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A dedication to his hometown Havana (La Habana)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Original lyrics

 

Habana, mi vieja habana
señora de historia de conquistadores y gente
con sus religiones, hermosa dama...

Habana, si mis ojos te abandonaran...
si la vida me desterrara a un rincon de la tierra
yo te juro que voy a morirme de amor y de ganas
de andar tus calles, tus barrios y tus lugares...

Cuatro caminos, virgen de regla, puerto de mar
Lugares, destinos...

el largo muro del litoral, el capitolio y prado
con sus leones, sus visiones

 

Sabanas blancas colgada en los balcones
Sabanas blancas colgada en los balcones

Habana, mi gran habana
Costumbre de darle una vuelta a la ceiba de noche
Y fiestas en casas de barrios modernos y pobres
de gente noble...

Habana, si mis ojos te abandonaran...
si la vida me desterrara a un rincon de la tierra
yo te juro que voy a morirme de amor y de ganas
de andar tus calles, tus barrios y tus lugares...

Virgen del camino, nuevo vedado residencial
lugares, destinos...
Faro del morro y la catedral
Barrios pequeños y llenos de tradiciones y emociones...

Sabanas blancas colgada en los balcones
Sabanas blancas colgada en los balcones

 

 


 
Translation
 

Havana, my old Havana

Lady of History, Conquerors and People

with its religions, beautiful Lady

 

Havana, if my eyes should abandon you

if Life should confine me to a corner of the Earth

I swear I'm going to die of Love and Desire

of walking your streets, your neighborhoods, your places

 

Cuatro caminos, virgen de regla, puerto de mar

places, destinations....

the long shoreline wall, the capitol and the Prado

 with its lions, its visions

 white sheets hanging from the rooftops

white sheets hanging from the rooftops

Havana, my great Havana

habit to walk around the ceiba ( tropical trees?) at night

and parties in homes of  modern and poor neighborhoods

of noble people

 

Havana, if my eyes should abandon you

if Life should confine me to a corner of the Earth

I swear I'm going to die of Love and Desire

of walking your streets, your neighborhoods, your places

 

 

Virgin of the path, nuevo vedado residencial ( neighborhood)

places, destinations

 The Morro lighthouse  and the Cathedral

 small neighborhoods and filled with traditions and emotions

white sheets hanging from the rooftops

white sheets hanging from the rooftops

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Another dedication to  Havana .... this time by Carlos Varela

 

Magnificent song imo ( besides...I happen to know how beautiful Havana is ....All of Cuba  for that matter.....)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Original Lyrics

 

Mirando un album de fotos
de la vieja capital,
desde los tiempo remotos
de La Habana colonial.

Mi padre dej su tierra
y cuando al Morro llego,
La Habana le abri sus piernas
y por eso nac yo.

Habana, Habana
si bastara una cancion
para devolverte todo
lo que el tiempo te quit.
Habana,mi Habana
si supieras el dolor
que siento te canto
y no entiendes que es amor.

Escuchando a Matamoros
desde un lejano lugar
la Habana guarda un tesoro
que es difcil olvidar.

Y los aos van pasando
y miramos con dolor,
como se va derrumbando
cada muro de ilusion.

Habana, Habana
si bastara una cancion
para devolverte todo
lo que el tiempo te quit.

Habana,mi Habana
si supieras el dolor
que siento te canto
y no entiendes que este llanto
es por amor.

 

 

 

 

Translation

 

Looking at a photo album

of the old capital

from the remote times

of Colonial Havana

 

my father left his country

and when he got to the Morro

Havana opened her legs

and that's how I was born

 

Havana Havana

if a song was enough

to give you back everything

that Time took away

Havana, my Havana

 if you knew the pain

that I feel when I sing about you

and you don't understand this is love

 

Listening to Matamoros

 from a place far away

Havana attends a treasure

that it's difficult to forget

 

And the years go by

 and we watch with pain

how all the walls of delusion

 go crumbling

 

Havana Havana

if a song was enough

to give you back everything

that Time took away

 
Havana Havana

 if you knew the pain

that I feel when I sing about you

and you don't understand this cry is for love

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If only

 

 

 

 

 

I hope the leaves won't touch your body when they fall
So that you won't be able to turn them into crystal
I hope the rain stops being a miracle that runs down your body
I hope the moon could come out without you
I hope the soil won't kiss your every step

(Chorus)


I hope you'll stop having that constant gaze
The precise words, that perfect smile
I hope something that will erase you suddenly, happens
A blinding light, a snow shot
I hope that at least death will take me with it
So I won't have to see you so much
So I won't have to see you all the time
Every second, In every vision


I hope I won't be able to touch you, not even in songs [1]

I hope the dawn won't utter screams that fall on my back
I hope your name will be forgotten by that voice
I hope the walls won't keep in the noise of your weary walking
I hope this desire will be gone with you
Towards your old reign made of dead people and flowers

(Chorus)

 

I hope something that will erase you suddenly, happens
A blinding light, a snow shot
I hope that at least death will take me with it
So I won't have to see you so much
So I won't have to see you all the time  ( it seems  he's referring to the continuous  showing of Fidel Castro-RIP on Cuban TV)
Every second, In every vision
I hope I won't be able to touch you, not even in songs

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Rodríguez

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