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Domingo rojo – Silvio Rodríguez

Silvio Rodríguez

Domingo rojo lyrics with English translation

Language
Spanish
Level
Intermediate
Released
1984
Length
5:33
  1. Este domingo es especial domingo

    This Sunday is a special Sunday

  2. La vida lo colmó de actividad

    Life has filled him with activity

  3. Hoy todos los relojes sonaron a las cinco

    Today all the clocks struck five

  4. La paja es un trajín que viene y va

    The hustle is a rush that comes and goes

  5. Hay sorbos de café en la madrugada

    There are sips of coffee in the early morning

  6. Y toses de motores a las seis

    And coughing of engines at six

  7. Hay risas y pañuelos antes de la mañana

    There are laughter and handkerchiefs before morning

  8. Hay voluntad de hacer amanecer

    There’s a will to make the dawn arrive

  9. Domingo

    Sunday

  10. Qué buen pretexto das para cantarte

    What a good excuse you give me to sing to you

  11. Todo ha comenzado a saludarme

    Everything has begun to greet me

  12. Y parece como si la tierra fértil me esperase

    And it feels like the fertile earth is waiting for me

  13. Oh, domingo

    Oh, Sunday

  14. Domingo

    Sunday

  15. Taller donde el sol puso residencia

    Workshop where the sun made its home

  16. Amor que sigue haciendo de herramienta

    Love that keeps working as a tool

  17. Y ensancha las ventanas y las puertas

    And widens the windows and the doors

  18. Y las puertas

    And the doors

  19. Domingo

    Sunday

  20. Es como si no me quedaran penas

    It's like I have no sorrows left

  21. Como si fuera siempre primavera

    As if it were always spring

  22. Como si la sed humana no supiese de fronteras

    As if human thirst knew no borders

  23. Oh, domingo

    Oh, Sunday

  24. Domingo

    Sunday

  25. Verás crecer la vida de mis manos

    You'll see the life grow from my hands

  26. Cuando acaricie el sueño que yo amo

    When I caress the dream that I love

  27. Y el tiempo sea un domingo enamorado

    And time is a beloved Sunday

  28. Enamorado, domingo

    In love, Sunday

  29. Oh, domingo

    Oh, Sunday

  30. Domingo

    Sunday

  31. Oh, domingo

    Oh, Sunday

  32. Domingo

    Sunday

  33. Oh, domingo

    Oh, Sunday

  34. Domingo, domingo, domingo

    Sunday, Sunday, Sunday

  35. Domingo

    Sunday

  36. Domingo

    Sunday

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Key vocabulary

especial
specialB1
vida
lifeA2
colmó
filledC2
sonaron
rang
paja
strawC2
trajín
hustle
actividad
activityA1
siempre
alwaysA1
primavera
springA1
sed
thirstA2

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.

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Domingo rojo

Este domingo es especial domingo

This Sunday is a special Sunday

La vida lo colmó de actividad

Life has filled him with activity

Hoy todos los relojes sonaron a las cinco

Today all the clocks struck five

La paja es un trajín que viene y va

The hustle is a rush that comes and goes

Hay sorbos de café en la madrugada

There are sips of coffee in the early morning

Y toses de motores a las seis

And coughing of engines at six

Hay risas y pañuelos antes de la mañana

There are laughter and handkerchiefs before morning

Hay voluntad de hacer amanecer

There’s a will to make the dawn arrive

Domingo

Sunday

Qué buen pretexto das para cantarte

What a good excuse you give me to sing to you

Todo ha comenzado a saludarme

Everything has begun to greet me

Y parece como si la tierra fértil me esperase

And it feels like the fertile earth is waiting for me

Oh, domingo

Oh, Sunday

Domingo

Sunday

Taller donde el sol puso residencia

Workshop where the sun made its home

Amor que sigue haciendo de herramienta

Love that keeps working as a tool

Y ensancha las ventanas y las puertas

And widens the windows and the doors

Y las puertas

And the doors

Domingo

Sunday

Es como si no me quedaran penas

It's like I have no sorrows left

Como si fuera siempre primavera

As if it were always spring

Como si la sed humana no supiese de fronteras

As if human thirst knew no borders

Oh, domingo

Oh, Sunday

Domingo

Sunday

Verás crecer la vida de mis manos

You'll see the life grow from my hands

Cuando acaricie el sueño que yo amo

When I caress the dream that I love

Y el tiempo sea un domingo enamorado

And time is a beloved Sunday

Enamorado, domingo

In love, Sunday

Oh, domingo

Oh, Sunday

Domingo

Sunday

Oh, domingo

Oh, Sunday

Domingo

Sunday

Oh, domingo

Oh, Sunday

Domingo, domingo, domingo

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday

Domingo

Sunday

Domingo

Sunday