Haste Que El Cuerpo Aguante – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Mägo de Oz
• Album: Finisterra

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the powerful world of Spanish Folk Metal with Mägo de Oz’s anthem of defiance and perseverance. By studying the lyrics of "Haste Que El Cuerpo Aguante," you can learn advanced vocabulary related to self-identity, artistic expression, and unwavering commitment, all set to the band's signature blend of heavy guitars and Celtic melodies.

[English]

You can tear my heart out of my chest

And turn my voice into a faint whisper

Reduce a whole life to just one line

You can give a biased opinion about me

Criticize my craft as if it has no future

That I feed the fire of imagination

Maybe the rain falls on the sky

That the sea, confused, goes to a river to die

That the rooster greets the morning at night

That with (the souls went off to have fun)

I live with passion close to the surface

Between verses you'll find my home

She waits for me to return

And meanwhile, I keep her kisses and her voice in my heart

I seek all the answers along the way

And I've realized they're in me

I want to be a messenger of dreams

I am a musician, I will be a musician

I bring sensations to your skin

I make memories that you bind to my song with nostalgia

I'll never be able to leave it

My life is a song

I'm a sculptor of the soul

I am a musician and I love in treble clef

As long as my voice holds out

We're completely crazy

We're troubadours in your city

We add strokes of color to your gray reality

We're half gentlemen

Half bohemians and liars

We're not what a father would want for his little baby girl

We're completely crazy

We're troubadours in your city

We add strokes of color to your gray reality

We're half gentlemen

Half bohemians and liars

We're not what a father would want for his little baby girl

(Until) As long as the body holds out (We're completely crazy)

(Until) As long as my voice allows it (We're troubadours in your city)

(Until) As long as the body holds out (We add strokes of color)

I'll keep living just as I am (To your gray reality)

(Until) As long as the body holds out (We're half gentlemen)

(Until) As long as my voice allows it (Half bohemians and liars)

(Until) As long as the body holds out (We're not what a father wants)

I'll keep living just as I am (For his little baby girl)

Until (We're completely crazy)

Until (We're troubadours in your city)

Until (We add strokes of color)

(To your gray reality)

Until (We're half gentlemen)

Until (Half bohemians and liars)

Until (We're not what a father wants)

(For his little baby girl)

Until (We're completely crazy)

Until (We're troubadours in your city)

Until (We add strokes of color)

(To your gray reality)

Until (We're half gentlemen)

Until (Half bohemians and liars)

Until (We're not what a father wants)

(For his little baby girl)

...

[Spanish]

Puedes arrancarme el corazón del pecho

Y convertir en murmullo tenue mi voz

Reducir toda una vida sólo a un renglón

Puedes sobre mí, dar opinión sesgada

Criticar mi oficio que no es porvenir

Que alimento la hoguera de la imaginación

Puede que la lluvia caiga sobre el cielo

Que el mar, confundido, vaya a un río a morir

Que en la noche cante el gallo a la mañana

Que con (Las ánimas se fue a divertir)

Vivo con la pasión a flor de piel

Entre estrofas encontrarás mi hogar

Ella espera que regrese

Y mientras, yo guardo sus besos y su voz en mi corazón

Busco en el camino todas las respuestas

Y me he dado cuenta que están en mí

Comunicador de sueños quiero ser

Músico soy, músico seré

Conductor de sensaciones a tu piel

Fabrico recuerdos que atas con nostalgia a mi canción

Jamás podré dejarla

Mi vida es una canción

Soy escultor del alma

Soy músico y amo en clave de sol

Hasta que aguante mi voz

Estamos locos de atar

Somos trovadores que en tu ciudad

Damos pinceladas de color a tu gris realidad

Somos mitad caballeros

Mitad bohemios y embusteros

No somos lo que un padre quiere para su hijita bebé

Estamos locos de atar

Somos trovadores que en tu ciudad

Damos pinceladas de color a tu gris realidad

Somos mitad caballeros

Mitad bohemios y embusteros

No somos lo que un padre quiere, para su hijita bebé

(Hasta) Que el cuerpo aguante (Estamos locos de atar)

(Hasta) Que quiera mi voz (Somos trovadores que en tu ciudad)

(Hasta) Que el cuerpo aguante (Damos pinceladas de color)

Seguiré viviendo tal como soy (A tu gris realidad)

(Hasta) Que el cuerpo aguante (Somos mitad caballeros)

