Olivos Lyrics in English by Arde Bogotá

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Olivos by Arde Bogotá from Spanish to English.

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Verse 1

Sometimes I imagine myself dead

And it helps me relax

To silence the words

Sometimes I imagine myself withered

Like an olive tree that splits

Under its own branches

Prechorus 1

If only I could leave with the wild clouds

And how do I split myself in two

And see this olive tree from outside and talk to it?

Chorus 1

I'd come to tell it

That there's some place where the air

Smells of salt and comes to tell you

That to all the wretched olive trees

Spring will come to embrace them

Verse 2

I'm like an old man

Trying to escape

From the burning wood

I, like an old olive tree

Buried in my longing

To rise up

Prechorus 2

If only I could leave with the wild clouds

And how do I split myself in two

And see this olive tree from outside and talk to it

Chorus 2

I'd come to tell it

That there's some place where the air

Smells of salt and comes to tell you

That to all the wretched olive trees

Spring will come to embrace them

Outro

To embrace them

To embrace myself

I'd come to tell myself

That to all the wretched olive trees

Spring will come to embrace them

Come back and tell me again

That to all the wretched olive trees

Spring will come to embrace us

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desdoblarme — to unfold myself / to split myself in two

Desdoblarme literally means “to unfold myself,” but it can also suggest splitting or duplicating oneself. In the song, the narrator imagines separating from his own perspective so he can look at the olive tree, and himself, from the outside, making this a striking image of self-reflection and escape.

Olivos is a sad song with a soft landing. It opens on a strange coping trick: "A veces me imagino muerto" (Sometimes I imagine myself dead), and that thought "me ayuda a relajarme" (helps me relax). Then the singer turns into an olive tree gone dry, "Como un olivo que se parte / Bajo sus propias ramas" (Like an olive tree that splits / Under its own branches). That is a sharp picture of being crushed by your own weight, and olive trees are everywhere in Spain, so it lands close to home.

The chorus is where it opens up. He wishes he could step outside himself, "desdoblarme" (split myself in two), and talk to that tree from the outside. What he would tell it is about a place where the air "Huele a sal" (Smells of salt), and a promise: "Que a todos los olivos miserables / Vendrá la primavera a abrazarles" (That all the miserable olive trees / Spring will come to hug them). By the end the pronoun shifts from "abrazarles" (to hug them) to "abrazarnos" (to hug us), and he finally counts himself in. Small grammar change, big feeling.

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Arde Bogotá Olivos Lyrics