Silvio Rodríguez
Derecho humano lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1999
- Length
- 5:16
Pido que no me miren bien
I ask that you don't look at me kindly
Pido que no me miren mal
I ask that you don't look at me badly
No me miren, que no estoy
Don't look at me, for I'm not here
Yo pido, pues, que no me admiren
I ask, then, that you don't admire me
Yo pido, pues, que no me sigan
I ask, then, that you don't follow me
Que solo estoy cantando un poco por cantar
I'm just singing a little for the sake of singing
Pido una noche bien sencilla
I ask for a night that's quite simple
Pido una noche bien humilde para mí
I ask for a night that's truly humble for me
Pido una noche
I ask for a night
Bien pequeña, para estar
Quite small, to just be
Solo
Alone
¿Quién me lo iba a decir
Who would have told me
Cuando buscaba junto al mar
When I searched by the sea
Caracoles de dolor?
Shells of pain?
Si me llegan a conocer
If they had known me back then
Por aquel tiempo, ¡ay de mí!
In those times, oh woe is me!
Hubiera sido hazmerreír y no yo
I would have been the laughingstock, not me
Y todo es culpa de mis manos
And it's all the fault of my hands
No han visto de cerca mis manos, aún
They haven't seen my hands up close, yet
Son de metal
They are made of metal
Duro y blando como yo
Hard and soft like me
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
¿Quién quiere hoy venirme a ver?
Who wants to come see me today?
¿Quién quiere sentirme dormir?
Who wants to feel me sleep?
¿Quién me quiere conocer?
Who wants to get to know me?
¿Quién va a decir que me conoce
Who will say they know me
Y pondrá sus manos al fuego
And will put their hands in the fire
Para quemarse hasta el recuerdo?
To burn until the memory?
¿Quién quiere feria con desastre?
Who wants a fair with disaster?
¿Quién quiere un beso del recelo?
Who wants a kiss of jealousy?
¿Quién quiere más?
Who wants more?
Y me deja luego en paz
And then leaves me in peace
Ya
Already
¿Qué esperan del hombre inferior?
What do they expect from the lesser man?
¿Qué esperan del hombre común
What do they expect from the ordinary man
Que no sabe del amor?
Who knows nothing of love?
Si solo somos espejismos
If we are just mirages
Resumen en efervescencia
Summed up in effervescence
Besos prohibidos a la puerta del sol
Forbidden kisses at the door of the sun
¿Qué esperan, pues, de una sombrilla
So what do they expect from an umbrella?
Con colores de pesadilla?
With colors of nightmare?
Fuera de mí
Out of me
Y no miren para atrás
And don't look back
Jamás
Never
Fuera de aquí
Out of here
Y no miren para mí
And don't look at me
Jamás
Never
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Key vocabulary
- inferior
- lowerC2
- miren
- look
- bien
- wellA1
- mal
- badA1
- admiren
- admire
- sigan
- followB1
- solo
- onlyA1
- besos
- kissesA2
- colores
- colorsA2
- conocer
- knowA2
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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.