Silvio Rodríguez
Hoy mi deber lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1982
- Length
- 3:07
Hoy mi deber era
Today my duty was
Cantarle a la patria
To sing to the homeland
Alzar la bandera
To raise the flag
Sumarme a la plaza
To join the square
Hoy era un momento
Today was a moment
Más bien optimista
Rather optimistic
Un renacimiento
A rebirth
Un sol de conquista
A conquering sun
Pero tú me faltas
But I miss you
Hace tantos días
It's been so many days
Que quiero y no puedo
That I want and cannot
Tener alegrías
To have joys
Pienso en tu cabello
I think of your hair
Que estalla en mi almohada
That bursts on my pillow
Y estoy que no puedo dar otra batalla
And I can't fight another battle
Hoy yo que tenía
Today I, who was supposed to
Que cantar a coro
Sing in chorus
Me escondo del día
I hide from the day
Susurro esto solo
I whisper this alone
¿Qué hago tan lejos?
What am I doing so far away?
Dándole motivos
Giving reasons
A esta jugarreta cruel de los sentidos
To this cruel trick of the senses
Tu boca pequeña
Your small mouth
Dentro de mi beso
Inside my kiss
Conquista se adueña
Conquest takes hold
No toca receso
No time for a break
Tu cuerpo y mi cuerpo
Your body and my body
Cantando sudores
Singing sweat
Sonidos posesos
Possessed sounds
Febriles temblores
Feverish tremors
Hoy mi deber era
Today my duty was
Cantarle a la patria
To sing to the homeland
Alzar la bandera
To raise the flag
Sumarme a la plaza
To join the plaza
Y creo que acaso
And I believe that perhaps
Al fin lo he logrado
I have finally achieved it
Soñando tu abrazo
Dreaming of your embrace
Volando a tu lado
Flying by your side
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Key vocabulary
- alzar
- raiseC1
- bandera
- flagB2
- sumarme
- add myself
- conquista
- conquestC1
- faltas
- faultsB1
- tantos
- so manyB1
- alegrías
- joysB2
- pienso
- thinkB1
- cabello
- hairC1
- estalla
- burst
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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.