De amor y de casualidad Lyrics in English Jorge Drexler
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song De amor y de casualidad by Jorge Drexler from Spanish to English.
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Tu madre tiene sangre holandesa
Your mother has Dutch blood
Yo tengo el pelo sefaradí
I have Sephardic hair
Somos la mezcla de tus abuelos
We are the mixture of your grandparents
Y tú, mitad de ella y mitad de mí
And you, half of her and half of me
El padre de tu madre es de Cádiz
Your mother's father is from Cádiz
Mi padre se escapó de Berlín
My father ran away from Berlin
Yo vengo de una noche de enero
I come from a January night
Tu vienes de una siesta en Madrid
You come from a nap in Madrid
Tu madre vino aquí desde Suecia
Your mother came here from Sweden
La mía se crió en Libertad
Mine grew up in Freedom
Tu madre y yo somos una mezcla
Your mother and I are a mix
Igual que tú, de amor y de casualidad
Just like you, love and chance
Igual que tú, de amor y de casualidad
Just like you, love and chance
Tu madre tiene los ojos claros
Your mother has light eyes
Yo un tatarabuelo de Brasil
I a great great grandfather from Brazil
Yo soy del sur, de Montevideo
I am from the south, from Montevideo
Y tú mitad de allá y mitad de aquí
And you half from there and half from here
En este mundo tan separado
In this world so far apart
No hay que ocultar de dónde se es
You don't have to hide where you're from
Pero todos somos de todos lados
But we're all from everywhere
Hay que entenderlo de una buena vez
You have to understand it once and for all
Tu madre se crió en Estocolmo
Your mother grew up in Stockholm
La mía al sur de Tacuarembó
Mine south of Tacuarembó
Tu madre y yo vinimos al mundo
Your mother and I came into the world
Igual que tú, porque así lo quiso el amor
Just like you, because love wanted it that way
Igual que tú, porque así lo quiso el amor
Just like you, because love wanted it that way
Tu madre vino aquí desde Suecia
Your mother came here from Sweden
La mía se crió en Libertad
Mine grew up in Freedom
Tu madre y yo somos una mezcla
Your mother and I are a mix
Igual que tú, de amor y de casualidad
Just like you, love and chance
Igual que tú, de amor y de casualidad
Just like you, love and chance
Igual que tú, de amor y de casualidad
Just like you, love and chance
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