chanceB2
- querer
- wantB2
- noche
- nightA1
- traviesa
- mischievous
- teje
- knits
- hace
- doesA2
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.