
Silvio Rodríguez
Campesina lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1975
- Length
- 4:51
Como una gota fui, de la marea
Like a drop I was, from the tide
La marea, la marea
The tide, the tide
La playa me hizo grano de la arena
The beach made me a grain of sand
De la arena, de la arena
Of the sand, of the sand
Fui punto en multitud por donde fui
I was a point in the crowd wherever I went
Nadie me detectó y así aprendí
No one detected me and that's how I learned
Cuando creí colmada la tarea
When I thought the task was complete
La tarea, la tarea
The task, the task
Volví mi corazón a Casiopea
I turned my heart to Cassiopeia
Casiopea, Casiopea
Cassiopeia, Cassiopeia
Cumplí celosamente nuestro plan
I followed our plan with jealousy
Por un millón de años esperar
To wait for a million years
Esperar, esperar
To wait, to wait
Hoy llevo el doble dando coordenadas
Today I'm giving double the coordinates
Pero nadie contesta mi llamada
But nobody answers my call
¿Qué puede haber pasado a mi señal?
What could have happened to my signal?
¿Será que me he quedado sin hogar?
Could it be that I've lost my home?
Sin hogar, sin hogar
Without a home, without a home
Hoy sobrevivo, apenas, a mi suerte
Today I barely survive my luck
Lejano de mi estrella, de mi gente
Far from my star, from my people
El trance me ha mostrado otra lección
The trance has shown me another lesson
El mundo propio siempre es el mejor
My own world is always the best
Me voy debilitando lentamente
I'm slowly weakening
Lentamente, lentamente
Slowly, slowly
Quizás ya no sea yo cuando me encuentren
Perhaps I won't be myself when they find me
Uh, uh
Uh, uh
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Key vocabulary
- esperar
- waitA2
- gente
- peopleA1
- hoy
- todayA1
- lección
- lessonA1
- voy
- I goA1
- gota
- dropB2
- marea
- tideB2
- grano
- grainB2
- multitud
- multitudeB2
- nadie
- nobodyA2
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.