El Cisne Lyrics in English by Camilo

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Cisne by Camilo from Spanish to English.

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I was about to throw in the towel

Lighting candles in a dark world

In a house full of windows, I only saw walls

Always looking for how to measure up

I even stopped being myself, I swear

To, in the midst of predators, feel safe

Thank heaven that among so many people

You told me from afar, 'Come'

And we decided to go against the current towards the same place

Something in me knew that I arrived

I felt it when I found you

I knew that you were my home

Because it's not where, but who hugs you

And I understood that I will be fine

Only there where you are well

Next to those I love

I have no doubt that I belong here

Here, here, to you

To you, to you, like this

I have no doubt that I belong here

I had to dress up so many times

That one day I saw myself and I didn't recognize myself

And I wanted to say 'no' so many times, but I said 'yes'

I have always seen the world in colors

But I had to pretend that I saw it gray

Always thinking about making them happy and not about being happy

Thank heaven that among so many people

You told me from afar, 'Come'

And we decided to go against the current towards the same place

Something in me knew that I arrived

I felt it when I found you

I knew that you were my home

Because it's not where, but who hugs you

And I understood that I will be fine

Only there where you are well

Next to those I love

I have no doubt that I belong here

Here, here, to you

To you, to you, like this

I have no doubt that I belong here

Here, here, to you

To you, to you, like this

I have no doubt that I belong here

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El Cisne (The Swan) is Camilo's song about finally feeling like you belong. It opens with someone who was ready to quit: "Estuve a punto de tirar la toalla" (I was about to throw in the towel), the same boxing idiom we use in English. He was "prendiendo velas en un mundo oscuro" (lighting candles in a dark world) and living in a house full of windows where he only saw walls.

The second verse is the honest part. He dressed up as someone else so many times that "un día me vi y no me reconocí" (one day I saw myself and didn't recognise me), and he said sí when he wanted to say no. He always saw the world in colour but pretended it was grey, all to make other people happy. Then someone calls to him from far away, "Vente" (come here), and the chorus lands on its best line: "no es dónde, sino quién te abraza" (it's not where, but who hugs you). Home is a person.

Learner tip: "dar la talla" means to measure up or be good enough, and "ir contracorriente" is going against the current. The title never appears in the lyrics, but a swan is the ugly duckling grown up, which fits a song about finally being yourself.

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