Silvio Rodríguez
Historia de las sillas lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1986
- Length
- 2:25
En el borde del camino hay una silla
On the edge of the road, there's a chair
La rapiña merodea aquel lugar
The scavenger prowls that place
La casaca del amigo está tendida
The friend's jacket is laid out
El amigo no se sienta a descansar
The friend doesn't sit down to rest
Sus zapatos de gastados son espejos
His worn-out shoes are mirrors
Que le queman la garganta con el sol
That burn his throat with the sun
Y a través de su cansancio pasa un viejo
And through his exhaustion, an old man passes
Que le seca con la sombra el sudor
Who dries his sweat with the shade
En la punta del amor viaja el amigo
On the edge of love, the friend travels
En la punta más aguda que hay que ver
On the sharpest point that needs to be seen
Esa punta que lo mismo cava en tierra
That tip which digs both in the ground
Que en las ruinas, que en un rastro de mujer
As in ruins, as in the trace of a woman
Es por eso que es soldado y es amante
That's why he's a soldier and a lover
Es por eso que es madera y es metal
That's why he's both wood and metal
Es por eso que lo mismo siembra rosas
That's why he sows roses just the same
Que razones de banderas y arsenal
As reasons for flags and armory
El que tenga una canción, tendrá tormenta
Whoever has a song will have a storm
El que tenga compañía, soledad
Whoever has company will find solitude
El que siga un buen camino tendrá sillas
Whoever walks a good path will have chairs
Peligrosas que lo inviten a parar
Dangerous ones that invite him to stop
Pero vale la canción buena tormenta
But the good song is worth the storm
Y la compañía vale soledad
And the company is worth the solitude
Siempre vale la agonía de la prisa
The agony of hurry is always worth it
Aunque se llene de sillas la verdad
Even if the truth is filled with chairs
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Key vocabulary
- camino
- roadB1
- rapiña
- plunder
- merodea
- roam
- aquel
- thatA1
- casaca
- jacket
- amigo
- friendA1
- tendida
- stretched
- descansar
- to restA2
- gastados
- wornC1
- espejos
- mirrorsB1
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.