Silvio Rodríguez
Rosana lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1998
- Length
- 6:22
Ya te estoy recordando, Rosana
I'm already remembering you, Rosana
Aunque no te hayas ido
Even though you haven't left
El lucero que brilla mañana
The star that shines tomorrow
Es lo que te he querido
Is what I've wanted for you
Ya te estoy recordando elegida
I'm already remembering you, chosen one
Como un rebuén la sombra
Like a good shadow
Resucita el color de la vida
Revives the color of life
Lo acaricia y lo nombra
It caresses it and names it
Lo acaricia y lo nombra
It caresses it and names it
Ni un centavo te cuesta este verso
Not a dime it costs you this verse
Pues mi alma lo paga
Well, my soul pays for it
Sólo espero lo mismo por eso
I only hope for the same because of that
Hasta el fin de la saga
Until the end of the saga
Cuando escriban la vida los buenos
When the good write life
Al final vencedores
In the end, winners
Se sabrá que no usamos veneno
It will be known that we didn't use poison
Como aroma de flores
Like the scent of flowers
Como aroma de flores
Like the scent of flowers
Rosana ven
Rosana, come
Rosana ven
Rosana, come
Flotará de la sangre ternura
It will float with the tenderness of blood
Inocencia y espejos
Innocence and mirrors
Donde irán a correr travesuras
Where they will run wild with mischief
Nuevos niños y viejos
New children and old ones
Servirá de señal cada huella
Each footprint will serve as a sign
De las horas felices
Of the happy hours
Se sabrá tanto de las estrellas
So much will be known about the stars
Como de cicatrices
As about scars
Como de cicatrices
As about scars
Rosana ven
Rosana, come
Rosana ven
Rosana, come
Y el camino que emprendas, Rosana
And the path you take, Rosana
Será mejor a veces
Will be better at times
Porque en otros momentos, humana
Because in other moments, human
Tú llorarás con creces
You will cry a lot
Ya te vas, yo me quedo y no atino
You're leaving now, I'm staying and I'm lost
A saber qué ha pasado
To know what has happened
Sólo sé que por causa o destino
I only know that by cause or fate
Ya no estás a mi lado
You're no longer by my side
Ya no estás a mi lado
You're no longer by my side
Rosana ven
Rosana, come
Rosana
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Key vocabulary
- centavo
- centA2
- estoy
- I amA2
- estrellas
- starsA2
- recordando
- rememberingB2
- rosana
- rose
- aunque
- althoughB1
- huella
- footprintB2
- paga
- payB2
- cuando
- whenB1
- espejos
- mirrorsB1
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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.