Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Silencio by Jorge Drexler from Spanish to English.
Todo el mundo intentando venderte algo
Everyone trying to sell you something
Intentando comprarte
Trying to buy you
Queriendo meterte en su melodrama
Wanting to drag you into their melodrama
Su karma, su cama, su salto a la fama
Their karma, their bed, their leap to fame
Su breve momento de gloria
Their brief moment of glory
Sus dos megas de memoria
Their two megabytes of memory
Subirte a su nube
Get on their cloud
Como un precio que sube
Like a rising price
Para luego exhibirte
To later exhibit you
Como un estandarte
Like a banner
No encuentro nada más valioso que darte
I find nothing more valuable to give you
Nada más elegante
Nothing more elegant
Que este instante
Than this moment
El índice vertical entre la boca y la nariz
The vertical index between the mouth and the nose
El eco en la catedral
The echo in the cathedral
La brisa en la enredadera
The breeze in the vine
Entremos en el sonido hasta el penúltimo matiz
Let's delve into the sound to the penultimate nuance
Hagámosle caso al gesto de la foto de la enfermera
Let's pay attention to the gesture of the nurse's photo
Y cuando el ruido vuelva a saturar la antena
And when the noise saturates the antenna again
Y una sirena rompa la noche, inclemente
And a siren breaks the night, relentless
No encontraremos nada más pertinente
We won't find anything more relevant
Que decirle a la mente
Than to tell the mind
Shh, shh, shh
Shh, shh, shh
Shh, shh, shh shh
Shh, shh, shh shh
Shh, shh, shh
Shh, shh, shh
Shh, shh, shh shh
Shh, shh, shh shh
Antes que diga algo completamente inadecuado
Before I say something completely inappropriate
No hay que desperdiciar una buena ocasión
We shouldn't waste a good opportunity
De quedarse callado
To stay quiet
Shh, shh, shh
Shh, shh, shh
Shh, shh, shh shh
Shh, shh, shh shh
Shh, shh, shh
Shh, shh, shh
Shh, shh, shh shh
Shh, shh, shh shh
Y cuando el ruido vuelva a saturar la antena
And when the noise saturates the antenna again
Y una sirena rompa la noche, inclemente
And a siren breaks the night, relentless
No encontraremos nada más pertinente
We won't find anything more relevant
Que decirle a la mente
Than to tell the mind
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