Silvio Rodríguez
Hombre lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 1992
- Length
- 6:05
De quererte cantar, sufro disnea
To love you is to sing, I suffer breathlessness
Bastante más allá de los pulmones
Much further than the lungs
Tu sombra brilla hoy en la pelea mayor
Your shadow shines today in the greatest fight
De la conciencia y las razones
Of consciousness and reasons
Por ti, canto de pecho
For you, I sing from the heart
Como el sueño en que giro
Like the dream in which I turn
Y leve
And lightly
Como aún respiro
As I still breathe
Por ti, adelanto trecho
For you, I cover ground
A lo que falta en tono
To what is missing in tone
Y canto
And I sing
Lo que no perdono
What I won't forgive
Hombre
Man
Hombre y amigo
Man and friend
Aún queda para estar
There's still time to be
Contigo
With you
Hombre
Man
Hombre sin templo
Man without a temple
Desciende a mi ciudad
Descend to my city
Tu ejemplo
Your example
Supiste cabalgar contra quien odia
You knew how to ride against those who hate
Desde su torre de oro y exterminio
From their tower of gold and extermination
Pero en mi parecer
But in my view
Te dio más gloria el alma que tallaste a tu dominio
Your soul carved more glory than you claimed as your own
La medicina escasa
The medicine is scarce
La más insuficiente
The most insufficient
Es
Is
La de remediar
The one to remedy
La mente
The mind
Y la locura pasa
And madness passes
Risueña cuando engaña
Smiling when she deceives
Cual odio
Like hatred
De la propia entraña
From her own gut
Hombre
Man
Sin apellido
Without a surname
Un poco de piedad
A little mercy
Te pido
I ask you
Hombre
Man
Ay, todavía
Oh, still
Que un tanto más allá
That a little further beyond
Está el día
It's the day
De la melena inculta a la calvicie
From wild hair to baldness
Del número inicial a lo incontable
From the initial number to the uncountable
Desde la tumba hasta la superficie
From the grave to the surface
Tras breve veinte tan multiplicable
After a brief twenty so multiplyable
Me llega un canto alado
An angelic song comes to me
De fiebres de la infancia
From childhood fevers
Me brota la invención
Invention springs forth in me
Del ansia
From desire
Y entero y mutilado
And whole and mutilated
Furiosamente, a besos
Furiously, with kisses
Te doy mi corazón
I give you my heart
Travieso
Naughty
Hombre
Man
Hombre sin muerte
Man without death
La noche respiró
The night breathed
Tu suerte
Your fate
Hombre
Man
De buen destino
Of good fortune
Y hay luces puestas en
And there are lights shining in
Camino
Path
Hombre sin muerte
Man without death
La noche respiró
The night breathed
Tu suerte
Your fate
Hombre
Man
De buen destino
Of good fortune
Y hay luces puestas en
And there are lights placed on
Camino
Path
(Hombre)
(Man)
Hombre
Man
De buen destino
A good fate
Y hay luces puestas en
And there are lights set on
Camino (hombre)
The path (man)
Hombre
Man
De buen destino
A good fate
(Hombre) Y hay luces puestas en
(Man) And there are lights set on
(Hombre) Camino
(Man) The path
(Hombre)
(Man)
(Hombre)
(Man)
(Hombre)
(Man)
(Hombre)
(Man)
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Key vocabulary
- quererte
- to love
- besos
- kissesA2
- calvicie
- baldnessC2
- entero
- wholeC2
- contigo
- with you (singular), alongside youB1
- sufro
- suffer
- disnea
- dyspnea
- pulmones
- lungs
- brilla
- shines
- pelea
- fightB2
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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.