Amaral — En El Rio song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "En El Rio" by Amaral.

Lyrics

Anoche so que mi padre estaba vivo
Y pescabamos juntos en el rio
Como aquella vez a mediados de verano
Que de nios nos baamos en el rio
El que fue testigo generacin tras generacin
No vera a mis hijos en el rio
Las libelulas volaron al exilio en el rio
De su cauce ha quedado solo un hilo
Y ese hilo grita ASESINOS
Anoche so que nadando rio abajo
Yo llegaba hasta el mar
Te vi pasar sonriendo en una orilla
Te llamaba pero no me oias
El que fue testigo generacin tras generacin
Que se fue contigo en el rio
Las libelulas volaron al exilio en el rio
De su cauce solo ha quedado un hilo
Y ese hilo grita ASESINOS
Cuando el sol se hunde y cede el cielo al crepusculo
El atardecer cede el rio a las luciernagas
Miles de brillantes rojos lo observan todo
Y ahora estas tan slo, dnde han ido?
Te han dejado abandonadoy malherido
No quiero mirar, me averguenzo de lo que han hecho contigo
En el rio
Las libelulas volaron al exilio
Hoy el rio grita ASESINOS, ASESINOS

Lyrics translation

Last night I knew my father was alive.
And we fished together in the river
Like that time in midsummer
That of children we bathe in the river
The one who witnessed generation after generation
You won't see my children in the river
Dragonflies flew into exile in the river
There is only one thread left of its channel
And that thread screams murderers
Last night I know I'm swimming down river
I used to go all the way to the sea
I saw you pass by smiling on a shore
I called you, but you couldn't hear me.
The one who witnessed generation after generation
Who went with you in the river
Dragonflies flew into exile in the river
There is only one thread left of its channel
And that thread screams murderers
When the sun sinks and gives the sky to Twilight
The sunset gives the river to the Fireflies
Thousands of bright reds watch it all
And now you're so slo, have you gone?
You've been left abandoned and badly hurt
I don't want to look, I'm ashamed of what they've done to you
On the river
Dragonflies flew into exile
Today the river screams murderers, murderers