
Silvio Rodríguez
El tiempo está a favor de los pequeños lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 1984
- Length
- 4:22
El tiempo está a favor de los pequeños
Time is on the side of the little ones
De los desnudos, de los olvidados
Of the naked, of the forgotten
El tiempo está a favor de buenos sueños
Time is on the side of good dreams
Y se pronuncia a golpes apurados
And it is pronounced in hurried beats
El Salvador y el tiempo
The Savior and time
La suma del coraje
The sum of courage
Se han convertido en sol violento
Have transformed into a violent sun
Y han emprendido claro viaje
And have set out on a clear journey
Se han convertido en sol violento
Have transformed into a violent sun
Y han emprendido claro viaje
And have set out on a clear journey
Se han convertido en sol violento
They have become a violent sun
Y han emprendido claro viaje
And have embarked on a clear journey
Se han convertido en sol violento
They have become a violent sun
Y han emprendido claro viaje
And have embarked on a clear journey
La noche se enriquece de secretos
The night enriches itself with secrets
La oscuridad del mundo es compañera
The darkness of the world is a companion
Preparadora del duro esqueleto
Preparing the hard skeleton
Que deberá nacer del alba nueva
That must be born from the new dawn
Las sombras de las calles
The shadows of the streets
Son cómplices del día
Are accomplices of the day
Y por la loma y por el valle
And through the hill and through the valley
Viene quemando la alegría
Joy comes blazing
Y por la loma y por el valle
And through the hill and through the valley
Viene quemando la alegría
Joy comes blazing
Y por la loma y por el valle
And through the hill and through the valley
Viene quemando la alegría
Joy comes blazing
Y por la loma y por el valle
And through the hill and through the valley
Viene quemando la alegría
Joy comes blazing
Y Roque y los demás están atentos
And Roque and the others are alert
Con la absorta pupila de lo eterno
With the absorbed gaze of the eternal
Dando voces de amor a cuatro vientos
Shouting voices of love to the four winds
Y apurando las ruinas del infierno
And hastening the ruins of hell
El Salvador desborda
The Savior overflows
Las cúspides del mundo
The peaks of the world
Y colosal se eleva y borda
And colossal it rises and adorns
Con mil estrellas Farabundo
With a thousand stars Farabundo
Y colosal se eleva y borda
And colossal it rises and adorns
Con mil estrellas Farabundo
With a thousand stars Farabundo
Y colosal se eleva y borda
And colossal it rises and adorns
Con mil estrellas Farabundo
With a thousand stars Farabundo
Y colosal se eleva y borda
And colossal it rises and edges
Con mil estrellas Farabundo
With a thousand stars Farabundo
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Key vocabulary
- mundo
- worldA2
- nacer
- to be bornA2
- sueños
- dreamsA2
- viaje
- tripA2
- viene
- comesA2
- nueva
- newA1
- pequeños
- smallA1
- roque
- rookA1
- tiempo
- timeA1
- vientos
- windsA1
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.