
Silvio Rodríguez
No hacen falta alas lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1986
- Length
- 7:34
No hacen falta alas
No wings are needed
Para hacer un sueño
To make a dream come true
Basta con las manos
Hands are enough
Basta con el pecho
The chest will do
Basta con las piernas
Legs are sufficient
Y con el empeño
And with determination
No hacen falta alas
No wings are needed
Para ser más bellos
To be more beautiful
Basta el buen sentido
Only the good sense
Del amor inmenso
Of immense love
No hacen falta alas
You don't need wings
Para alzar el vuelo
To take flight
Si
Yes
Recojo fondos para pobres de amistad y de sonrisa
I gather funds for the poor with friendship and a smile
Recojo cuanto haya de bien en lo que esconde tu camisa
I collect all that's good in what your shirt hides
Acepto cuanto pueda ser útil al coro que compongo
I accept whatever can be useful to the chorus I compose
Siempre que quieras compartir un sueño ancho, largo y hondo
As long as you want to share a dream wide, long, and deep
Oh
Oh
Recojo el hielo a la deriva de los poros congelados
I collect the ice drifting from the frozen pores
Luego con buena voluntad y mucha miel haré un helado
Then with good will and lots of honey, I'll make an ice cream
No le daré, no le daré al mentiroso y al cobarde
I won't give, I won't give to the liar and the coward
Repartiré, repartiré sólo al que ama y al que arde
I will share, I will share only with those who love and who burn
Oh
Oh
No hacen falta alas
Wings aren't needed
Para hacer un sueño
To make a dream
Basta con las manos
Just the hands are enough
Basta con el pecho
Just the chest is enough
Basta con las piernas
Just the legs are enough
Y con el empeño
And with the effort
No hacen falta alas
Wings aren't needed
Para ser más bellos
To be more beautiful
Basta el buen sentido
Good sense is enough
Del amor inmenso
Of immense love
No hacen falta alas
Wings are not needed
Para alzar el vuelo
To take flight
Recojo fondos para pobres de amistad y de sonrisa
I gather funds for the poor with friendship and a smile
Recojo cuanto haya de bien en lo que esconde tu camisa
I collect all that is good in what your shirt hides
Acepto cuanto pueda ser útil al coro que compongo
I accept whatever can be useful to the choir I compose
Siempre que quieras compartir un sueño ancho, largo y hondo
As long as you want to share a dream wide, long, and deep
Oh
Oh
Recojo el hielo a la deriva de los poros congelados
I gather the ice adrift from the frozen pores
Luego con buena voluntad y mucha miel haré un helado
Then with good will and plenty of honey, I'll make ice cream
No le daré, no le daré al mentiroso y al cobarde
I won't give, I won't give to the liar and the coward
Repartiré, repartiré sólo al que ama y al que arde
I'll share, I'll share only with the one who loves and burns
Oh
Oh
Vengan los buenos a comer de este helado gigante
Let the good come to feast on this giant ice cream
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Key vocabulary
- sólo
- onlyB2
- sonrisa
- smileB2
- pueda
- subjunctive form of “poder”; “may”/“might” or “that I/you/he/she/they can” (used after expressions of desire, doubt, or possibility).B1
- voluntad
- willB1
- manos
- handsA1
- más
- moreA1
- hacen
- doB2
- falta
- lackB1
- ser
- beB1
- alzar
- raiseC1
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.