Silvio Rodríguez
Un hombre se levanta lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1975
- Length
- 3:10
Un hombre se levanta
A man rises up
Temprano en la mañana
Early in the morning
Se pone la camisa
He puts on his shirt
Y sale a la ventana
And steps to the window
Puede estar seco el día
The day might be dry
Puede haber lluvia o viento
There could be rain or wind
Pero el paisaje real
But the real landscape
La gente y su dolor
The people and their pain
No lo pueden tapar
Cannot be covered up
Ni la lluvia ni el sol
Neither the rain nor the sun
Una vez descubierta
Once discovered
Esta verdad sencilla
This simple truth
O se sube a la calle
Either you rise to the street
O se baja a la silla
Or you sink to the chair
O se ama para siempre
Either you love forever
O ya se pierde todo
Or you lose it all
Se deja de jugar
You stop playing
Se deja de mentir
You stop lying
Se aprende que matar
You learn that killing
Es ansias de vivir
Is a thirst for life
Un hombre se levanta
A man gets up
Y sale a la ventana
And walks to the window
Y lo que ve decide
And what he sees decides
La próxima mañana
The next morning
Un hombre simplemente
A man simply
Sale a mirar el día
Steps out to see the day
Y se deja quemar
And lets himself be burned
Con ese resplandor
By that brightness
Y decide a salir
And he decides to go out
A perseguir el sol
To chase the sun
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Key vocabulary
- temprano
- earlyA1
- pone
- putsB1
- camisa
- shirtA1
- sale
- leaves
- ventana
- windowA1
- dolor
- painA2
- pueden
- canB1
- tapar
- coverC1
- vez
- timeB2
- verdad
- truthA2
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.