Below, I translated the lyrics of the song ¡Buena Suerte Capitán! by Alejo García from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Fuimos dioses peregrinos
We were pilgrim gods
Caravana y oración
Caravan and prayer
Paso libre en los caminos
Free passage on the roads
Que cruzaban cerca al sol
That crossed close to the sun
Fuimos fuego entre las tribus
We were fire among the tribes
Diablo suelto en carnaval
Devil loose at carnival
Ceremonia a nuestro sino
Ceremony to our fate
Continente y río al mar
Continent and river to the sea
Cada huella, cada tiempo
Every trace, every time
Cada cielo que nos vio bebiendo azar
Every sky that saw us drinking chance
buena mar y buenos vientos!
good sea and good winds!
buena suerte, capitán!
good luck, captain!
Después fuimos en tormenta
Then we went into a storm
Con los miedos a estribor
With fears to starboard
Y quemamos nuestras velas
And we burn our candles
Por la borda el corazón
Overboard the heart
Cada herida, cada duelo
Every wound, every duel
Cada ráfaga de invierno en el radar
Every winter blast on the radar
buena mar y buenos vientos!
good sea and good winds!
buena suerte, capitán!
good luck, captain!
Brújula del tiempo
time compass
Verso a verso he de remar
Verse by verse I have to row
Rosa de los vientos
compass Rose
Coordenadas del azar
Random coordinates
Cielos y navegantes
Skies and sailors
Sus huellas, su señal
His footprints, his sign
Si se quema el horizonte
If the horizon burns
Seguiré el mapa estelar
I will follow the star map
La noche de mis palabras
The night of my words
Tantos grados de verdad
So many degrees of truth
Mentirosa es la distancia
Distance is a liar
En cada punto cardinal
At each cardinal point
Contra viento va el olvido
Oblivion goes against the wind
En cubierto va el dolor
The pain goes under cover
Destellos de tu cariño
Flashes of your affection
Me alumbran a donde voy
They light me where I'm going
Cada huella, cada tiempo
Every trace, every time
Cada cielo que nos vio bebiendo azar
Every sky that saw us drinking chance
buena mar y buenos vientos!
good sea and good winds!
hasta siempre, capitán!
Goodbye, captain!
Brújula del tiempo
time compass
Luna porqué te escondes
Moon why are you hiding
Calma la tempestad
Calm the storm
Si se quema el horizonte
If the horizon burns
Brújula del tiempo
time compass
Tierra a la vista
Land in sight
Veo un faro brillar
I see a lighthouse shine
Si se quema el horizonte
If the horizon burns
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