Pedro Guerra — Topo song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Topo" by Pedro Guerra.

Lyrics

Esta es la historia de un topo que hablaba
Pero vivía en silencio
Esta es la historia de un topo escondido
En un oscuro agujero
Un escenario de muertos y huidos
Para un relato de topos vencidos
Es una historia perdida en el tiempo
De los injustos olvidos
Esta es la historia de un pueblo asaltado
Acuartelado y dolido
Donde después de acabada una guerra
Vencieron a los vencidos
Pero él vivió su dolor de posguerra
Enmarañado como una madeja
Y fueron años sin luces ni sombras
Oculto en su madriguera
Ay, topo
Tú no te marchas
En esta casa, a vivir
Te quedas
Ay, topo
Guarda el hocico
Que quien te busca
Verte no pueda
Esta es la historia de un topo en un hoyo
En un desván, tras un muro
En una cuadra entre estiércol y vacas
En un armario, en un zulo
Es una historia de topos fantasmas
En el país de las leyes violadas:
Fusilamientos, traiciones y bulos
Ensañamiento y venganza
Ay, topo
Tú no te marchas
En esta casa, a vivir
Te quedas
Ay, topo
Guarda el hocico
Que quien te busca
Verte no pueda

Lyrics translation

This is the story of a talking mole
But he lived in silence
This is the story of a hidden mole
In a dark hole
A scene of death and flight
For an account of vanquished moles
It's a story lost in time
From the unjust forgetfulness
This is the story of an assailed town
Quartered and hurt
Where after the end of a war
They beat the losers
But he lived through his post-war pain
Tangled like a skein
And they were years without lights or shadows
Hidden in his burrow
Ay, mouse
You're not leaving.
In this house, to live
You stay
Ay, mouse
Save the snout
Who is looking for you
I can't see you.
This is the story of a mole in a hole
In an attic, behind a wall
On a block between manure and cows
In a closet, in a Zulus
It's a ghost mole story.
In the country of violated laws:
Shootings, betrayals and bullies
Anger and revenge
Ay, mouse
You're not leaving.
In this house, to live
You stay
Ay, mouse
Save the snout
Who is looking for you
I can't see you.