
Silvio Rodríguez
Ojalá lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1970
- Length
- 3:33
Ojalá que las hojas no te toquen el cuerpo cuando caigan
I hope the leaves don't touch your body when they fall
Para que no las puedas convertir en cristal
So that you can't turn them into glass
Ojalá que la lluvia deje de ser milagro que baja por tu cuerpo
I hope the rain stops being a miracle that falls on your body
Ojalá que la luna pueda salir sin ti
I hope the moon can rise without you
Ojalá que la tierra no te bese los pasos
I hope the earth doesn't kiss your footsteps
Ojalá se te acabe la mirada constante
I hope your constant gaze finally fades
La palabra precisa, la sonrisa perfecta
The precise word, the perfect smile
Ojalá pase algo que te borre de pronto
I hope something happens that suddenly erases you
Una luz cegadora, un disparo de nieve
A blinding light, a snowshot
Ojalá por lo menos que me lleve la muerte
I hope at least that death takes me away
Para no verte tanto, para no verte siempre
To see you less, to not see you always
En todos los segundos, en todas las visiones
In every second, in every vision
Ojalá que no pueda tocarte ni en canciones
I hope I can't touch you even in songs
Ojalá que la aurora no de gritos que caigan en mi espalda
I hope the dawn doesn't scream falling on my back
Ojalá que tu nombre se le olvide a esa voz
I hope that voice forgets your name
Ojalá las paredes no retengan tu ruido de camino cansado
I hope the walls don't hold your tired path's noise
Ojalá que el deseo se vaya tras de ti
I hope desire chases after you
A tu viejo gobierno, de difuntos y flores
To your old reign, of the dead and flowers
Ojalá se te acabe la mirada constante
I hope your constant gaze comes to an end
La palabra precisa, la sonrisa perfecta
The precise word, the perfect smile
Ojalá pase algo que te borre de pronto
I wish something would happen that erases you suddenly
Una luz cegadora, un disparo de nieve
A blinding light, a shot of snow
Ojalá por lo menos que me lleve la muerte
I wish at least that death would take me away
Para no verte tanto, para no verte siempre
So I don't have to see you so much, so I don't always see you
En todos los segundos, en todas las visiones
In every second, in every vision
Ojalá que no pueda tocarte ni en canciones
I wish I couldn't touch you even in songs
Ojalá pase algo que te borre de pronto
I wish something would happen that erases you suddenly
Una luz cegadora, un disparo de nieve
A blinding light, a shot of snow
Ojalá por lo menos que me lleve la muerte
I wish at least that death would take me away
Para no verte tanto, para no verte siempre en todos los segundos
So I don't have to see you so much, so I don't always see you in every second
En todas las visiones
In all the visions
Ojalá que no pueda tocarte ni en canciones
I hope I can't even touch you in songs
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Key vocabulary
- constante
- constantB2
- caigan
- fall
- cristal
- glassA2
- baja
- lowA2
- salir
- exitA1
- tierra
- earthA1
- bese
- kiss
- acabe
- I finish
- precisa
- requires
- perfecta
- perfect
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.