Silvio Rodríguez
Réquiem lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1986
- Length
- 3:39
Disfruté tanto, tanto cada parte
I enjoyed so much, so much every part
Y gocé tanto, tanto cada todo
And I relished so much, so much everything
Que me duele algo menos cuando partes
That it hurts a little less when you leave
Porque aquí te me quedas de algún modo
Because here you stay with me somehow
Ojalá nunca sepas cuánto amaba
I wish you'd never know how much I loved
Descubrirte los trillos de la entrega
To uncover the paths of surrender
Y el secreto esplendor con que esperaba
And the secret splendor with which I waited
Tu reclamo de amor que ya no llega
For your call of love that no longer comes
Anda, corre donde debas ir
Go on, run to where you need to be
Anda, que te espera el porvenir
Go on, the future awaits you
Vuela, que los cines están vivos
Fly, for the cinemas are alive
Mi canto está conmigo
My song is with me
No tengo soledad
I have no loneliness
Si uno fuera a llorar cuando termina
If one were to cry when it ends
No alcanzarán las lágrimas a tanto
Tears won't suffice for that
Nuestras horas de amor casi divinas
Our hours of love are almost divine
Es mejor despedirlas con un canto
It's better to say farewell with a song
Anda, corre donde debas ir
Come on, run to where you need to go
Anda, que te espera el porvenir
Come on, your future awaits
Vuela, que los cines están vivos
Fly, for the cinemas are alive
Mi canto está conmigo
My song is with me
No tengo soledad
I have no solitude
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Key vocabulary
- cines
- cinemasA1
- están
- they areA1
- quedas
- you stayA2
- amaba
- loved
- descubrirte
- discover you
- secreto
- secretC1
- trillos
- threshing drums
- reclamo
- claimC2
- amor
- loveB1
- ya
- alreadyA2
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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.