Silvio Rodríguez
Te doy una canción lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1978
- Length
- 3:04
Cómo gasto papeles recordándote
How I spend papers reminding me of you
Cómo me haces hablar en el silencio
How you make me speak in silence
Cómo no te me quitas de las ganas
How you don't leave my desires
Aunque nadie me vea nunca contigo
Even if no one ever sees me with you
Y cómo pasa el tiempo
And how time flies
Que de pronto son años
That suddenly turns into years
Sin que tú pases por mí detenida
Without you stopping by me
Te doy una canción si abro una puerta
I give you a song if I open a door
Y de las sombras sales tú
And from the shadows you emerge
Te doy una canción de madrugada
I give you a song at dawn
Cuando más quiero tu luz
When I want your light the most
Te doy una canción cuando apareces
I give you a song when you appear
El misterio del amor
The mystery of love
Y si no lo apareces no me importa
And if you don't show up, I don't care
Yo te doy una canción
I give you a song
Si miro un poco afuera me detengo
If I look a little outside, I stop
La ciudad se derrumba y yo cantando
The city crumbles and I'm singing
La gente que me odia y que me quiere
The people who hate me and those who love me
No me va a perdonar que me distraiga
Won't forgive me for getting distracted
Creen que lo digo todo
They believe I say it all
Que me juego la vida
That I'm betting my life
Porque no te conocen ni te sienten
Because they neither know you nor feel you
Te doy una canción y hago un discurso
I give you a song and I make a speech
Sobre mi derecho a hablar
About my right to speak
Te doy una canción con mis dos manos
I give you a song with both my hands
Con las mismas de matar
With the same ones used to kill
Te doy una canción y digo patria
I give you a song and I say homeland
Y sigo hablando para ti
And I keep talking for you
Te doy una canción como un disparo
I give you a song like a shot
Como un libro, una palabra, una guerrilla
Like a book, a word, a guerrilla
Como doy el amor
How I give love
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Key vocabulary
- abro
- openA2
- derecho
- rightA2
- discurso
- speechA2
- luz
- lightA2
- mí
- meA2
- contigo
- with you (singular), alongside youB1
- cuando
- whenB1
- dos
- twoA1
- gente
- peopleA1
- hablar
- talkA1
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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.