
Silvio Rodríguez
Boga boga lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1986
- Length
- 4:02
Por el día o por la noche
Whether by day or by night
El pescador sale a la mar
The fisherman goes out to sea
La mar no le ha puesto horario
The sea has given no time
Aún de navegar
Still out to sail
Boga, boga, boga, vuelve a bogar
Row, row, row, and row again
Boga, boga, boga a trabajar
Row, row, row, time to work
Por el día o por la noche
Whether by day or by night
El pescador y su piel
The fisherman and his skin
Llevan red, llevan anzuelo
They carry nets, they carry hooks
Y más llevan deber
And more they carry, duty
Boga, boga, boga, vuelve a bogar
Row, row, row, come row again
Boga, boga, boga a trabajar
Row, row, row, time to work
Pasan las horas, pasan días
Hours go by, days pass
Y se cuentan por meses
And they’re counted in months
Y su alegría y su tristeza
And their joy and their sadness
La conocen los peces
The fish know them well
De entre sus manos deben ir
From their hands they must go
Cada rincón del porvenir
Each corner of the future
El rostro de la novia
The bride's face
La mamá o el que nació
The mother or the one who was born
El mismo día que partió
The same day he left
Entonces jura que ahora
Then swear that now
Si que va a vivir
He really will live
Entonces jura que más nunca va a salir
Then swear he'll never go out again
Que esta vez si es la última
That this time it's truly the last
En el mar
In the sea
Y pasa el tiempo
And time goes by
Y no ve el día de volver
And he doesn't see the day to return
Y pasa el tiempo
And time goes by
Entre peligros sin mujer
Between dangers without a woman
Y pasa el tiempo
And time goes by
Que no deja respirar
That doesn't let you breathe
Pero la tierra se acaba
But the land is running out
Cuando vuelve el pescador
When the fisherman returns
Por eso regresa siempre, al mar
That's why he always comes back, to the sea
Su gran amor
His great love
Boga, boga, boga, vuelve al hogar
Row, row, row, return to home
Boga, boga, boga a trabajar
Row, row, row to work
Y va de océano en océano
And goes from ocean to ocean
Con su anzuelo con su red
With his hook and his net
Caiga el rayo o sople el viento
Let the lightning strike or the wind blow
Allí es donde se ve
That's where you can see it
Boga, boga, boga, vuelve a bogar
Row, row, row, row again
Boga, boga, boga a trabajar
Row, row, row, get to work
Nadie sabe como sueña
No one knows how a dream goes
Como sueña un pescador
How a fisherman dreams
Cada vez que cobra presa
Every time he catches a catch
Allí tiene su amor
There lies his love
Boga, boga, boga, vuelve a bogar
Row, row, row, row again
Boga, boga, boga a trabajar
Row, row, row, get to work
El pescador lleva a bordo
The fisherman takes on board
Una palma y un amor
A palm and a love
El amor lo hala del fondo
Love pulls him from the depths
La palma del corazón
The palm of the heart
Boga, boga, boga, vuelve a bogar
Row, row, row, row again
Boga, boga, boga a trabajar
Row, row, row, let's work
Boga, boga, boga, vuelve a bogar
Row, row, row, row again
Boga, boga, boga a trabajar
Row, row, row, let's work
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Key vocabulary
- corazón
- heartB1
- tristeza
- sadnessB2
- palma
- palmC1
- ahora
- nowA1
- eso
- thatA1
- cada
- eachB2
- rostro
- faceC2
- ve
- seeB2
- deja
- leaveB2
- acaba
- endsA2
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.