Silvio Rodríguez
Tu imagen lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1998
- Length
- 2:40
Tu imagen me llegó a las seis menos diez
Your image reached me at ten to six
Y no pude dormir ni un instante después
And I couldn't sleep for even a moment after
Te confundías con mis sábanas
You got mixed up with my sheets
Te me enredabas en la sien
You tangled in my temples
Lucías tan real que casi fui feliz
You looked so real that I almost felt happy
Pero a las seis y diez, me comprendí sin ti
But at six ten, I understood without you
Eran mis solitarias sábanas
It was my lonely sheets
Y una habitual mañana gris
And an ordinary gray morning
Y tú
And you
Eras mi viento, mas no a favor
You were my wind, but not in my favor
Eras mi barca en el pedregal
You were my boat on the stony ground
Eras mi puerta sin tirador
You were my door without a handle
Eras mi beso buscando hogar
You were my kiss searching for a home
Y tú
And you
Eras un parto de antigüedad
You were a birth of antiquity
Maña de un diablo despertador
A trick of a devil alarm
Eras espuma de soledad
You were the foam of solitude
Carne con llagas de desamor
Flesh with wounds of unrequited love
Y así
And so
Fuiste la otra mitad
You were the other half
De amanecer
At dawn
Que no alumbró jamás
That never shone
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Key vocabulary
- desamor
- lack of loveA2
- llegó
- arrivedB1
- diez
- tenA1
- pude
- could
- dormir
- sleepA2
- después
- afterA1
- confundías
- would confuse
- sábanas
- sheetsC1
- enredabas
- entangled
- sien
- temple
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.