
Silvio Rodríguez
Pioneros lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1982
- Length
- 2:02
El domingo me fui a la sanzala, me puse las alas
On Sunday, I went to the dance hall, I put on my wings
Me sentí mejor
I felt better
Porque, oyendo un cantar de pioneros, me sentí más lleno
Because, listening to a song of pioneers, I felt more fulfilled
De patria y amor
With homeland and love
Fue como regresar a un lugar
It was like returning to a place
Donde guardo raíces y luceros
Where I keep roots and bright stars
Fue como si mi niña cantara, y más
It was as if my child sang, and more
Me abrazara en aquella canción
Hugging me in that song
Fui papá de un pionero de guerra
I became the father of a soldier of war
Aquí en esta tierra, cantándole al sol
Here on this land, singing to the sun
Fue como regresar a un lugar
It was like returning to a place
Donde guardo raíces y luceros
Where I keep roots and stars
Fue como si mi niña cantara, y más
It was as if my girl sang, and more
Me abrazara en aquella canción
Embracing me in that song
Fui papá de un pionero de guerra
I was the father of a war pioneer
Aquí en esta tierra, cantándole al sol
Here in this land, singing to the sun
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Key vocabulary
- lugar
- placeA1
- donde
- whereB1
- guardo
- save
- luceros
- lights
- cantara
- would sing
- abrazara
- will hug
- aquella
- thatB1
- papá
- dadA2
- pionero
- pioneerB1
- guerra
- warA2
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.