Silvio Rodríguez
La vergüenza lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1975
- Length
- 3:17
Tengo una mesa
I have a table
Que me alimenta
That feeds me
Que a veces tiene
That sometimes has
Hasta de fiesta
Even for a party
Mas si tuviera
But if I had
Solo una araña
Just a spider
Burlona en mi despensa
Mocking in my pantry
Tendría la vergüenza
I would have the shame
¿A qué más?
What else?
Tengo zapatos
I have shoes
Tengo camisa
I have a shirt
Tengo sombrero
I have a hat
Tengo hasta risa
I even have a laugh
Mas si tuviera
But if I had
En mi ropero
In my wardrobe
Solo las perchas vacías
Only empty hangers
La vergüenza tendría
I would have shame
¿A qué más?
What else?
Tengo billetes como de octava clase
I have bills like from eighth class
Pero así viajo, contento de ir de viaje
But this is how I travel, happy to be on the road
Pues, para un viaje me basta con mis piernas
Well, for a journey, my legs are enough for me
Viajo sin equipaje
I travel without luggage
Más de una mano en lo oscuro me conforta
More than one hand in the dark comforts me
Y más de un paso siento marchar conmigo
And I feel more than one step walking with me
Pero si no tuviera, no importa
But if I didn't have it, it wouldn't matter
Sé que hay muertos que alumbran los caminos
I know there are dead ones who light the paths
Tengo luz fría
I have cold light
Y lavamanos
And washbasins
Cables, botones
Cables, buttons
Casi humanos
Almost human
Pero si fuera
But if it were
Ay, mi paisaje
Oh, my landscape
Solo de ruinas intensas
Only of intense ruins
Tendría la vergüenza
I would have the shame
¿A qué más?
What else?
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Key vocabulary
- botones
- buttonsC2
- ruinas
- ruinsC1
- intensas
- intenseC1
- sombrero
- hatA2
- viaje
- tripA2
- alimenta
- feeds
- fiesta
- partyA1
- mesa
- tableA1
- tengo
- I haveA1
- tiene
- hasA1
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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.