El Matador Lyrics in English Silvio Rodriguez
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Matador by Silvio Rodriguez from Spanish to English.
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Siento un hilo profundo que atraviesa el espacio
I feel a deep thread running through space
De tiempo en tiempo llega despacio
From time to time it comes slowly
Siento olor de llanuras de peregrinos
I smell pilgrim plains
La llanura se llama camino
The plain is called the road
Siento de pronto el gusto
I suddenly feel the taste
De un raro mineral
of a rare mineral
Me siento a veces hombre
I feel sometimes man
Y muchas animal
and many animals
Se confunde el deseo
desire is confused
De calentar la piel
To warm the skin
Con rugidos lejanos
with distant roars
Que recuerdan mujer
what do you remember woman
Y en una playa angosta caen del cielo
And on a narrow beach they fall from the sky
Esas reminiscencias de veneno
Those reminiscences of poison
Yo no sé, pero hay días sin reposo
I don't know, but there are days without rest
Que lo que tenga cerca lo destrozo
What I have close I destroy it
Muy primitivamente, casi salvajemente
Very primitively, almost savagely
Con odio, con desprecio, con rencor
With hate, with contempt, with rancor
Con palabras hirientes, con garras y con dientes
With hurtful words, with claws and with teeth
Con rabia, con violencia, con horror
With rage, with violence, with horror
Le he cantado a la muerte como nadie con vida
I have sung to death like no one alive
Mas yo dijera siempre: querida
But I would always say: dear
Junto a cada palabra hay cuerpos de millones
Next to each word there are bodies of millions
Y los maté yo mismo
And I killed them myself
Perdonen
excuse me
A veces se me borra
sometimes it erases me
Que mato por vivir
What do I kill to live?
Y olvido los entierros
And I forget the burials
Y no quiero dormir
and i don't want to sleep
El día que me acusen
The day they accuse me
No me defenderé
I won't defend myself
Esta culpa es muy vieja
This guilt is very old
De todos la heredé
I inherited it from everyone
Y en una playa angosta caen del cielo
And on a narrow beach they fall from the sky
Esas reminiscencias de veneno
Those reminiscences of poison
Yo no sé, pero hay días sin reposo
I don't know, but there are days without rest
Que lo que tenga cerca lo destrozo
What I have close I destroy it
Muy primitivamente, casi salvajemente
Very primitively, almost savagely
Con odio, con desprecio, con rencor
With hate, with contempt, with rancor
Con palabras hirientes, con garras y con dientes
With hurtful words, with claws and with teeth
Con rabia, con violencia, con horror
With rage, with violence, with horror
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