Silvio Rodríguez
Mariposas lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1999
- Length
- 7:29
Hoy viene a ser como la cuarta vez que espero
Today, it's like the fourth time that I wait
Desde que sé que no vendrás más nunca
Since I know you won't come ever again
He vuelto a ser aquel cantar del aguacero
I've become that song of the downpour once more
Que hizo casi legal su abrazo en tu cintura
That made your embrace around my waist almost legal
Y tú apareces en mi ventana
And you appear at my window
Suave y pequeña, con alas blancas
Soft and small, with white wings
Yo ni respiro para que duermas
I don't even breathe so you can sleep
Y no te vayas
And not leave
Que maneras más curiosas
What curious ways
De recordar tiene uno
One has of remembering
Que maneras más curiosas
What curious ways
Hoy recuerdo mariposas
Today I remember butterflies
Que ayer sólo fueron humo
That yesterday were just smoke
Mariposas, mariposas
Butterflies, butterflies
Que emergieron de lo oscuro
That emerged from the darkness
Bailarinas silenciosas
Silent dancers
Tu tiempo es ahora una mariposa
Your time is now a butterfly
Navecita blanca, delgada, nerviosa
Little white ship, slender, nervous
Siglos atrás, inundaron un segundo
Centuries ago, they flooded a second
Debajo del cielo, encima del mundo
Under the sky, above the world
Tu tiempo es ahora una mariposa
Your time is now a butterfly
Navecita blanca, delgada, nerviosa
Little white ship, slender, nervous
Siglos atrás inundaron un segundo
Centuries ago, they flooded a second
Debajo del cielo, encima del mundo
Under the sky, above the world
Así eras tú en aquellas tardes divertidas
That's how you were in those fun afternoons
Así eras tú de furibunda compañera
That's how you were, a fierce companion
Eras como esos días en que eres la vida
You were like those days when you are life
Y todo lo que tocas se hace primavera
And everything you touch becomes spring
Ay, mariposa, tú eres el alma
Oh, butterfly, you are the soul
De los guerreros que aman y cantan
Of the warriors who love and sing
Y eres el nuevo ser que se asoma por mi garganta
And you are the new being that peeks through my throat
Que maneras más curiosas
What curious ways
De recordar tiene uno
One has to remember
Que maneras más curiosas
What curious ways
Hoy recuerdo mariposas
Today I remember butterflies
Que ayer sólo fueron humo
That yesterday were just smoke
Mariposas, mariposas
Butterflies, butterflies
Que emergieron de lo oscuro
That emerged from the dark
Bailarinas silenciosas
Silent dancers
Tu tiempo es ahora una mariposa
Your time is now a butterfly
Navecita blanca, delgada, nerviosa
Little white ship, slender, nervous
Siglos atrás inundaron un segundo
Centuries ago, they flooded a second
Debajo del cielo, encima del mundo
Beneath the sky, above the world
Tu tiempo es ahora una mariposa
Your time is now a butterfly
Navecita blanca, delgada, nerviosa
Little white ship, slender, nervous
Siglos atrás inundaron un segundo
Centuries ago, they flooded a second
Debajo del cielo, encima del mundo
Beneath the sky, above the world
Tu tiempo es ahora una mariposa
Your time is now a butterfly
Navecita blanca, delgada, nerviosa
Little white ship, slender, nervous
Siglos atrás inundaron un segundo
Centuries ago, they flooded a second
Debajo del cielo, encima del mundo
Beneath the sky, above the world
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Key vocabulary
- ser
- beB1
- como
- likeB1
- cuarta
- fourth
- vez
- timeA2
- aquellas
- thoseB1
- blancas
- whiteB1
- eras
- you wereB1
- ahora
- nowA1
- casi
- almostA2
- cielo
- skyA2
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.