Silvio Rodríguez
Rabo de nube lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 1979
- Length
- 3:24
Si me dijeran: pide un deseo
If they told me: make a wish
Preferiria un rabo de nube
I would prefer a tail of a cloud
Un torbellino en el suelo
A whirlwind on the ground
Y una gran ira que sube
And a great anger that rises
Un barredor de tristezas
A sweeper of sadness
Un aguacero en venganza
A downpour in revenge
Que cuando escampe
That when it clears
Parezca nuestra esperanza
Looks like our hope
Un barredor de tristezas
A sweeper of sadness
Un aguacero en venganza
A downpour in revenge
Que cuando escampe
That when the storm passes
Parezca nuestra esperanza
It appears to be our hope
Si me dijeran: pide un deseo
If they told me: make a wish
Preferiria un rabo de nube
I would prefer a tail of clouds
Que se llevara lo feo
That would take away the ugly
Y nos dejara el querube
And leave us the cherub
Un barredor de tristezas
A sweeper of sadness
Un aguacero en venganza
A downpour in revenge
Que cuando escampe
That when the storm passes
Parezca nuestra esperanza
It appears to be our hope
Un barredor de tristezas
A sweeper of sorrows
Un aguacero en venganza
A downpour in revenge
Que cuando escampe
That when the skies clear
Parezca nuestra esperanza
Looks like our hope
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Key vocabulary
- parezca
- seemB2
- torbellino
- maelstromB2
- gran
- greatB1
- ira
- angerC1
- sube
- go up
- barredor
- sweeper
- aguacero
- downpourC2
- venganza
- revengeA2
- cuando
- whenB1
- escampe
- clearing
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.