Intro/Octavo Día Lyrics in English Shakira
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Intro/Octavo Día by Shakira from Spanish to English.
El octavo día dios después de tanto trabajar
The eighth day god after so much work
Para liberar tensiones luego ya de revisar
To release tensions after reviewing
Dijo todo está muy bien es hora de descansar
Said everything is fine it's time to rest
Y se fué a dar un paseo por el espacio sideral
And he went for a walk in outer space
Quién se iba a imaginar que el mismo dios al regresar
Who would have imagined that the same god when he returned
Iba a encontrarlo todo en un desorden infernal
I was going to find it all in hellish disorder
Y que se iba a convertir en un desempleado más
And that he was going to become one more unemployed
De la tasa que anualmente está creciendo sin parar
Of the rate that annually is growing non-stop
Desde ese entonces hay quienes lo han visto
Since then there are those who have seen it
Sólo en las calles transitar
Only on the streets to travel
Anda esperando paciente por alguién
Wait patiently for someone
Con quién al menos tranquilo pueda conversar
With whom at least calm can converse
Mientras tanto este mundo gira y gira
Meanwhile this world twists and turns
Sin poderlo detener
Without being able to stop it
Y aquí abajo unos cuantos nos manejan
And down here a few manage us
Como fichas de ajedrez
Like chess tiles
No soy la clase de idiota
I'm not the kind of idiot
Que se deja convencer
Who allows himself to be convinced
Pero digo la verdad
But I tell the truth
Y hasta un ciego lo puede ver
And even a blind man can see it
Si a falta de ocupación o de excesiva soledad
If in the absence of occupation or excessive loneliness
Dios no resistiera más y se marchara a otro lugar
God would not resist anymore and go to another place
Sería nuestra perdición, no habría otro remedio más
It would be our downfall, there would be no other choice
Que adorar a Michael Jackson, a Bill Clinton o a Tarzan
Than to worship Michael Jackson, Bill Clinton or Tarzan
Es más difícil ser rey sin corona
It's harder to be king without a crown
Que una persona más normal
Than a more normal person
Pobre de dios que no sale en revistas
Poor god who does not appear in magazines
Que no es modelo ni artista o de família real
Who is not a model or artist or royal family
Mientras tanto este mundo gira y gira
Meanwhile this world twists and turns
Sin poderlo detener
Without being able to stop it
Y aquí abajo unos cuantos nos manejan
And down here a few manage us
Como fichas de ajedrez
Like chess tiles
No soy la clase de idiota
I'm not the kind of idiot
Que se deja convencer
Who allows himself to be convinced
Pero digo la verdad
But I tell the truth
Y hasta un ciego lo puede ver
And even a blind man can see it
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