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Me crees ignorante y salvaje You think me ignorant and savage 00:06
Tú has ido por el mundo You have gone through the world 00:09
Y viajado por doquier And traveled everywhere 00:11
Mas no puedo entender But I cannot understand 00:14
Si hay tanto por saber If there is so much to know 00:17
Tendrías que aprender a escuchar You should learn to listen 00:20
Escuchar Listen 00:26
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Te crees señor de todo territorio You think you're lord of all the land 00:39
La tierra solo quieres poseer You only want to possess the earth 00:44
Mas toda roca, planta o criatura But every rock, plant, or creature 00:49
Viva está, tiene alma, es un ser Is alive, has a soul, is a being 00:53
Tú crees que igual a ti es todo el mundo You think everyone is just like you 00:58
Y hablas como un gran conocedor And you speak like you know so much 01:02
Mas, sigue las pisadas de un extraño But follow in the footsteps of a stranger 01:07
Y mil sorpresas hallarás alrededor And you'll find a thousand surprises around 01:11
¿Escuchaste aullar los lobos a la luna azul? Have you heard the wolves howl at the blue moon? 01:16
¿O has visto a un lince sonreír? Or have you seen a lynx smile? 01:21
¿O unirte a la voz de las montañas? Or joined the voice of the mountains? 01:25
Y colores en el viento descubrir And discover colors in the wind 01:30
Y colores en el viento descubrir And discover colors in the wind 01:35
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Corramos por veredas en el bosque Let's run through paths in the forest 01:49
Probemos de sus frutos el sabor Let's taste the flavor of its fruits 01:53
Descubre qué riqueza te rodea Discover what riches surround you 01:57
Sin pensar un instante en su valor Without thinking for a moment of its worth 02:01
Hermanos son el río y la lluvia The river and the rain are brothers 02:06
Amigos somos todos, como ves We are all friends, as you see 02:10
Vivimos muy felices tan unidos We live so happily united 02:14
En un sitio fraternal que eterno es In a fraternal place that is eternal 02:18
¿Cuán alto el árbol será? How tall will the tree be? 02:23
Si lo cortas hoy nunca se sabrá If you cut it down today, you'll never know 02:28
Ni oirás aullar los lobos a la luna azul Nor will you hear the wolves howl at the blue moon 02:34
Sea blanca o morena nuestra piel Whether our skin is white or dark 02:40
Todos tenemos que cantar con las montañas We all have to sing with the mountains 02:44
Y colores en el viento descubrir And discover colors in the wind 02:49
Si no entiendes qué hay aquí If you don't understand what's here 02:54
Solo es tierra para ti It's just land to you 02:57
Sin colores en el viento descubrir Without discovering colors in the wind 03:01
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Colores En El Viento – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

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[Spanish]
[English]
Me crees ignorante y salvaje
You think me ignorant and savage
Tú has ido por el mundo
You have gone through the world
Y viajado por doquier
And traveled everywhere
Mas no puedo entender
But I cannot understand
Si hay tanto por saber
If there is so much to know
Tendrías que aprender a escuchar
You should learn to listen
Escuchar
Listen
...
...
Te crees señor de todo territorio
You think you're lord of all the land
La tierra solo quieres poseer
You only want to possess the earth
Mas toda roca, planta o criatura
But every rock, plant, or creature
Viva está, tiene alma, es un ser
Is alive, has a soul, is a being
Tú crees que igual a ti es todo el mundo
You think everyone is just like you
Y hablas como un gran conocedor
And you speak like you know so much
Mas, sigue las pisadas de un extraño
But follow in the footsteps of a stranger
Y mil sorpresas hallarás alrededor
And you'll find a thousand surprises around
¿Escuchaste aullar los lobos a la luna azul?
Have you heard the wolves howl at the blue moon?
¿O has visto a un lince sonreír?
Or have you seen a lynx smile?
¿O unirte a la voz de las montañas?
Or joined the voice of the mountains?
Y colores en el viento descubrir
And discover colors in the wind
Y colores en el viento descubrir
And discover colors in the wind
...
...
Corramos por veredas en el bosque
Let's run through paths in the forest
Probemos de sus frutos el sabor
Let's taste the flavor of its fruits
Descubre qué riqueza te rodea
Discover what riches surround you
Sin pensar un instante en su valor
Without thinking for a moment of its worth
Hermanos son el río y la lluvia
The river and the rain are brothers
Amigos somos todos, como ves
We are all friends, as you see
Vivimos muy felices tan unidos
We live so happily united
En un sitio fraternal que eterno es
In a fraternal place that is eternal
¿Cuán alto el árbol será?
How tall will the tree be?
Si lo cortas hoy nunca se sabrá
If you cut it down today, you'll never know
Ni oirás aullar los lobos a la luna azul
Nor will you hear the wolves howl at the blue moon
Sea blanca o morena nuestra piel
Whether our skin is white or dark
Todos tenemos que cantar con las montañas
We all have to sing with the mountains
Y colores en el viento descubrir
And discover colors in the wind
Si no entiendes qué hay aquí
If you don't understand what's here
Solo es tierra para ti
It's just land to you
Sin colores en el viento descubrir
Without discovering colors in the wind
...
...

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Vocabulary Meanings

ignorante

/iɡnoˈrante/

B1
  • adjective
  • - ignorant, uneducated

salvaje

/salˈβaxe/

B2
  • adjective
  • - wild, savage

mundo

/ˈmundo/

A2
  • noun
  • - world, earth

viajado

/bjeˈxaðo/

B1
  • verb (past participle)
  • - traveled

entender

/entenˈdeɾ/

B1
  • verb
  • - to understand

poseer

/poseˈeɾ/

B2
  • verb
  • - to possess, own

molino

/moˈli.no/

A2
  • noun
  • - mill, windmill

criatura

/kɾiˈaˈtuɾa/

B1
  • noun
  • - creature, being

sorpresa

/sorˈpre.sa/

B1
  • noun
  • - surprise

montaña

/mɔnˈtaɲa/

A2
  • noun
  • - mountain

colores

/ˈko.lo.ɾes/

A2
  • noun
  • - colors

despertar

/despeɾˈtaɾ/

B1
  • verb
  • - to wake up, awaken

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