Atahualpa Yupanqui — El Poeta song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "El Poeta" by Atahualpa Yupanqui.
Lyrics
Tú piensas que eres distinto
Porque te dicen poeta
Y tienes un mundo aparte
Más allá de las estrellas
De tanto mirar la luna
Ya nada sabes mirar
Eres como un pobre ciego
Que no sabe adónde va
Vete a mirar los mineros
Los hombres en el trigal
Y cántales a los que luchan
Por un pedazo de pan
Poeta de tiernas rimas
Vete a vivir a la selva
Y aprenderás muchas cosas
Del hachero y sus miserias
Vive junto con el pueblo
No lo mires desde afuera
Que lo primero es ser hombre
Y lo segundo, poeta
De tanto mirar la luna
Ya nada sabes mirar
Eres como un pobre ciego
Que no sabe adónde va
Lyrics translation
You think you're different
Because they call you a poet
And you have a world apart
Beyond the stars
From so much looking at the moon
You can't look at anything anymore.
You're like a poor blind man.
He doesn't know where he's going
Go look at the miners.
Men in the trigal
And sing to those who fight
For a piece of bread
Poet of tender rhymes
Go live in the jungle
And you will learn many things
Of the hachero and his miseries
Lives together with the village
Don't look at it from the outside
That the first thing is to be a man
And the second, poet
From so much looking at the moon
You can't look at anything anymore.
You're like a poor blind man.
He doesn't know where he's going