(Hasta) Que quiera mi voz (Mitad bohemios y embusteros)

(Hasta) Que el cuerpo aguante (No somos lo que un padre quiere)

Seguiré viviendo tal como soy (Para su hijita bebé)

Hasta (Estamos locos de atar)

Hasta (Somos trovadores que en tu ciudad)

Hasta (Damos pinceladas de color)

(A tu gris realidad)

Hasta (Somos mitad caballeros)

Hasta (Mitad bohemios y embusteros)

Hasta (No somos lo que un padre quiere)

(Para su hijita bebé)

Hasta (Estamos locos de atar)

Hasta (Somos trovadores que en tu ciudad)

Hasta (Damos pinceladas de color)

(A tu gris realidad)

Hasta (Somos mitad caballeros)

Hasta (Mitad bohemios y embusteros)

Hasta (No somos lo que un padre quiere)

(Para su hijita bebé)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ (Spain), /koɾaˈson/ (Latin America) A2	noun - heart
voz /boθ/ (Spain), /bos/ (Latin America) A2	noun - voice
imaginación /imaχinaˈθjon/ (Spain), /imaɣinaˈsjon/ (Latin America) B2	noun - imagination
pasión /paˈsjon/ B1	noun - passion
camino /kaˈmino/ A2	noun - path; way
sueños /ˈsweɲos/ A2	noun (plural) - dreams
músico /ˈmusiko/ B1	noun - musician
sensaciones /sensɑˈθjones/ (Spain), /sensɑˈsjones/ (Latin America) B2	noun (plural) - sensations; feelings
recuerdos /reˈkweɾdos/ A2	noun (plural) - memories
nostalgia /nosˈtalxja/ C1	noun - nostalgia; longing for the past
realidad /realiˈðað/ B1	noun - reality
bohemios /boˈemjos/ C1	adjective/noun - bohemian; artistic and unconventional person
embusteros /embusˈteɾos/ C1	noun (plural) - liars; deceivers
trovadores /tɾoβaˈðoɾes/ C1	noun (plural) - troubadours; traveling poets or musicians
pinceladas /pinselˈaðas/ C1	noun (plural) - brushstrokes; touches of color
hoguera /oˈɣeɾa/ B2	noun - bonfire; blaze

Key Grammar Structures

• [translate:Puedes arrancarme el corazón del pecho]

  ➔ Modal verb + infinitive + object pronoun attached.

  ➔ The verb 'puedes' (you can) is a modal verb. 'Arrancarme' joins the infinitive 'arrancar' with the pronoun 'me', showing 'you can tear my heart out'.

• [translate:Reducir toda una vida sólo a un renglón]

  ➔ Infinitive used as a noun (subject or object).

  ➔ 'Reducir' is used as the object of 'puedes', indicating the action 'to reduce'. The whole phrase works as a noun phrase.

• [translate:Puede que la lluvia caiga sobre el cielo]

  ➔ Subjunctive with 'puede que' to express possibility.

  ➔ The verb 'caiga' is in the subjunctive because 'puede que' introduces uncertainty or possibility.

• [translate:Busco en el camino todas las respuestas]

  ➔ Present indicative expressing ongoing search or habitual action.

  ➔ 'Busco' (I look for) shows the present tense describing an ongoing or habitual search.

• [translate:Comunicador de sueños quiero ser]

  ➔ Inverted word order for emphasis (verb placement at the end).

  ➔ Spanish allows inversion for poetic emphasis. 'Comunicador de sueños quiero ser' front-loads the noun phrase for impact.

• [translate:Fabrico recuerdos que atas con nostalgia a mi canción]

  ➔ Relative clause with 'que' as a connector.

  ➔ 'Que atas' modifies 'recuerdos' and means 'memories that you tie'.

• [translate:Jamás podré dejarla]

  ➔ Future of ability using modal 'poder' + infinitive.

  ➔ 'Podré' (I will be able) expresses future capability; 'dejarla' means 'to leave her'.

• [translate:Estamos locos de atar]

  ➔ Idiomatic expression using 'estar' + adjective.

  ➔ 'Locos de atar' literally means 'crazy enough to be tied up', an idiom meaning 'completely mad'.

• [translate:Damos pinceladas de color a tu gris realidad]

  ➔ Metaphorical use of direct and indirect objects with 'dar'.

  ➔ 'Dar pinceladas de color' ('give brushstrokes of color') is metaphorical, meaning 'to bring brightness or joy to someone’s dull life'.