Zamba por vos (Cara B) Lyrics in English Jorge Drexler
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Zamba por vos (Cara B) by Jorge Drexler from Spanish to English.
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Que viva la ciencia
Long live science
Que viva la poesía
Long live poetry
Que viva siento mi lengua
May I live my tongue
Cuando tu lengua está sobre la lengua mía
When your tongue is over my tongue
El agua esta en el barro
Water is in the mud
El barro en el ladrillo
The mud in the brick
El ladrillo está en la pared
The brick is on the wall
Y en la pared tu fotografía
And on the wall your photograph
Es cierto que no hay arte sin emoción
It is true that there is no art without emotion.
Y que no hay precisión sin artesanía
And that there is no precision without craftsmanship
Como tampoco hay guitarras sin tecnología
As there are no guitars without technology
Tecnología del nylon para las primas
Nylon technology for premiums
Tecnología del metal para el clavijero
Metal technology for the headstock
La prensa, la gubia y el barniz
The press, gouge and varnish
Las herramientas de un carpintero
A carpenter's tools
El cantautor y su computadora
The singer-songwriter and his computer
El pastor y su afeitadora
The pastor and his shaver
El despertador que ya está anunciando la aurora
The alarm clock that is already announcing the dawn
Y en el telescopio se demora la última estrella
And in the telescope the last star is delayed
La maquina la hace el hombre
The machine is made by man
Y es lo que el hombre hace con ella
And that's what man does with it.
El arado, la rueda, el molino
The plough, the wheel, the mill
La mesa en que apoyo el vaso de vino
The table on which I rest the glass of wine
Las curvas de la montaña rusa
The roller coaster curves
La semicorchea y hasta la semifusa
The semi-quaver and even the semifusa
El té, los ordenadores y los espejos
Tea, computers and mirrors
Los lentes para ver de cerca y de lejos
Lenses for near and far vision
La cucha del perro, la mantequilla
The dog's cucha, the butter
La yerba, el mate y la bombilla
Yerba, mate and bombilla
Estás conmigo
You are with me
Estamos cantando a la sombra de nuestra parra
We are singing in the shade of our vine
Una canción que dice que uno sólo conserva lo que no amarra
A song that says that one only keeps what one does not tie
Y sin tenerte
And without having you
Te tengo a vos
I have you
Y tengo a mi guitarra
And I have my guitar
Hay tantas cosas
There are so many things
Yo sólo preciso dos
I only need two
Mi guitarra y vos
My guitar and you
Mi guitarra y vos
My guitar and you
Hay tantas cosas
There are so many things
Yo sólo preciso dos
I only need two
Mi guitarra y vos
My guitar and you
Mi guitarra y vos
My guitar and you
Hay cines, hay trenes, hay cacerolas
There are cinemas, there are trains, there are pots
Hay fórmulas hasta para describir la espiral de una caracola
There are even formulas to describe the spiral of a conch shell
Hay más, hay tráfico, créditos, cláusulas, salas vip
There's more, there's traffic, credits, clauses, VIP lounges
Hay cápsulas hipnóticas y tomografías computarizadas
There are hypnotic capsules and CT scans
Hay condiciones para la constitución de una sociedad limitada
There are conditions for the incorporation of a limited company
Hay biberones y hay obuses
There are bottles and there are shells
Hay tabúes, hay besos, hay hambre y hay sobrepeso
There are taboos, there are kisses, there is hunger and there is overweight
Hay curas de sueño y tisanas
There are sleep cures and herbal teas
Hay drogas de diseño y perros adictos a las drogas en las aduanas
There are designer drugs and drug-addicted dogs at customs
Hay manos capaces de fabricar herramientas
There are hands capable of making tools
Con las que se hacen máquinas para hacer ordenadores
With which machines are made to make computers
Que a su vez diseñan máquinas que hacen herramientas
Which in turn design machines that make tools
Para que las use la mano
For your hand to use
Hay escritas infinitas palabras
There are infinite words written
Zen
Zen
Gol
Goal
Bang
Bang
Rap
Rap
Dios
God
Fin
The end
Hay tantas cosas
There are so many things
Yo sólo preciso dos
I only need two
Mi guitarra y vos
My guitar and you
Mi guitarra y vos
My guitar and you
Hay tantas cosas
There are so many things
Yo sólo preciso dos
I only need two
Mi guitarra y vos
My guitar and you
Mi guitarra y vos
My guitar and you
Hay tantas cosas
There are so many things
Yo sólo preciso dos
I only need two
Mi guitarra y vos
My guitar and you
Mi guitarra y vos
My guitar and you
Hay tantas cosas
There are so many things
Yo sólo preciso dos
I only need two
Mi guitarra y vos
My guitar and you
Mi guitarra y vos
My guitar and you
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