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Yo digo que las estrellas – Silvio Rodríguez

Silvio Rodríguez

Yo digo que las estrellas lyrics with English translation

Language
Spanish
Level
Intermediate
Released
1975
Length
3:29
  1. Yo digo que las estrellas le dan gracias a la noche

    I say that the stars thank the night,

  2. Porque encima de otro coche no pueden lucir tan bellas

    Because on top of another car, they can't shine so beautifully.

  3. Y digo que es culpa de ellas, de la noche, el universo

    And I say it's their fault, the night, the universe,

  4. Cual son culpables los versos de que haya noches y estrellas

    As the verses are guilty of there being nights and stars.

  5. Yo digo que no hay quien crezca más allá de lo que vale

    I say there's no one who grows beyond what they are worth,

  6. Y el tonto que no lo sabe es el que en zancos se arresta

    And the fool who doesn't know it is the one who gets stuck on stilts.

  7. Y digo que el que se presta para peón del veneno

    And I say that anyone who lends themselves to be a pawn of poison,

  8. Es doble tonto, y no quiero ser bailarín de su fiesta

    Is doubly foolish, and I don't want to be a dancer at their party.

  9. Yo digo que no hay talante más claro que el ir desnudo

    I say there's no clearer attitude than being bare,

  10. Pues cuando se tiene escudo luego se quieren los guantes

    For when you have a shield, then you want the gloves.

  11. Y al que diga que me aguante debajo de una sotana

    And to the one who says to put up with me beneath a robe,

  12. Le encajo una caravana de sentimientos

    I hit him with a caravan of feelings,

  13. De sentimientos, de sentimientos gigantes

    Of feelings, of giant feelings.

  14. Yo digo que no hay más canto que el que sale de la selva

    I say there's no other song than the one that comes from the jungle,

  15. Y que será el que lo entienda, fruto del árbol más alto

    And that it will be understood by those who grasp it, fruit of the tallest tree.

  16. Y digo que cuesta tanto y que hay que cruzar la tundra

    And I say it takes so much, and you have to cross the tundra,

  17. Pero al final, la penumbra se hace arcoíris del canto

    But in the end, the twilight turns into a rainbow of song.

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Key vocabulary

culpables
guiltyB2
fruto
fruitB2
cruzar
to crossA2
guantes
glovesA2
haya
mayB1
hay
there isA2
quien
whoA2
crezca
grow
allá
thereA1
tonto
foolishC1

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.

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Yo digo que las estrellas

Yo digo que las estrellas le dan gracias a la noche

I say that the stars thank the night,

Porque encima de otro coche no pueden lucir tan bellas

Because on top of another car, they can't shine so beautifully.

Y digo que es culpa de ellas, de la noche, el universo

And I say it's their fault, the night, the universe,

Cual son culpables los versos de que haya noches y estrellas

As the verses are guilty of there being nights and stars.

Yo digo que no hay quien crezca más allá de lo que vale

I say there's no one who grows beyond what they are worth,

Y el tonto que no lo sabe es el que en zancos se arresta

And the fool who doesn't know it is the one who gets stuck on stilts.

Y digo que el que se presta para peón del veneno

And I say that anyone who lends themselves to be a pawn of poison,

Es doble tonto, y no quiero ser bailarín de su fiesta

Is doubly foolish, and I don't want to be a dancer at their party.

Yo digo que no hay talante más claro que el ir desnudo

I say there's no clearer attitude than being bare,

Pues cuando se tiene escudo luego se quieren los guantes

For when you have a shield, then you want the gloves.

Y al que diga que me aguante debajo de una sotana

And to the one who says to put up with me beneath a robe,

Le encajo una caravana de sentimientos

I hit him with a caravan of feelings,

De sentimientos, de sentimientos gigantes

Of feelings, of giant feelings.

Yo digo que no hay más canto que el que sale de la selva

I say there's no other song than the one that comes from the jungle,

Y que será el que lo entienda, fruto del árbol más alto

And that it will be understood by those who grasp it, fruit of the tallest tree.

Y digo que cuesta tanto y que hay que cruzar la tundra

And I say it takes so much, and you have to cross the tundra,

Pero al final, la penumbra se hace arcoíris del canto

But in the end, the twilight turns into a rainbow of song.