
Silvio Rodríguez
Monólogo lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1992
- Length
- 4:03
Favor, no se molesten
Please, don't be bothered
Que pronto me estoy yendo
Because I'm leaving soon
No vine a perturbarles
I didn't come to disturb you
Y menos a ofenderlos
And even less to offend you
Vi luz en las ventanas
I saw light in the windows
Y oí voces cantando
And I heard voices singing
Y, sin querer, ya estaba tocando
And, without wanting, I was already playing
Yo también me alegraba
I was also feeling joyful
Entre amigos y cuerdas
Among friends and strings
Con licores y damas
With drinks and ladies
Mas de eso quién se acuerda
But who remembers that anymore
Fui un actor famoso
I was a famous actor
Siempre andaba viajando
I was always traveling
Aquí traigo una foto
Here I bring a photo
Actuando
Acting
Me recordaron tiempos
They reminded me of times
De sueños e ilusiones
Of dreams and illusions
Perdonen a este viejo
Forgive this old man
Perdonen
Forgive me
Ya casi me olvidaba
I almost forgot
Pero, para mañana
But, for tomorrow
Van a dar buen pescado
They're going to have good fish
Hoy nos llegaron papas
Today we got potatoes
Y verduras en latas
And canned vegetables
Al puesto del mercado
At the market stand
En cuanto llegue y coma
As soon as I arrive and eat
Me voy para la zona
I'm off to the area
Por lo de la basura
About the garbage
Como la noche avanza
As the night goes on
Los dejo con la danza
I'll leave you with the dance
El canto y la cultura
The song and the culture
Disculpen la molestia
Forgive the interruption
Ya me llevo mi boca
Now my mouth will take me
A mi edad la cabeza
At my age, the mind
A veces se trastoca
Sometimes goes awry
En la alegría de ustedes
In your happiness
Distinguí mis promesas
I recognized my promises
Y todo me parece
And everything seems to me
Que empieza
That it begins
Favor, no se molesten
Please, don't be upset
Que casi me estoy yendo
That I'm almost leaving
No quise perturbarles
I didn't mean to disturb you
Y menos ofenderlos
And less to offend you
Vi luz en las ventanas
I saw light in the windows
Y juventud cantando
And youth singing
Y, sin querer, ya estaba soñando
And, without wanting to, I was already dreaming
Vivo en la vieja casa
I live in the old house
De la bombilla verde
Of the green bulb
Si por allí pasaran
If they were to pass by there
Recuerden
Remember
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Key vocabulary
- molesten
- bother
- allí
- thereA1
- estoy
- I amA2
- vine
- I came
- perturbarles
- to disturb
- ofenderlos
- to offend
- luz
- lightA2
- oí
- heard
- cantando
- singing
- querer
- wantB2
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.