Silvio Rodríguez
La guitarra del joven soldado lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1992
- Length
- 2:59
La guitarra del joven soldado
The guitar of the young soldier
Es pecosa y discreta
Is freckled and discreet
Es tan tímida que solo canta
Is so shy that it only sings
Pasadas las 10
Past ten o'clock
Cuando tocan silencio, ella espera una hora
When they play silence, she waits an hour
Y se escurre de puntas, los pies
And slips away on tiptoes, her feet
Y en el monte, debajo de un árbol
And in the mountain, beneath a tree
Suelta al viento su amor y su fe
Sends her love and faith to the wind
La guitarra del joven soldado
The guitar of the young soldier
Es recluta también
Is a recruit as well
La guitarra del joven soldado
The guitar of the young soldier
Revela secretos
Reveals secrets
Se desata por una mirada
Is unleashed by a glance
En arpegios de amor
In arpeggios of love
Cada instante le pide tonadas y sones
Every moment asks for tunes and sounds
Canciones que nunca escuchó
Songs he's never heard
Y buscándolas, siempre amanece
And in searching for them, dawn always breaks
Procurando un acorde mejor
Seeking a better chord
La guitarra del joven soldado
The guitar of the young soldier
Hoy tampoco durmió
Today he didn't sleep either
La guitarra del joven soldado
The guitar of the young soldier
Es la celosa amante que lo ha de seguir
Is the jealous lover that will follow him
En la dicha y también en el llanto
In joy and also in sorrow
Pero siempre ayudando a vivir
But always helping to live
La guitarra del joven soldado
The guitar of the young soldier
Es su mejor fusil
Is his best rifle
Es su mejor fusil
Is his best rifle
Es su mejor fusil
Is his best rifle
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Key vocabulary
- cuando
- whenB1
- escuchó
- listenedA2
- amante
- loverB2
- durmió
- sleptB2
- soldado
- soldierB1
- tan
- soA2
- canta
- singsA2
- tocan
- they play
- espera
- waitB1
- escurre
- drains
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.