LOS RENGLONES TORCIDOS DE DIOS – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: MAGO DE OZ
• Album: FINISTERRA

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Igual que ayer, llovía tristeza

Just like yesterday, sadness was raining

Como estrella fugaz

Like a shooting star

Que muere discreta, efímera

That dies discreetly, ephemeral

Sin dejar rastro al marchar

Without leaving a trace when it departs

Hoy la mañana tiene la tontería

Today the morning has a foolishness

Y la mirada del sol

And the sun's gaze

Está cansina, legañosa y hastía

Is tired, sleepy, and weary

Despliega sus rayos con sopor

It spreads its rays with lethargy

Estorba la mañana a quien

The morning bothers those who

No es capaz de comprender

Are unable to understand

Que tres y seis no son diez

That three and six are not ten

Que es quien es y no quien cree

That it is who it is and not who one believes

Ahogar la locura es como intentar

Drowning madness is like trying

Tapar y ocultar con un dedo el sol

To cover and hide the sun with a finger

Parir pensamientos es como vaciar

Giving birth to thoughts is like emptying

Solo con mis manos el mar

The sea with just my hands

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Vivo dentro de esta jaula de huesos

I live inside this cage of bones

Mi mente un día echó a volar

My mind one day took flight

Más allá del país de las maravillas

Beyond the land of wonders

Alicia un día le oyó preguntar

Alice one day heard him ask

Por el camino hacia la tierra de Oz

On the road to the land of Oz

En busca de lucidez y razón

In search of lucidity and reason

Salir de su celda, que es para él la realidad

To leave his cell, which is for him reality

Dar con la llave oculta en su interior

To find the hidden key within himself

Pues yo quiero desnudar

For I want to strip

Mi alma de tinieblas ya

My soul of darkness now

Pues yo quiero despertar

For I want to awaken

Y saber por qué amar

And know why to love

Ahogar la locura es como intentar

Drowning madness is like trying

Tapar y ocultar con un dedo el sol

To cover and hide the sun with a finger

Parir pensamientos es como vaciar

Giving birth to thoughts is like emptying

Solo con mis manos el mar (dame la paz)

The sea with just my hands (give me peace)

Y te alzaré un templo (hazles callar)

And I will raise you a temple (make them silent)

Hay voces aquí (dame la paz)

There are voices here (give me peace)

Pues busco y no encuentro

For I search and do not find

El camino de vuelta a vivir, oh

The way back to living, oh

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Ahogar la locura es como intentar

Drowning madness is like trying

Tapar y ocultar con un dedo el sol

To cover and hide the sun with a finger

Parir pensamientos es como vaciar

Giving birth to thoughts is like emptying

Solo con mis manos el mar (dame la paz)

The sea with just my hands (give me peace)

Y te alzaré un templo (hazles callar)

And I will raise you a temple (make them silent)

Hay voces aquí (dame la paz)

There are voices here (give me peace)

Pues busco y no encuentro

For I search and do not find

El camino de vuelta a vivir

The way back to living

(Dame la paz)

(Give me peace)

Y te alzaré un templo (hazles callar)

And I will raise you a temple (make them silent)

Hay voces aquí (dame la paz)

There are voices here (give me peace)

Pues busco y no encuentro

For I search and do not find

El camino de vuelta

The way back

El camino de vuelta

The way back

El camino de vuelta a vivir

The way back to living

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
tristeza /tris'teθa/ A2	noun - sadness
estrella /es'treʎa/ A1	noun - star
mar /maɾ/ A1	noun - sea
locura /lo'kuɾa/ B1	noun - madness
pensamientos /pensamjen'tos/ B1	noun - thoughts
realidad /reali'dað/ B2	noun - reality
camino /ka'mino/ A2	noun - path
despertar /despeɾ'taɾ/ B1	verb - to wake up
llave /'ʎaβe/ A2	noun - key
alma /'alma/ B2	noun - soul
paz /pas/ A1	noun - peace
razón /ra'θon/ B2	noun - reason
cansina /kan'sina/ B2	adjective - tiring
sopor /so'poɾ/ C1	noun - drowsiness
discreta /dis'kɾeta/ B2	adjective - discreet
fugaz /fu'ɣaz/ B2	adjective - fleeting

Key Grammar Structures

• Que muere discreta, efímera

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (que muere)

  ➔ The phrase uses the subjunctive mood to express a subjunctive wish or possibility.

• La mirada del sol

  ➔ Definite article + noun (La mirada)

  ➔ The possessive structure with 'del' shows 'del sol' (of the sun) indicating possession or origin.

• Ahogar la locura

  ➔ Infinitive form (ahogar)

  ➔ The use of the infinitive indicates the general action or concept of drowning or suppressing madness.

• Dar con la llave oculta en su interior

  ➔ Infinitive + prepositional phrase (Dar con la llave)

  ➔ The phrase uses the construction 'dar con' to mean 'to find' or 'to come upon' something hidden.

• Soy capaz de comprender

  ➔ Ability with 'ser capaz de' + infinitive

  ➔ This structure expresses the ability or capacity to do something.

• El camino de vuelta a vivir

  ➔ Prepositional phrase indicating direction or goal

  ➔ This phrase shows the concept of returning or going back to a state of life.