Silvio Rodríguez
Caballo místico lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1996
- Length
- 2:50
Érase un caballo con dos alas
Once there was a horse with two wings
Que subía que volaba
That rose up, that flew high
Como volaría el amor
Like love would soar
érase un caballo con un cuerno
Once there was a horse with a horn
En la nariz que en primavera
On its nose that in springtime
Se hizo buen galopador
Became a true galloper
érase un caballo con un hombre
Once there was a horse with a man
Y un arquero todo junto
And an archer all together
Con un solo corazón
With a single heart
érase que un beso era el olimpo
Once there was a kiss that was Olympus
érase que abril era a las cinco
Once upon a time, April was at five
Y las patas del animal místico
And the legs of the mystical beast
Se enredaban en el aire
Got tangled in the air
Con su galope magnífico
With its magnificent gallop
Y era que te había conocido
And it was that I had met you
Con tu nombre que volaba
With your name that was soaring
Con tu pequeño vestido.
In your little dress.
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Key vocabulary
- como
- as; like; howB1
- volaba
- was flying
- amor
- loveB1
- hizo
- didB1
- arquero
- archer
- olimpo
- Olympus
- patas
- pawsC1
- místico
- mystical
- enredaban
- entangled
- galope
- gallop
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.