Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Por Qué by Silvina Moreno from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Pedro tiene siete años
Peter is seven years old
pero descalzos van sus pies
but their feet go barefoot
No sabe de cuentos de hadas
He doesn't know fairy tales
solo le duele su niñez
he only hurts his childhood
Donde estarán los Reyes Magos
Where will the Magi be?
Tal vez dormidos como el
maybe asleep like him
A veces en el subterráneo
sometimes in the underground
saciando su hambre en un anden, anden...
satiating his hunger on a platform, platform...
No se por que, no se por que
I don't know why, I don't know why
estas llorando, estas sufriendo,
you are crying, you are suffering,
no se por que guardar silencio
I don't know why keep silent
no se por que, no se por que
I don't know why, I don't know why
tienes hambre, tienes frio
you are hungry, you are cold
con tanto sol, con tanto trigo
with so much sun, with so much wheat
No se por que, no se por que
I don't know why, I don't know why
no se por que, no se por que...
I don't know why, I don't know why...
Son los sueños de su infancia
Are the dreams of your childhood
como barcos de papel
like paper boats
el viento dirige su rumbo
the wind directs its course
son pesadillas al amanecer
they are nightmares at dawn
Donde estarán los Reyes Magos
Where will the Magi be?
Tal vez dormidos como el
maybe asleep like him
A veces en el subterráneo
sometimes in the underground
saciando su hambre en un anden, anden, anden...
satiating his hunger on a platform, platform, platform...
No se por que, no se por que
I don't know why, I don't know why
estas llorando, estas sufriendo
you are crying, you are suffering
no se por que guardar silencio
I don't know why keep silent
No se por que, no se por que
I don't know why, I don't know why
tienes hambre, tienes frio
you are hungry, you are cold
con tanto sol, con tanto trigo
with so much sun, with so much wheat
No se por que, no...
I do not know why not...
No se por que, no se por que
I don't know why, I don't know why
No se por que, no se por que...
I don't know why, I don't know why..