La Cancion Del Elegido Lyrics in English Silvio Rodriguez
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Cancion Del Elegido by Silvio Rodriguez from Spanish to English.
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Siempre que se hace una historia
Whenever a story is made
Se habla de un viejo de un niño o de si
There is talk of an old man of a child or if
Pero mi historia es difícil
But my story is difficult
No voy ha hablarles de un hombre común
I'm not going to tell you about a common man
Haré la historia de un ser
I will make the story of a being
De otro mundo de un animal de galaxia
From another world of a galaxy animal
Es una historia que tiene que ver
It is a story that has to do
Con el curso de la vía láctea
With the course of the milky way
Es una historia enterrada
It's a buried story
Es sobre un ser de la nada
It is about a being out of nothing
Nació de una tormenta
born from a storm
En el sol de una noche
In the one night sun
El penúltimo mes
the penultimate month
Fue de planeta en planeta
went from planet to planet
Buscando agua potable
Looking for drinking water
Quizás buscando la vida
maybe looking for life
Buscando la muerte
looking for death
Eso nunca se sabe
That is never known
Quizás buscando siluetas
Maybe looking for silhouettes
O algo semejante que fuera adorable
Or something similar that was adorable
O por lo menos querible besable amable
Or at least lovable kissable lovable
El descubrió que las minas
He discovered that the mines
Del rey salomon se
of king solomon
Hallaban en el cielo
They found in heaven
Y no en el áfrica ardiente
And not in burning Africa
Como pensaba la gente
how people thought
Pero las piedras son frías
But the stones are cold
Y le interesaban calor y alegría
And he was interested in warmth and joy
Las joyas no tenían alma
The jewels had no soul
Solo eran espejos colores brillantes
They were just mirrors bright colors
Y al fin bajo hacia la guerra
And at last I go down to war
Perdón quise decir a la tierra
Sorry I meant to the earth
Hubo la historia de un golpe
There was the story of a coup
Sintió en su cabeza cristales molidos
He felt in his head crushed crystals
Y comprendió que la guerra
And he understood that the war
Era la paz del futuro
It was the peace of the future
Lo mas terrible se aprende enseguida
The most terrible thing is learned immediately
Y lo hermoso nos cuesta la vida
And the beautiful costs us our lives
La ultima vez lo vi irse
The last time I saw him go
Entre humo y metralla
Between smoke and shrapnel
Contento y desnudo
happy and naked
Iba matando canallas
I was killing scoundrels
Con su cañón del futuro
With his cannon of the future
Iba matando canallas
I was killing scoundrels
Con su cañón del futuro
With his cannon of the future
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