Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Güije by Silvio Rodriguez from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
del fondo soy llegan a un áfrica donde
From the bottom I am arrive in an Africa where
la novia de la noche va a
the bride of the night is going to
deshacerse en platería sobre mis aguas
get rid of silver on my waters
de oscuridad soy tan pequeño que me
of darkness I am so small that I
escurra batir y tan fugaz que quien me
drain beat and so fleeting that who I
alcanza al verte cree que sin sol la
reaches to see you believes that without sun the
realidad es frágil y hay criaturas que
reality is fragile and there are creatures that
no pueden ser
it can not be
los complejos de barro melena de limón
the lemon mane mud complexes
cobos de madrugada sin dolor
cobos of dawn without pain
nunca reflejó la tos
never reflected cough
soy una sombra total
I am a total shadow
hay lo que hay un siendo azul
there is what there is a being blue
que apenas puedo soñar
that i can hardly dream
solo a veces me miraron sin miedo y sin
only sometimes they looked at me without fear and without
solo una vez un peso de mujer
only once a woman's weight
y me sentía el corazón
and I felt the heart
cándido que lo cante
candid to sing it
esa del dulce sabor
that of the sweet taste
que no tengo
that I do not have
se desbandó de lo que ya no se mueve
disbanded from what no longer moves
del fondo sol de la laguna frita donde
from the sun bottom of the fried lagoon where
la novia de la noche va a
the bride of the night is going to
deshacerse en platería sobre mis aguas
get rid of silver on my waters
soy sobresalto de los imprudentes
I am startle of the reckless
que se extravían en su trasnochar y
who get lost in their late night and
aunque no soy esperando de la muerte yo
Although I am not waiting for death, I
soy muy desde la soledad
I am very from loneliness
yo soy cuide de la soledad
I am take care of loneliness
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