
Silvio Rodríguez
Ya no te espero lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1978
- Length
- 4:06
Ya no te espero
I'm no longer waiting for you
Llegarás, pero más fuerte
You'll arrive, but stronger
Más violenta la corriente
The current is more violent
Dibujándose en el suelo
Drawing itself on the ground
De mi pecho, de mis dedos
From my chest, from my fingers
Llegarás con mucha muerte
You'll come with much death
Ya no te espero
I'm no longer waiting for you
Ya eché abajo ayer mis puertas
Yesterday I tore down my doors
Las ventanas bien despiertas
The windows wide awake
Al viento y al aguacero
To the wind and the downpour
A la selva, al sol, al fuego
To the jungle, to the sun, to the fire
Llegarás a casa abierta
You will arrive at an open house
Ya no te espero
I'm no longer waiting for you
Ya es el tiempo que fascina
It's already the time that captivates
Ya es bendición que camina
It's already the blessing that walks
A manos del desespero
In the hands of despair
Ya es bestia de los potreros
It's already a beast of the pastures
Saltando a quien la domina
Jumping over those who dominate her
Ya no te espero
I'm no longer waiting for you
Ya estoy regresando solo
I'm already coming back alone
De los tiempos venideros
Of the times to come
Ya he besado cada plomo
I've already kissed every lead
Con que mato y con que muero
With which I kill and with which I die
Ya se cuándo, quién y cómo
I already know when, who, and how
Ya no te espero
I'm no longer waiting for you
Ya he liberado a tu patria
I've already freed your homeland
Hija de una espera larga
Daughter of a long wait
Y hay un primero de enero
And there's a first of January
Que funda a sus compañeros
That unites its companions
Con la sed de mi garganta
With the thirst of my throat
Ya no te espero
I no longer wait for you
Porque de esperarte hay odio
Because waiting for you brings hatred
En una noche de novios
On a night of lovers
En los hábitos del cielo
In the habits of heaven
En madre de un hijo ciego
In the mother of a blind child
Ya soy ángel del demonio
I am now an angel of the devil
Ya no te espero
I no longer wait for you
Ya no te espero
I no longer wait for you
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Key vocabulary
- compañeros
- companionsA1
- fuerte
- strongA2
- violenta
- violentC1
- corriente
- currentB2
- dibujándose
- drawing
- ayer
- yesterdayA1
- bien
- wellA1
- despiertas
- wake up
- fuego
- fireB2
- casa
- houseA1
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.