Volver a los 17 Lyrics in English Violeta Parra
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Volver a los 17 by Violeta Parra from Spanish to English.
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Volver a los diecisiete
back to seventeen
Después de vivir un siglo
After living a century
Es como descifrar signos
It's like deciphering signs
Sin ser sabio competente
Without being competent wise
Volver a ser de repente
to be again suddenly
Tan frágil como un segundo
As fragile as a second
Volver a sentir profundo
feel deep again
Como un niño frente a Dios
Like a child before God
Eso es lo que siento yo
that's what i feel
En este instante fecundo
In this fertile moment
Se va enredando, enredando
It gets tangled up, tangled up
Como en el muro la hiedra
Like the ivy on the wall
Y va brotando, brotando
And it is sprouting, sprouting
Como el musguito en la piedra
Like the moss on the stone
Ay sí sí sí
oh yes yes yes
Mi paso retrocedido
my step back
Cuando el de ustedes avanza
When yours advances
El arco de las alianzas
the arc of alliances
Ha penetrado en mi nido
has penetrated my nest
Con todo su colorido
with all its color
Se ha paseado por mis venas
It has passed through my veins
Y hasta las duras cadenas
And even the hard chains
Con que nos ata el destino
with which fate binds us
Es como un diamante fino
It's like a fine diamond
Que alumbra mi alma serena
that illuminates my serene soul
Lo que puede el sentimiento
What can the feeling
No lo ha podido el saber
He could not know
Ni el más claro proceder
Not the clearest course
Ni el más ancho pensamiento
Not the widest thought
Todo lo cambia el momento
Everything changes the moment
Cual mago condescendiente
what condescending magician
Nos aleja dulcemente
He gently pushes us away
De rencores y violencias
Of grudges and violence
Solo el amor con su ciencia
Only love with its science
Nos vuelve tan inocentes
makes us so innocent
El amor es torbellino
love is whirlwind
De pureza original
of original purity
Hasta el feroz animal
Even the ferocious animal
Susurra su dulce trino
Whispers its sweet trill
Detiene a los peregrinos
stop the pilgrims
Libera a los prisioneros
release the prisoners
El amor con sus esmeros
love with its efforts
Al viejo lo vuelve niño
He makes the old man a child
Y al malo solo el cariño
And to the bad only the affection
Lo vuelve puro y sincero
makes it pure and sincere
De par en par en la ventana
Wide open at the window
Se abrió como por encanto
It opened like magic
Entró el amor con su manto
Love entered with its cloak
Como una tibia mañana
like a warm morning
Al son de su bella diana
To the sound of her beautiful target
Hizo brotar el jazmín
He made the jasmine sprout
Volando cual serafín
flying like a seraph
Al cielo le puso aretes
He put earrings on the sky
Y mis años en diecisiete
And my years at seventeen
Los convirtió el querubín
The cherub turned them
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