Silvio Rodríguez
Pobre del cantor lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1975
- Length
- 2:31
Pobre del cantor de nuestros días
Poor is the singer of our days
que no arriesgue su cuerda
who doesn't risk his strings
por no arriesgar su vida.
for fear of risking his life.
Pobre del cantor que nunca sepa
Poor is the singer who never knows
que fuimos la semilla y hoy somos esta vida.
that we were the seeds and today we are this life.
Pobre del cantor que un día la historia
Poor is the singer that one day history
lo borre sin la gloria de haber tocado espinas.
erases him without the glory of having touched the thorns.
Pobre del cantor que fue marcado
Poor is the singer who was marked
para sufrir un poco y hoy está derrotado.
to suffer a little and is now defeated.
Pobre del cantor que a sus informes
Poor is the singer who to his reports
les borren hasta el nombre con copias asesinas.
they erase even the name with killer copies.
Pobre del cantor que no se alce
Poor is the singer who does not rise
y siga hacia adelante con más canto y más vida.
and moves forward with more song and more life.
Pobre del cantor que no halle el modo
Poor is the singer who does not find a way
de tener bien seguro su proceder con todos.
to have his actions safely secured with everyone.
Pobre del cantor que no se imponga
Poor is the singer who does not assert himself
con su canción de gloria, con embarres y lodos.
with his song of glory, with mud and dirt.
Pobre del cantor de nuestros días
Poor is the singer of our days
que no arriesgue su cuerda
who does not risk his string
por no arriesgar su vida.
for fear of risking his life.
Pobre del cantor que nunca sepa
Poor is the singer who never knows
que fuimos la semilla y hoy somos esta vida.
that we were the seed and today we are this life.
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Key vocabulary
- pobre
- poorA2
- cantor
- singerB2
- nuestros
- ourB1
- días
- daysA1
- arriesgue
- endanger
- cuerda
- ropeC1
- arriesgar
- to riskB1
- sepa
- may know
- semilla
- seedB2
- esta
- isA1
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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.