Fotografías Lyrics in English by Rubén Blades, Roberto Delgado & Orquesta
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Fotografías by Rubén Blades from Spanish to English.
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Fotografías
Photographs
Capturan horas, semanas, meses, años y días
They capture hours, weeks, months, years and days
Fotografías
Photographs
Gente sonriendo, aunque por dentro no haya alegría
People smiling, although inside there is no joy
Cada retrato
each portrait
Guarda una historia, memoria fiel que no morirá
Keep a story, a faithful memory that will not die
Testigo mudo
mute witness
De lo que pudo ser y que ya no volverá
Of what could have been and that will not return
Fotografías
Photographs
Desde el presente, recuerdan gente, que ya no está
From the present, they remember people who are no longer here
Guardan cariños
They keep affections
Y una esperanza que se enfrento con la realidad
And a hope that faced reality
Fotografías
Photographs
Radiografías de una familia y su realidad
X-rays of a family and its reality
Melancolía, pena, alegría y nuestra verdad
Melancholy, sorrow, joy and our truth
Un testimonio de vida y de solidaridad
A testimony of life and solidarity
Lo que el tiempo se llevó
What time took away
Quedó en la fotografía
It was in the photograph
¿Quién no tiene fotos en su casa?
Who doesn't have photos in their house?
Ere
Ere
Quedó en la fotografía
It was in the photograph
Atrapando al sentimiento
Catching the feeling
De algo que no existe ya
Of something that no longer exists
Lo que el tiempo se llevó
What time took away
Quedó en la fotografía
It was in the photograph
Las miro y pienso en un tiempo
I look at them and think of a time
Que me dio felicidad
that gave me happiness
Lo que el tiempo se llevó
What time took away
Quedó en la fotografía
It was in the photograph
En la mirada y la sonrisa en la foto
In the look and the smile in the photo
Sigue viva mi mamá
my mom is still alive
Lo que el tiempo se llevó
What time took away
Quedó en la fotografía
It was in the photograph
Porque la memoria de una familia y su historia
Because the memory of a family and its history
No desaparecerá
won't go away
Lo que el tiempo se llevó
What time took away
Quedó en la fotografía
It was in the photograph
Vemos los rostros de los que se han ido
We see the faces of those who are gone
Y nos dan ganas de llorar
And it makes us want to cry
Lo que el tiempo se llevó
What time took away
Quedó en la fotografía
It was in the photograph
Compañero de mi vida
Companion of my life
Compañeros de juegos y de mi diario bregar
Companions of games and my daily struggle
Un perro saltó y contento, siempre a mi lado y atento
A dog jumped and was happy, always by my side and attentive
En la fotografía
In the photograph
Mira lo flaco que estaba, la esperanza que guardaba
Look how skinny he was, the hope he had
En la fotografía
In the photograph
Mi primera comunión y después mi graduación
My first communion and then my graduation
En la fotografía
In the photograph
Gente reunida y sonriendo, aunque pecaran por dentro
People gathered and smiling, even if they sinned inside
En la fotografía
In the photograph
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