Silvio Rodríguez
Oh melancolía lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1988
- Length
- 5:21
Hoy viene a mí, la damisela soledad
Today comes to me, the maiden solitude
Con pamela, impertinentes y botón
With a wide-brimmed hat, impertinent and buttoned
De amapola en el oleaje de sus vuelos
Of poppy in the waves of her flights
Hoy la voluble señorita es amistad
Today the fickle young lady is friendship
Y acaricia finamente el corazón
And she gently caresses the heart
Con su más delgado pétalo de hielo
With her thinnest petal of ice
Por eso hoy
That's why today
Gentilmente te convido a pasear
I kindly invite you to stroll
Por el patio, hasta el florido pabellón
Through the patio, to the blooming pavilion
De aquel árbol que plantaron los abuelos
Of that tree planted by our grandparents
Hoy el ensueño es como el musgo en el brocal
Today, the daydream is like moss on the well
Dibujando los abismos de un amor
Sketching the abysses of a love
Melancólico, sutil, pálido, cielo
Melancholic, subtle, pale, sky
Viene a mí, avanza
It comes to me, moving forward
Viene tan despacio
It comes so slowly
Viene en una danza
It comes in a dance
Leve el espacio
Light the space
Cedo, me hago lacio
I yield, I become languid
Y ya vuelo, ave
And now I fly, bird
Se mece la nave
The vessel sways
Lenta como el tul
Slow like the tulle
En la brisa suave
In the gentle breeze
Niña del azul
Girl of the blue
Oh, melancolía, novia silenciosa
Oh, melancholy, silent bride
Íntima pareja del ayer
Intimate partner of yesterday
Oh, melancolía, amante dichosa
Oh, melancholy, joyful lover
Siempre me arrebata tu placer
Your pleasure always takes me away
Oh, melancolía, señora del tiempo
Oh, melancholy, lady of time
Beso que retorna como el mar
Kiss that returns like the sea
Oh, melancolía, rosa del aliento
Oh, melancholy, rose of the breath
Dime, quién me puede amar
Tell me, who can love me
Hoy viene a mí la damisela soledad
Today the maiden solitude comes to me
Con pamela, impertinentes y botón
With a hat, impertinent and buttons
De amapola en el oleaje de sus vuelos
Of poppy in the waves of her flights
Hoy la voluble señorita es amistad
Today the fickle young lady is friendship
Y acaricia finamente el corazón
And she gently caresses the heart
Con su más delgado pétalo de hielo
With her thinnest petal of ice
Por eso hoy
That's why today
Oh, melancolía, señora del tiempo
Oh, melancholy, lady of time
Beso que retorna como el mar
Kiss that returns like the sea
Oh, melancolía, rosa del aliento
Oh, melancholy, rose of the breath
Dime, quién me puede amar
Tell me, who can love me
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Key vocabulary
- hoy
- todayA1
- soledad
- lonelinessA1
- florido
- floridC1
- voluble
- changeable
- amistad
- friendshipB1
- acaricia
- caresses
- finamente
- finely
- corazón
- heartB1
- pétalo
- petalB2
- hielo
- iceA2
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.