Silvio Rodríguez
La familia, la propiedad privada y el amor lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1978
- Length
- 3:48
El derrumbe de un sueño
The collapse of a dream
Algo hallado pasando
Something found while passing
Resultabas ser tú
It turned out to be you
Una esponja sin dueño
A sponge without a owner
Un silbido buscando
A whistle searching
Resultaba ser yo
It turned out to be me
Cuando se hallan dos balas
When two bullets are found
Sobre un campo de guerra
On a battlefield
Algo debe ocurrir
Something must happen
Que prediga el amor
That predicts love
De cabeza hacia el suelo
Head down to the ground
Una nube vendrá
A cloud will come
O estampidas de tiempo
Or stampedes of time
Los ojos tendrán
The eyes will have
Fue preciso algo siempre
It was always necessary something
Y no fue porque tú
And it wasn't because you
Tenías lazos blancos en la piel
Had white ties on your skin
Tú
You
Tenías precio puesto desde ayer
Had a price marked since yesterday
Tú
You
Valías cuatro cuños de la ley
You were worth four stamps of the law
Tú
You
Sentada sobre el miedo
Sitting on the fear
Sentada sobre el miedo
Sitting on the fear
Sentada sobre el miedo de correr
Sitting on the fear of running
Una buena muchacha
A good girl
De casa decente no puede salir
From a decent home can't go out
Qué diría la gente el domingo en la misa
What would people say on Sunday at mass
Si saben de ti
If they know about you
Qué dirían los amigos
What would friends say
Los viejos vecinos
The old neighbors
Que vienen aquí
Who come here
Qué dirían las ventanas
What would the windows say
Tu madre y su hermana
Your mother and her sister
Y todos los siglos
And all the centuries
De colonialismo español
Of Spanish colonialism
Que no en balde te han hecho cobarde
That have made you a coward for nothing
Qué diría Dios
What would God say
Si amas sin la Iglesia y sin la ley
If you love without the Church and without the law
Dios
God
A quien ya te entregaste en comunión
To whom you have already surrendered in communion
Dios
God
Que hace eternas las almas de los niños
Who makes the souls of children eternal
Que
That
Destrozarán las bombas y el napalm
Will be shattered by bombs and napalm
El derrumbe de un sueño
The collapse of a dream
Algo hallado pasando
Something discovered passing by
Resultabas ser tú
Turned out to be you
Una esponja sin dueño
An ownerless sponge
Un silbido buscando
A whistle searching
Resultaba ser yo
It turned out to be me
Busca amor con anillos
Search for love with rings
Y papeles firmados
And signed papers
Y cuando dejes de amar
And when you stop loving
Ten presente a los niños
Keep the children in mind
No dejes tu esposo
Don't leave your husband
Ni una buena casa
Nor a good house
Y si no se resisten
And if they don't resist
Serruchen los bienes
Saw away the assets
Que tienes derecho también
That you're entitled to as well
Porque tú
Because you
Tenías lazos blancos en la piel
Had white ties on your skin
Tú
You
Tenías precio puesto desde ayer
Had a price set since yesterday
Tú
You
Valías cuatro cuños de la ley
Were worth four stamps of the law
Tú
You
Sentada sobre el miedo
Sitting on fear
Sentada sobre el miedo
Sitting on fear
Sentada sobre el miedo de correr
Sitting on the fear of running
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Key vocabulary
- amor
- loveB1
- anillos
- ringsB1
- bombas
- bombsB1
- esponja
- sponge
- dueño
- ownerB1
- silbido
- whistleC1
- buscando
- seeking
- resultaba
- was resulting
- hallan
- find
- balas
- bulletsB2
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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.