Silvio Rodríguez
Con un poco de amor lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1988
- Length
- 4:54
Con un poco de amor sobrevivo
With a little love, I survive
Sobrevivo pecado, castigo
I survive sin, punishment
Con un poco de amor yo me salvo
With a little love, I save myself
Sólo un poco de amor y soy algo
Just a little love and I am something
Con un poco de amor tanto me enriquecí
With a little love, I enriched myself so much
Que gastaba y siempre quedaba mi poco de amor
That I spent and always had my little love left
Con un poco de amor me levanto
With a little love, I rise up
A mi diario de sed y de espanto
To my diary of thirst and fright
Con un poco de amor yo progreso
With a little love, I progress
Canto himnos, me odian, voy preso
I sing hymns, they hate me, I go to prison
Con un poco de amor tanto me enriquecí
With a little bit of love, I became so rich
Que gastaba y siempre quedaba
That I spent it and always had more
Con un poco de amor fue tejida mi piel
With a little bit of love, my skin was woven
Y el cincel de mis huesos fue un poco de amor
And the chisel of my bones was a little bit of love
Con un poco de amor soy yo mismo
With a little bit of love, I am myself
Soy tú, soy aquel
I am you, I am that one
Con un poco de amor deberé continuar
With a little bit of love, I must carry on
A pesar que ya sumo mil pocos de amor
Despite already adding up a thousand bits of love
Con un poco de amor
With a little bit of love
Trabajando por un poco más
Working for a little bit more
Con un poco de amor sobrevivo
With a little love, I survive
Sobrevivo pecado, castigo
I survive sin, punishment
Con un poco de amor yo me salvo
With a little love, I save myself
Sólo un poco de amor y soy algo
Just a little love and I am something
Con un poco de amor tanto me enriquecí
With a little love, I became so rich
Que gastaba y siempre quedaba
That I spent, and there was always more
Que gastaba y siempre quedaba
That I spent, and there was always more
Que gastaba y siempre quedaba mi poco de amor
That I spent, and there was always my little love
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Key vocabulary
- tanto
- so muchB1
- soy
- amA1
- sólo
- onlyB2
- poco
- littleA1
- amor
- loveB1
- sobrevivo
- survive
- pecado
- sinB2
- castigo
- punishmentB1
- salvo
- exceptB2
- algo
- somethingA2
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.