
Silvio Rodríguez
Yo digo que las estrellas lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1975
- Length
- 3:29
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.
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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.