Silvio Rodríguez
Yo te quiero libre lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1984
- Length
- 3:22
Yo te quiero libre
I want you free
Libre y con amor
Free and with love
Libre de la sombra
Free from the shadow
Pero no del sol
But not from the sun
Yo te quiero libre
I want you free
Como te viví
As I have lived you
Libre de otras penas
Free from other sorrows
Y libre de mí
And free from me
La libertad
Freedom
Tiene alma clara
Has a clear soul
Y sólo canta cuando va batiendo alas
And only sings when it's beating its wings
Vuela y canta
Fly and sing
Libertad
Freedom
La libertad
The freedom
Nació sin dueño
Born without a master
Y yo quién soy para colmarle cada sueño
And who am I to fulfill every dream of theirs?
Y yo quién soy para colmarle cada sueño
And who am I to fulfill every dream of theirs?
Yo te quiero libre
I want you free
Y con buena fe
And with good faith
Para que conduzcas
So you can lead
Tu preciosa sed
Your precious thirst
Yo te quiero libre
I want you free
Libre de verdad
Truly free
Libre como el sueño
Free like the dream
De la libertad
Of freedom
La libertad
Freedom
Tiene alma clara
Has a clear soul
Y sólo canta cuando va batiendo alas
And only sings when it flaps its wings
Vuela y canta
Fly and sing
Libertad
Freedom
La libertad
Freedom
Nació sin dueño
Was born without a master
Y yo quién soy para colmarle cada sueño
And who am I to fulfill every dream?
Y yo quién soy para colmarle cada sueño
And who am I to fulfill every dream?
Yo te quiero libre
I want you free
Como te viví
Like I lived you
Libre de otras penas
Free from other sorrows
Libre de otras penas
Free from other sorrows
Libre de otras penas
Free from other sorrows
Y libre de mí
And free from me
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Key vocabulary
- canta
- singsA2
- cuando
- whenB1
- batiendo
- beating
- alas
- wingsB1
- vuela
- flyC2
- dueño
- ownerB1
- quién
- whoA1
- soy
- amA1
- colmarle
- to fill
- cada
- eachB2
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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.