Silvio Rodríguez
Causas y azares lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1986
- Length
- 5:21
Cuando Pedro salió a su ventana
When Pedro stepped out to his window
No sabía, mi amor, no sabía
He didn't know, my love, he didn't know
Que la luz de esa clara mañana
That the light of that clear morning
Era luz de su último día
Was the light of his last day
Y las causas lo fueron cercando
And the reasons were closing in on him
Cotidianas, invisibles
Everyday, invisible
Y el azar se le iba enredando
And fate was getting tangled up
Poderoso, invencible
Powerful, invincible
Cuando Juan regresaba a su lecho
When Juan returned to his bed
No sabía, oh alma querida
He didn't know, oh dear soul
Que en la noche lluviosa y sin techo
That on the rainy night without a roof
Lo esperaba el amor de su vida
The love of his life was waiting for him
Y las causas lo fueron cercando
And the causes were closing in on him
Cotidianas, invisibles
Everyday, invisible
Y el azar se le iba enredando
And fate was getting tangled up
Poderoso, invencible
Powerful, invincible
Cuando acabe este verso que canto
When this verse I sing comes to an end
Yo no sé, yo no sé, madre mía
I don't know, I don't know, my mother
Si me espera la paz o el espanto
If peace awaits me or terror
Si el ahora o si el todavía
If the now or the still yet
Pues las causas me andan cercando
For the reasons are closing in on me
Cotidianas, invisibles
Daily, invisible
Y el azar se me viene enredando
And chance is getting tangled up with me
Poderoso, invencible
Powerful, invincible
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
Key vocabulary
- viene
- comesA2
- era
- wasB1
- fueron
- wereB1
- iba
- was goingB1
- sabía
- knewB1
- salió
- leftB1
- pedro
- PeterA1
- ventana
- windowA1
- luz
- lightA2
- esa
- thatA1
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.