Silvio Rodríguez
Verbos en juego lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1988
- Length
- 2:48
Si tu signo es jugar, juégalo todo
If your sign is to play, play it all
Tu camisa, tu patio, tu salud
Your shirt, your yard, your health
Si tú debes jugar de cualquier modo
If you must play in any way
Juega bien, con virtud
Play well, with virtue
Pero, ay, amor, ay, amor
But, oh, love, oh, love
No te juegues el corazón
Don't gamble your heart away
Ay, amor, ay, amor
Oh, love, oh, love
Pon el verbo azul, corazón
Put the blue verb, sweetheart
Pon el verbo cien, corazón
Put the hundred verb, sweetheart
Pon el verbo tú
Put the verb you
Pero pon el verbo que te haga bien
But use the verb that does you good
Si tu signo es arder, arde con todo
If your sign is to burn, burn with everything
Tu camisa, tu patio, tu salud
Your shirt, your yard, your health
Si tú debes arder de cualquier modo
If you must burn in any way
Arde bien, con virtud
Burn well, with virtue
Pero, ay, amor, ay, amor
But, oh, love, oh, love
No te quemes el corazón
Don’t burn your heart
Ay, amor, ay, amor
Oh, love, oh, love
Pon el verbo azul, corazón
Use the blue verb, my heart
Pon el verbo cien, corazón
Use the hundred verb, my heart
Pon el verbo tú
Put the verb, you
Pero pon el verbo que te haga bien
But put the verb that does you good
Si tu signo es cantar, cántalo todo
If your sign is to sing, sing it all
Tu camisa, tu patio, tu salud
Your shirt, your yard, your health
Si tú debes cantar de cualquier modo
If you must sing anyway
Canta bien, con virtud
Sing well, with virtue
Pero, ay, amor, ay, amor
But, oh, love, oh, love
Canta siempre de corazón
Always sing from the heart
Ay, amor, ay, amor
Oh, love, oh, love
Pon el verbo azul, corazón
Put the blue verb, my heart
Pon el verbo cien, corazón
Put the verb one hundred, my heart
Pon el verbo tú
Put the verb you
Pero pon el verbo que te haga bien
But put the verb that does you good
Pon el verbo azul, corazón
Put the verb blue, my heart
Pon el verbo cien, corazón
Put the verb one hundred, my heart
Pon el verbo tú
Put the verb you
Pero pon el verbo que te haga bien
But put the verb that does you good
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Key vocabulary
- jugar
- playA1
- juégalo
- play it
- camisa
- shirtA1
- debes
- mustB1
- modo
- modeA2
- juega
- plays
- virtud
- virtueA2
- juegues
- play
- pon
- put
- cien
- hundredA2
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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.