
Silvio Rodríguez
Cuando digo futuro lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1971
- Length
- 3:05
Te convido a creerme cuando digo futuro
I invite you to believe me when I say future
Si no crees mi palabra, cree la angustia de un grito
If you don't trust my word, believe the anguish of a scream
Cree en la tierra, cree en la lluvia, cree en la savia
Believe in the earth, believe in the rain, believe in the sap
Te convido a creerme cuando digo futuro
I invite you to believe me when I say future
Si no crees en mis ojos, cree el brillo de un gesto
If you don't believe in my eyes, believe the shine of a gesture
Cree en mi cuerpo, cree en mis manos que se acaban
Believe in my body, believe in my hands that are fading
Hay veinte mil nuevas semillas en el valle desde ayer
There are twenty thousand new seeds in the valley since yesterday
Hay restos de desesperados, hay el hombre y la mujer
There are remnants of the desperate, there's the man and the woman
Los hierros se fundieron ya
The metals have already melted
Hay la paciencia y queda más
There is patience and more remains
Hay un país de roca en ruinas bajo otro país de pan
There’s a country of crumbling rock beneath another country of bread
Hay una madre que camina codo a codo con su clan
There’s a mother who walks side by side with her clan
Los hierros se fundieron ya
The irons have already melted down
Hay la paciencia y queda más
There’s the patience and more remains
Hay cuatro niños ahora mismo sonriendo en una playa
There are four children right now smiling on a beach
Y en la trastienda de una bala un militar que no ha dormido
And in the back room of a bullet, a soldier who hasn’t slept
Y aquella misma muchachita vuelve a recortar su saya
And that same little girl is trimming her dress again
Es importante desde un niño, hasta el largo de un vestido
It’s important from a child, all the way to the length of a dress
Los hierros se fundieron ya
The irons have already melted down
Hay la paciencia y queda más
There’s the patience and more remains
Los hierros se fundieron ya
The irons have already melted down
Hay paciencia, hay que dar más
There's patience, we must give more
Yo te convido a creerme cuando digo futuro
I invite you to believe me when I say future
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Key vocabulary
- convido
- invite
- creerme
- believe me
- cuando
- whenB1
- digo
- sayB1
- futuro
- futureA1
- crees
- believeA2
- palabra
- wordB1
- cree
- believe
- angustia
- anguishB2
- grito
- shoutB1
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.