Cantares Lyrics in English Joan Manuel Serrat
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cantares by Joan Manuel Serrat from Spanish to English.
Todo pasa y todo queda
Everything happens and everything remains
Pero lo nuestro es pasar
But ours is to pass
Pasar haciendo caminos
To pass making paths
Caminos sobre la mar
Paths over the sea
Nunca perseguí la gloria
I never pursued glory
Ni dejar en la memoria
Nor to leave in the memory
De los hombres mi canción
Of men my song
Yo amo los mundos sutiles
I love subtle worlds
Ingrávidos y gentiles
Weightless and gentle
Como pompas de jabón
Like soap bubbles
Me gusta verlos pintarse
I like to see them paint themselves
De sol y grana, volar
With sun and crimson, fly
Bajo el cielo azul, temblar
Under the blue sky, tremble
Súbitamente y quebrarse
Suddenly and break
Nunca perseguí la gloria
I never pursued glory
Caminante, son tus huellas
Traveler, your footprints are
El camino y nada más
The path and nothing else
Caminante, no hay camino
Traveler, there is no path
Se hace camino al andar
The path is made by walking
Al andar se hace camino
By walking, the path is made
Y al volver la vista atrás
And when looking back
Se ve la senda que nunca
You see the path that
Se ha de volver a pisar
You must never tread again
Caminante no hay camino
Traveler, there is no path
Sino estelas en la mar
Only wakes in the sea
Hace algún tiempo en ese lugar
Some time ago in that place
Donde hoy los bosques se visten de espinos
Where today the forests are dressed in thorns
Se oyó la voz de un poeta gritar
The voice of a poet was heard shouting
«caminante no hay camino
"traveler, there is no path
Se hace camino al andar»
The path is made by walking"
Golpe a golpe, verso a verso
Blow by blow, verse by verse
Murió el poeta lejos del hogar
The poet died far from home
Le cubre el polvo de un país vecino
He is covered by the dust of a neighboring country
Al alejarse le vieron llorar
As he walked away, they saw him cry
«caminante no hay camino
"traveler, there is no path
Se hace camino al andar»
The path is made by walking"
Golpe a golpe, verso a verso
Blow by blow, verse by verse
Cuando el jilguero no puede cantar
When the goldfinch cannot sing
Cuando el poeta es un peregrino
When the poet is a pilgrim
Cuando de nada nos sirve rezar
When praying is of no use to us
«caminante no hay camino
"traveler, there is no path
Se hace camino al andar»
The path is made by walking"
Golpe a golpe, verso a verso
Blow by blow, verse by verse
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