Silvio Rodríguez
Viñeta lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1999
- Length
- 2:45
Hablo del fondo del agua de un charco
I speak of the bottom of the water in a puddle
Que yace estancada en la calle común
That lies stagnant in the common street
Hace arcoíris de aceite de autos
It makes rainbows from car oil
Después de la lluvia que vino del sur
After the rain that came from the south
Un remolino levanta unas hojas
A whirlwind lifts a few leaves
Que desaparecen, muy verdes aún
That vanish, still very green
Y una silueta en silencio que va
And a silhouette in silence that goes
Llena de sombras de sí
Full of shadows of itself
Pasa la calle, detiene su andar
Crosses the street, halting its stride
En la vidriera de un viejo almacén
In the display window of an old store
Los libros viejos parecen querer
The old books seem to want
Arrastrarlo entre el polvo del tiempo, y después
To drag him through the dust of time, and then
Cruza otra calle y se vuelve a parar
He crosses another street and stops again
Frente a un viejo florero con flores de sal
In front of an old vase with flowers of salt
Va a respirarlas y cuenta se da
He’s going to breathe them in and realizes
De las flores sintéticas
About the synthetic flowers
Ríe, y se va
He laughs, and goes away
Y esa silueta en silencio que va
And that silhouette in silence that goes
Llena de sombras de sí
Filled with shadows of itself
Va penetrando en el atardecer
Is penetrating into the sunset
Bajo su cielo que insiste en llover
Under her sky that insists on raining
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Key vocabulary
- sintéticas
- syntheticsC2
- hojas
- leavesA2
- agua
- waterA1
- yace
- lies
- hace
- doesA2
- aceite
- oilA2
- después
- afterA1
- desaparecen
- disappear
- silueta
- silhouetteC1
- va
- goesA2
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.