Silvio Rodríguez
¿Qué hago ahora? lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1978
- Length
- 2:02
¿Dónde pongo lo hallado?
Where do I put what I've found?
En las calles, los libros, las noches
In the streets, the books, the nights
Los rostros en que te he buscado
The faces in which I've searched for you
¿Dónde pongo lo hallado?
Where do I put what I've found?
En la tierra, en tu nombre, en la Biblia
In the earth, in your name, in the Bible
En el día que al fin te he encontrado
On the day I finally found you
¿Qué le digo a la muerte tantas veces llamada?
What do I say to death, called so many times?
A mi lado que al cabo se ha vuelto mi hermana
At my side, who has in the end become my sister
¿Qué le digo a la gloria vacía de estar solo?
What do I say to the empty glory of being alone?
Haciéndome el triste, haciéndome el lobo
Pretending to be sad, pretending to be the wolf
Lalalai, laralaila
Lalalai, laralaila
Laralai, laralai, laralai, laralai
Laralai, laralai, laralai, laralai
Laralai, laralaila
Laralai, laralaila
¿Qué le digo a los perros que se iban conmigo?
What do I tell the dogs that used to go with me?
En noches perdidas de estar sin amigos
In lost nights of being without friends
¿Qué le digo a la luna que creí compañera?
What do I tell the moon that I thought was a companion?
De noches y noches sin ser verdadera
Of nights and nights not being real
¿Qué hago ahora contigo?
What do I do now with you?
Las palomas que van a dormir a los parques
The doves that go to sleep in the parks
Ya no hablan conmigo
No longer talk to me
¿Qué hago ahora contigo?
What do I do now with you?
Ahora que eres la luna, los perros
Now that you're the moon, the dogs
Las noches, todos los amigos
The nights, all the friends
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Key vocabulary
- hallado
- found
- rostros
- facesC2
- he
- I haveA2
- buscado
- sought
- biblia
- BibleB1
- encontrado
- foundB1
- le
- Indirect object pronoun meaning “to him/to her/to you” (singular) or “to it” (in formal/impersonal uses), depending on context.A2
- digo
- sayB1
- dónde
- whereA1
- gloria
- gloryA2
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.