
Willie Colón
Todo tiene su final lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1973
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 5:00
Todo tiene su final
Everything has its end
Nada dura para siempre
Nothing lasts forever
Tenemos que recordar
We have to remember
Que no existe eternidad
That there is no eternity
Como el lindo clavel
Like the lovely carnation
Solo quiso florecer
It only wanted to bloom
Y enseñarnos su belleza
And show us its beauty
Y marchito perecer
And wither to perish
Todo tiene su final
Everything has its end
Nada dura para siempre
Nothing lasts forever
Tenemos que recordar
We have to remember
Que no existe eternidad
That there is no eternity
Como el campeón mundial
Like the world champion
Dio su vida por llegar
Gave his life to arrive
Y perder lo más querido
And lost what was most dear
En las masas otro más
In the masses, another one
Eh, ah-la-la-le, la-la-le-le
Eh, ah-la-la-le, la-la-le-le
Todo tiene su final
Everything has its end
Todo tiene su final
Everything has its end
Si no me quieres, dímelo ahora (todo tiene su final)
If you don't want me, tell me now (everything has its end)
A mi velorio no venga' a llorar, no-no (todo tiene su final)
Don't come to my wake to cry, no-no (everything has its end)
Ay, mamita rica (todo tiene su final)
Oh, rich mommy (everything has its end)
Yo sabía que un día tenía que acabar (todo tiene su final)
I knew that one day it had to end (everything has its end)
Punto final, todo se acabó (todo tiene su final)
Final point, everything is over (everything has its end)
Y va a llegar un demonio atómico
And an atomic demon is coming
Y te va a limpiar (todo tiene su final)
And it will clean you up (everything has its end)
Porque todo tiene su final (todo tiene su final)
Because everything has its end (everything has its end)
Echa p'alante, mamá
Move forward, mama
Ay, yo perdí lo más querido
Oh, I lost what was most dear
Cuando perdí a mi mamá (todo tiene su final)
When I lost my mom (everything has its end)
Pero seguí p'alante y p'alante (todo tiene su final)
But I kept moving forward and forward (everything has its end)
Has como yo, nunca eché p'atrá (todo tiene su final)
Do like me, never look back (everything has its end)
Ni pa coger impulso, qué va (todo tiene su final)
Not even to gain momentum, no way (everything has its end)
Cuidao, que de espalda te puen atacar (todo tiene su final)
Be careful, they can attack you from behind (everything has its end)
Echa p'alante, cobarde (todo tiene su final)
Move forward, coward (everything has its end)
Anda y ve, búscate el pan (todo tiene su final)
Go on and find your bread (everything has its end)
Oigo una vos que me dice (todo tiene su final)
I hear a voice that tells me (everything has its end)
"Cuidao, tierra va a temblar, tierra va a temblar"
"Be careful, the earth will tremble, the earth will tremble"
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Key vocabulary
- acabó
- endedB1
- ahora
- nowA1
- anda
- walkB2
- coger
- grabA2
- perder
- loseB1
- perdí
- lost
- qué
- whatA1
- quiso
- wanted
- dura
- hardA2
- como
- likeB1
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About this song
Salsa trombonist and bandleader from the Bronx. A core artist of the 1970s Fania era.