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
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
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.