Cantares Lyrics in English Joan Manuel Serrat
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cantares by Joan Manuel Serrat from Spanish to English.
Verse 1
Todo pasa y todo queda
Everything passes and everything remains
Pero lo nuestro es pasar
But our way is to pass
Pasar haciendo caminos
To pass, making paths
Caminos sobre la mar
Paths upon the sea
Verse 2
Nunca perseguí la gloria
I never chased 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 the subtle worlds
Ingrávidos y gentiles
Weightless and gentle
Como pompas de jabón
Like soap bubbles
Verse 3
Me gusta verlos pintarse
I like to see them painted
De sol y grana, volar
With sun and scarlet, fly
Bajo el cielo azul, temblar
Under the blue sky, tremble
Súbitamente y quebrarse
Suddenly and shatter
Nunca perseguí la gloria
I never chased glory
Chorus 1
Caminante, son tus huellas
Wanderer, your footprints are
El camino y nada más
The path and nothing more
Caminante, no hay camino
Wanderer, there's no path
Se hace camino al andar
The path is made by walking
Bridge
Al andar se hace camino
By walking, the path is made
Y al volver la vista atrás
And looking back
Se ve la senda que nunca
You see the path that never
Se ha de volver a pisar
Will be trod again
Caminante no hay camino
Wanderer, there's no path
Sino estelas en la mar
But wakes on the sea
Verse 4
Hace algún tiempo en ese lugar
Some time ago in that place
Donde hoy los bosques se visten de espinos
Where today the woods are dressed in thorns
Se oyó la voz de un poeta gritar
A poet's voice was heard to shout
Chorus 2
«caminante no hay camino
Wanderer, there's 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
Verse 5
Murió el poeta lejos del hogar
The poet died far from home
Le cubre el polvo de un país vecino
The dust of a neighboring country covers him
Al alejarse le vieron llorar
As he left, they saw him cry
Chorus 3
«caminante no hay camino
Wanderer, there's 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
Verse 6
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 no use
Chorus 4
«caminante no hay camino
Wanderer, there's 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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