Sobre Una Tumba Humilde Lyrics in English Cheo Feliciano
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Sobre Una Tumba Humilde by Cheo Feliciano from Spanish to English.
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Yo no te pude hacer un monumento
I couldn't make you a monument
De mármol con inscripciones a colores
Of marble with colorful inscriptions
Pero a tu final morada vengo atento
But to your final resting place I come mindfully
Dejando una flor silvestre y mil amores
Leaving a wild flower and a thousand loves
Aquí hay panteones de gente millonaria
Here there are mausoleums of millionaire people
Que nadie jamás ha vuelto a visitar
That nobody has ever come back to visit
Son tumbas eternamente solitarias
They're eternally solitary tombs
Sobre las cuales ni una oración se escuchará
Over which not even a prayer will be heard
Yo te dije que volvería al campo santo
I told you I'd return to the holy ground
A brindarte mi sentimiento y mi cariño
To offer you my sentiment and my affection
Y el tesoro de la pureza de mi llanto
And the treasure of the purity of my tears
Sobre la tierra donde mi amor vive contigo
On the earth where my love lives with you
Porque nosotros los que llevamos por bandera
Because we who carry as our banner
Por estandarte la condición de la pobreza
As our emblem the condition of poverty
Cuando queremos nuestra pasión es verdadera
When we love our passion is true
No hay quien nos gane, amar es nuestra gran riqueza
No one can beat us, to love is our great wealth
Y son comunes y corrientes
And they're common and ordinary
Los perfumes de mis flores
The perfumes of my flowers
Hablan por mi de una devoción que no se me quita
They speak for me of a devotion I can't shake off
Y hasta parecen que nunca se desvanecerán
And they even seem they'll never fade away
No tengo medios para pagarte un monumento
I don't have the means to pay you a monument
De mármol con inscripciones coloridas
Of marble with colorful inscriptions
Flores silvestres hay como adornos bendiciendo
Wild flowers are like blessings adorning
Sobre las tumbas de gente humilde que honró la vida
Over the tombs of humble people who honored life
Flores silvestres hay como adornos bendiciendo
Wild flowers are like blessings adorning
Sobre las tumbas de gente humilde que honró la vida
Over the tombs of humble people who honored life
Sobre las tumbas de gente que se ama
Over the tombs of people who love each other
Humildemente una flor de llanto quiero dejar
Humbly a flower of tears I want to leave
Yo no te hice un monumento
I didn't make you a monument
Pues yo no tengo riquezas
'Cause I don't have riches
Pero te brindo mi sentimiento
But I offer you my sentiment
Que es del pobre, la grandeza
Which is the poor's greatness
No quiero que nadie llore
I don't want anyone to cry
Si yo me muero mañana
If I die tomorrow
Ay que lleven cantando salsa
Oh, let them carry me singing salsa
Y que siembren flores, allá en mi final morada
And let them plant flowers, there in my final resting place
Humildemente una flor de llanto quiero dejarte
Humbly a flower of tears I want to leave you
Para que sepas que yo te quiero
So you know that I love you
Para que sepas que yo
So you know that I
Mas nunca voy a olvidarte
Will never forget you
Rumba, rumba, rumba, rumba
Rumba, rumba, rumba, rumba
Es lo que yo te traigo aquí, si, si
It's what I bring you here, yes, yes
Una lágrima de mí, de mi, con sentimiento
A tear from me, from me, with sentiment
Y con devoción por tí
And with devotion for you
Quiero dejar, quiero dejar, quiero dejar
I want to leave, I want to leave, I want to leave
Quiero dejarte mi rumba
I want to leave you my rumba
Pues como fuistes rumbero y vas para el cielo
Well, since you were a rumbero and you're going to heaven
Te dejo con papo pepín tocando la tumba
I leave you with Papo Pepín playing the tumba
Allá en el barrio marín
There in the Marín neighborhood
Mi gente de Venezuela
My people from Venezuela
Todavía se oye un cantar
Still a song is heard
Es el del grupo madera, mira que son de primera
It's Grupo Madera's, look, they're top-notch
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silvestre — wild / wildflowers
Silvestre translates to "wild" or "wildflowers." It's a beautiful and evocative word that paints a picture of nature's untamed beauty.
In this song, Cheo Feliciano repeatedly contrasts the humble offering of "una flor silvestre" (a wild flower) with grand, expensive monuments. It symbolizes a pure, unpretentious love and devotion that comes from the heart, rather than from wealth or status. This makes it a poignant and memorable word in the context of the lyrics.
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