Susana Baca
Hermano Miguel lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2001
- Length
- 4:09
Ah, yo me escondo como antes
Ah, I hide like before
Todas estas oraciones vespertinas
All these evening prayers
Y espero que tú no des conmigo
And I hope you don't find me
Por la sala, el zaguán, los corredores
Through the living room, the hallway, the corridors
Después, te ocultas tú
Then you hide
Y yo no doy contigo
And I can't find you
Me acuerdo que nos hacíamos llorar
I remember we used to make each other cry
Hermano
Brother
En aquel juego
In that game
Miguel, tú te escondiste
Miguel, you hid
Una tarde de agosto, Miguel
One August afternoon, Miguel
Al alborear
At dawn
Pero, en vez
But instead
De ocultarte riendo
Of hiding away laughing
Estabas triste
You were sad
Y tu gemelo corazón de esas tardes extintas
And your twin heart from those vanished afternoons
Se ha aburrido de no encontrarte
Has grown tired of not finding you
Y ya cae sombra en el alma
And shadows are already falling in the soul
Hermano
Brother
No tardes en salir
Don't take long to come out
Puede inquietarse mamá
Mom can get restless
Ah-ah-ah-aah
Ah-ah-ah-aah
Ah-ah-aah
Ah-ah-aah
Aah
Aah
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Key vocabulary
- escondo
- hide
- antes
- beforeA1
- todas
- all (fem.)A2
- estas
- you areA1
- hermano
- brotherA1
- juego
- gameA1
- sala
- roomA1
- tarde
- lateA1
- como
- as; like; howB1
- conmigo
- with meB1
About this song
Susana Baca is Peruvian vocalist associated with Afro-Peruvian musical traditions. She is known for her interpretation of Afro-Peruvian repertoire, including the widely heard recording of “Maria Lando” featured on David Byrne’s The Soul of Black Peru.