Silvio Rodríguez
La prisión lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 1988
- Length
- 4:37
La prisión termina
The prison ends
La prisión malvada
The wicked prison
Pero continúa
But it goes on
La prisión del alma
The prison of the soul
Del alma
Of the soul
La prisión se deja
The prison lets go
La prisión del hombre
The prison of man
Pero continúa
But it goes on
La prisión insomne
The sleepless prison
Insomne
Sleepless
La prisión se aleja
The prison fades away
La prisión amarga
The bitter prison
Pero continúa
But it goes on
La prisión del alba
The prison of dawn
Del alba
Of dawn
La prisión acaba
The prison ends
La prisión de hierro
The prison of iron
Pero continúa
But it goes on
La prisión del sueño
The prison of dreams
Del sueño
Of dreams
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Key vocabulary
- alba
- dawnC2
- termina
- endA1
- malvada
- wicked
- deja
- leaveB2
- alma
- soulB2
- insomne
- insomniac
- aleja
- move awayB2
- acaba
- endsA2
- sueño
- dreamA2
- amarga
- bitterC2
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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.