El Barquero Lyrics in English Silvio Rodriguez
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Barquero by Silvio Rodriguez from Spanish to English.
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Un buen día quizás un barquero
One fine day maybe a boatman
Se lanzó tras el mar del recuerdo.
He launched himself after the sea of memory.
Era un barco pequeño en el tiempo
It was a small ship at the time
Pero había fe,
But there was faith
Pero había un raro esplendor en sus ojos,
But there was a rare splendor in his eyes,
Pero había un místico afán de por qué,
But there was a mystical desire for why,
Pero había fe.
But there was faith.
Una dársena es sólo una entraña;
A dock is just a bowels;
Mar de invierno es tal vez la mañana;
Winter sea is perhaps the morning;
Barco chico es quizás alma clara;
Barco chico is perhaps a clear soul;
Why aunque haya fe,
and even if there is faith,
Why aunque haya flujo de amor en mi frente,
And although there is a flow of love on my forehead,
Tanto se hunde mi rostro en la gente,
So much my face sinks into people,
Que ya no sé.
That I don't know anymore
Ya me canso de tanto hablar,
I'm tired of talking so much
Si está dicho todo hasta el fin,
If everything is said to the end,
Qué más ruido que el de escuchar
What more noise than listening
De la vida, todo el trajín.
Of life, all the bustle.
Tanto espacio entre mi voz
So much space between my voice
Why el oído que ha de esperar.
And the ear that has to wait.
Nada tengo que decir yo.
I have nothing to say.
Miren todo why me escucharán.
Look at everything and you will listen to me.
Un buen día quizás un barquero
One fine day maybe a boatman
Se lanzó tras el mar del recuerdo.
He launched himself after the sea of memory.
De su barco, entre grito why silencio,
Of his ship, between shouting and silence,
Aún no se sabe
Still not known
Cuál de las tantas ha sido su suerte:
Which of the many has been his luck:
Si halló la vida o se fue con la muerte,
If he found life or left with death,
O simplemente se perdió.
Or she just got lost
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