Susana Baca
Un cuento silencioso lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2009
- Length
- 4:25
De ser posible contaría
If it were possible, I would tell
Un cuento silencioso de colores
A silent story of colors
Y en verano transcurrido
And in the summer gone by
Les daría soñadoras
I would give them dreamers
E imantadas fantasías
And magnetic fantasies
Posibles en los cuentos imposibles
Possible in the impossible tales
De colores
Of colors
Nacería desde el agua
I would be born from the water
Donde anida
Where it nests
Guarecido el arcoíris
Sheltered is the rainbow
Cumpliría mis edades
I would fulfill my ages
Y tendría mis días atareados
And I would have my busy days
Habría así tejido algún verano
I would have thus woven some summer
De suerte en el invierno no llegará
By chance, in winter, it won't arrive
Dicen que el mundo ha de morir de frío
They say the world must die of cold
Mi cuento comenzaba barboteando con la sangre de un poeta
My tale began babbling with the blood of a poet
Clarinaba su palabra acribillada
His word rang out, riddled
De pronto en mis ojos se borraron los espejos
Suddenly, in my eyes, the mirrors faded
En mis ojos
In my eyes
Han llorado sus victorias, sus ensueños en mis ojos, sus heridas
They have cried their victories, their daydreams in my eyes, their wounds
Se moría, se moría un guerrillero entre mis ojos
A guerrilla fighter was dying before my eyes
Se moría
He was dying
Es largo ya el silencio y el espejo
The silence and the mirror have lingered too long
Que me amarga la boca cada día
That leaves a bitter taste in my mouth every day
Dicen que el mundo ha de morir de frío
They say the world will freeze to death
En otros, cantarán los arcoíris
In others, rainbows will sing
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Key vocabulary
- ser
- beB1
- posible
- possibleA1
- contaría
- would count
- cuento
- storyA2
- silencioso
- silentB1
- colores
- colorsA2
- verano
- summerA1
- posibles
- possibleA1
- pronto
- soonA1
- sus
- his/herA1
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.