Sueño con Serpientes


(The subtitles say: “I dream of snakes, for those who fight all of their lives, those are the indispensable ones”)

Spanish Lyrics English Lyrics
Hay hombres que luchan un día y son buenos. Hay otros que luchan un año y son mejores.
Hay quienes luchan muchos años y son muy buenos.
Pero hay los que luchan toda la vida:
esos son los imprescindibles.
Bertolt Brecht

Sueño con serpientes, con serpientes de mar,
con cierto mar, ay, de serpientes sueño yo.
Largas, transparentes, y en sus barrigas
llevan lo que puedan arrebatarle al amor.

Oh, la mato y aparece una mayor.
Oh, con mucho más infierno en digestión.

No quepo en su boca, me trata de tragar pero se atora con un trébol de mi sien.
Creo que está loca; le doy de masticar una paloma y la enveneno de mi bien.

Oh, la mato y aparece una mayor.
Oh, con mucho más infierno en digestión.

Ésta al fin me engulle, y mientras por su esófago paseo,
voy pensando en qué vendrá.
Pero se destruye cuando llego a su estómago y planteo con un verso una verdad.

Oh, la mato y aparece una mayor.
Oh, con mucho más infierno en digestión.

 

There are men who fight for a day and are good. There are others who fight for a year and are better.
There are those who fight for many years and are very good.
But there are those who fight all of their lives:
those are the indispensable. (ones)
Bertolt Brecht

I dream of serpents, of sea serpents, of a certain sea,
oh, of serpents I dream.
Long and transparent (translucid), and in their bellies they carry whatever they can snatch away from love.

Oh, I slay it and a bigger one appears,
oh, with much more hell in digestion.

I can’t fit in its mouth, as it tries to swallow me, but it gets stuck with a trefoil of my temple.
I believe she’s crazy; I give her a dove to chew on and poison her of my goodness.

Oh, I slay it and a bigger one appears,
oh, with much more hell in digestion.

This one finally devours me and while I stroll down its esophagus,
I think of what may come.
But it gets destroyed when I arrive to its stomach and state one truth with a verse.

Oh, I slay it and a bigger one appears,
oh, with much more hell in digestion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 responses to “Sueño con Serpientes”

  1. Thank you for posting the lyrics to this song in English and Spanish>
    It is one of my favorite songs and extremely inspiring.
    GRACIAS!

    • I’m glad you found them useful!
      I was thinking of changing the video to one from Silvio’s official YouTube channel, that doesn’t have the Bertolt Brecht quote at the start.
      I think Silvio’s channel is newer than this post, and that’s why I didn’t use those videos before.

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