Silvio Rodríguez
Trova de Edgardo lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1992
- Length
- 1:47
Hoy
Today
A mi puerta un pájaro trinó
A bird chirped at my door
Pero abrí
But I opened up
Y una sombra se echó a volar
And a shadow took to the sky
Hoy
Today
Recordé a Edgardo, aquel señor
I remembered Edgardo, that man
Fumador
A smoker
De amapolas, que era juglar
Of poppies, who was a minstrel
Hoy haré una página celeste
Today I'll create a sky-blue page
Trovadicta, trovardiente
Hoy cantando solo con la luna
Today I'm singing alone with the moon
Ya que se hizo puta la fortuna
Since fortune has turned into a whore
Hoy me trovaré para alegrarme
Today I'll find my muse to cheer me up
Como Edgardo, sin alarde
Like Edgardo, without a boast
Hoy
Today
Recordé a Edgardo, aquel señor
I remembered Edgardo, that gentleman
Fumador
Smoker
De amapolas, que era juglar
Of poppies, who was a minstrel
Hoy
Today
A mi puerta un pájaro trinó
A bird chirped at my door
Pero abrí
But I opened
Y una sombra se echó a volar
And a shadow took to the sky
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Key vocabulary
- pájaro
- birdA2
- trinó
- he sang
- volar
- flyB1
- fumador
- smokerA2
- amapolas
- poppies
- haré
- I will doB2
- cantando
- singing
- puta
- whore
- trovaré
- I will find
- puerta
- doorA1
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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.