Silvio Rodríguez

Olivia lyrics with English translation

Language

Spanish

Level

Intermediate

Released

1999

Length

4:13

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1. Olivia despertó por la mañana

   Olivia woke up in the morning

2. como suele hacer la gente

   just like people usually do

3. más o menos con el sol.

   more or less with the sun.

4. Era un sábado más en su ventana,

   It was another Saturday at her window,

5. era otra invitación para la suerte,

   it was another invitation for luck,

6. era otra semejanza del amor

   it was another resemblance of love

7. con que trenzaba hijas y calor

   with which she wove daughters and warmth

8. con la soledad,

   with the loneliness,

9. era la soledad,

   it was the loneliness,

10. salía el sol.

    the sun was coming out.

11. Olivia en su península poblada

    Olivia in her crowded peninsula

12. por la lentitud del día,

    by the slowness of the day,

13. por el tiempo sin hacer.

    by the time that stands still.

14. Sobre su condición iba parada

    Standing over her condition

15. como una diosa de la luna fría

    like a goddess of the cold moon

16. que las estrellas quiere conocer

    that wants to know the stars

17. y da una piedra errante de comer

    and feeds a wandering stone

18. con su soledad,

    with her solitude,

19. era la soledad,

    was solitude,

20. y vio llover.

    and she saw the rain.

21. Olivia no sabía que la noche

    Olivia didn't know that the night

22. tiende puentes de aguacero

    spreads bridges of downpour

23. para llegar a su umbral.

    to reach her threshold.

24. Olivia no sabía que hay un coche

    Olivia didn't know there's a car

25. y un precipicio al borde del cochero

    and a cliff at the edge of the driver

26. y oyó decir que un astro guía en el mar

    and she heard it said that a star guides in the sea

27. y salió de su isla a caminar

    and she left her island to walk

28. con su soledad,

    with her solitude,

29. era la soledad,

    it was solitude,

30. y oyó cantar.

    and she heard it sing.

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