
Silvio Rodríguez
Y Mariana lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1992
- Length
- 2:57
Siempre hay quien quisiera ser distinto
There’s always someone who wishes to be different
Nadie está conforme con lo que le tocó
No one is satisfied with what they got
El de edad quisiera ser un niño
The old man wishes to be a child
Y el rapaz se raspa sus pelusas en flor
And the young man scrapes his flowered fuzz
Los que tienen nada quieren algo
Those with nothing want something
Los que tienen algo quieren todavía más
Those with something still want more
Para pretender, el mundo es largo
To pretend, the world is vast
Para conformarse se ha inventado el jamás
To settle, the term 'never' was invented
Un señor quisiera ser mujer
A man wishes to be a woman
Y una chica quiere ser señor
And a girl wants to be a man
Hasta Dios sueña que es un poder
Even God dreams he has power
Y Mariana, y Mariana, y Mariana quiere ser canción
And Mariana, and Mariana, and Mariana wants to be a song
La tolerancia es la pasión de los inquisidores
Tolerance is the passion of the inquisitors
El buen ladrón quisiera no tener que robar
The good thief wishes he didn't have to steal
Le deben al silencio la voz, los ruiseñores
They owe their voice to silence, the nightingales
La eternidad no es más que un truco para continuar
Eternity is nothing but a trick to carry on
La libertad solo es visible para quien la labra
Freedom is only visible to those who carve it out
Y en lo prohibido brilla, astuta, la tentación
And in the forbidden shines, sly, temptation
Nacer a veces mata y ser feliz desgarra
Sometimes being born kills, and being happy tears apart
¿A quién acusaremos cuando triunfe el amor?
Who will we blame when love triumphs?
Un señor quisiera ser mujer
A gentleman wishes to be a woman
Y una chica quiere ser señor
And a girl wants to be a gentleman
Hasta Dios sueña que es un poder
Even God dreams he's a power
Y Mariana, y Mariana, y Mariana quiere ser canción
And Mariana, and Mariana, and Mariana wants to be a song
Y Mariana, y Mariana, y Mariana quiere ser canción
And Mariana, and Mariana, and Mariana wants to be a song
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Key vocabulary
- conformarse
- acceptC1
- nadie
- nobodyA2
- conforme
- accordingB2
- tocó
- touched
- rapaz
- boy
- pelusas
- lint
- quieren
- wantB2
- mundo
- worldA2
- inventado
- invented
- jamás
- neverB2
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.