El Tuerto y los Ciegos

• By: Sui Generis

Lyrics:

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Un, dos y

One, two and

Desnuda de frío y hermosa como ayer

Naked from cold and beautiful like yesterday

Tan exacta como dos y dos son tres

As exact as two and two make three

Ella llegó a mí, apenas la pude ver

She reached out to me, I barely saw her face

Aprendí a disimular mi estupidez

I learned to hide my stupidity

Bienvenida Cassandra

Welcome, Cassandra

Bienvenida al sol y mi niñez

Welcome to the sun and my childhood

Sigue y sigue bailando alrededor

Keep dancing around and around

Aunque siempre seamos pocos los que

Though we're always few who

Aún te podamos ver

Can still see you

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Les contaste un cuento sabiéndolo contar

You told a story knowing how to tell it

Y creyeron que tu alma andaba mal

And they believed your soul was troubled

La mediocridad para algunos es normal

For some, mediocrity is normal

La locura es poder ver más allá

Madness is seeing beyond

Baila y baila, Cassandra

Dance and dance, Cassandra

Digo bien, bien, bien la pude ver

Yes, I saw her clearly, clearly, clearly

No hablo yo de fantasmas ni de Dios

I'm not talking about ghosts or God

Solo te cuento las cosas que

I'm just telling you the things that

Se te suelen perder

You tend to lose

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
desnuda /deˈnuða/ B1	adjective - naked, uncovered
hermosa /orˈmo.sa/ A2	adjective - beautiful, lovely
exacta /eksˈtaka/ B1	adjective - precise, exact
llegó /ʝeˈɣo/ A2	verb - he/she/it arrived
pude /ˈpweðe/ A2	verb - I could, I was able to
disimular /di.simuˈlaɾ/ B2	verb - to hide, to disguise
solo /ˈso.lo/ A2	adjective - only, alone noun - music performed by a single performer
bailando /baiˈlan.do/ A2	verb - dancing
cuento /ˈkwen.to/ A2	noun - story, tale
creyeron /kɾeˈjeɾon/ B1	verb - they believed
mal /mal/ A1	noun - evil, bad
poder /poˈðeɾ/ B2	noun - power, ability
ver /beɾ/ A2	verb - to see

Grammar:

• Desnuda de frío y hermosa como ayer

  ➔ Adjective phrases describing a noun.

  ➔ The phrase describes the subject, using adjectives like "desnuda" (naked) and "hermosa" (beautiful).

• Tan exacta como dos y dos son tres

  ➔ Comparative structures.

  ➔ The phrase uses a simile to compare accuracy, indicating that something is as exact as a false mathematical statement.

• Aprendí a disimular mi estupidez

  ➔ Infinitive verb constructions.

  ➔ The phrase uses the infinitive "disimular" (to disguise) after the verb "aprendí" (I learned).

• La mediocridad para algunos es normal

  ➔ Subject-verb agreement.

  ➔ The subject "mediocridad" (mediocrity) agrees with the verb "es" (is) in number and gender.

• La locura es poder ver más allá

  ➔ Noun phrases and infinitive constructions.

  ➔ The phrase uses the noun "locura" (madness) and the infinitive "ver" (to see) to express a concept.

• Aunque siempre seamos pocos los que aún te podamos ver

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in dependent clauses.

  ➔ The use of "seamos" (we may be) and "podamos" (we may be able) indicates a hypothetical situation.

• Les contaste un cuento sabiéndolo contar

  ➔ Gerund phrases indicating simultaneous actions.

  ➔ The gerund "sabiéndolo" (knowing it) indicates that the action of telling a story is done while knowing how to tell it.