El rey solo Lyrics in English Ana Tijoux
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El rey solo by Ana Tijoux from Spanish to English.
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Verse 1
El rey está solo en su algidez
The king is alone in his algidez
El rey está solo, sentado con timidez
The king is alone, sitting shyly
Es una jaula de monos
It's a monkey cage
Todos esperan y todos quieren el trono
Everyone waits and everyone wants the throne
Aquel trono bastado por años de codicia
That throne sufficed for years of greed
De mármol jerárquico y de madera egoísta
Hierarchical marble and selfish wood
De apellidos pomposos, se ve la disciplina
With pompous surnames, you see the discipline
Del rol que nunca quiso, gobernar siempre fue un espina
From the role he never wanted, governing was always a thorn
Espina que para todos es una ofrenda
Thorn that for all is an offering
Flor dolorosa, apretada sin rienda
Painful flower, tight without rein
El rey se siente solo, pero nadie lo ve
The king is lonely, but no one sees him
El ve lo escondido, pues nadie sabe que él
He sees the hidden, for no one knows that he
Todo lo mira y que él tan solo espera ver
He looks at everything and he just expects to see
Quien será el que tira la primera piedra
Who will be the one throwing the first stone
Tantos monos en una sola jaula
So many monkeys in one cage
Tantos primates esperando al que el rey se caiga
So many primates waiting for the king to fall
Verse 2
El rey está solo, solo divagando
The king is alone, just rambling
Recordando cercanos que le daban la mano
Remembering close ones who gave him the hand
Cercanos que luego afilaron los dientes
Close ones who then sharpened their teeth
Tragaron el tiempo y se hicieron ausentes
They swallowed time and became absent
El rey está solo, solo con corona
The king is alone, alone with a crown
Corona sin forma, añeja y amorfa
Shapeless, aged and aefa crown
Aplacada de poder, y empolvada de gris
Placated with power, and dusted with gray
Opacan en sus entrañas, y de podrida matriz
They opace in their bowels, and of rotten matrix
'nunca se vio' piensa, y la verdad menos
'you never saw it' thinks, and the truth less
Para sentirte rodeado de animales perversos
To feel surrounded by wicked animals
Que solo querían codicia y que alimentar un ego
They just wanted greed and they fed an ego
Que nunca saciarían porque el cariño era ciego
They would never satisfie because affection was blind
El rey habla solo con soledad y nobleza
The king speaks only with solitude and nobility
Se hizo demente en un palacio de tristeza
He became insmented in a palace of sadness
Sorpresa, que vista una capa tejida en locura
Surprise, let him see a layer woven in madness
Trastorno majestuoso y en la calle susurra
Majestic disorder and on the street whispers
'yo soy el rey callejero'
'I am the street king'
'yo soy el lúcido, los locos son el resto'
'I'm the lucid, the crazy are the rest'
Outro
Tanta majestad hipnotizada al piso
So much mesmerized majesty to the floor
Tantos olvidados y rostros perdidos
So many forgotten and lost faces
Tantos anónimos es que sueñan como niños
So many anonymous is that they dream like children
Que nunca se sintieron como dos en este limbo
They never felt like two in this limbo
Tantas piedras historias y arrugas
So many stones stories and wrinkles
Tantas páginas de un libro sin lecturas
So many pages of a book without readings
Mientras el solo se levanta y nos dice
As he just gets up and tells us
Yo soy el cuerdo ustedes han enloquecido, ido, ido, ido
I am the sane you have gone mad, gone, gone, gone
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ANA MARIA MERINO TIJOUX, ANDRES CELIS MUJICA, ANDRES MUJICA CELIS, LUCIANO NAKATA ALBUQUERQUE
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