A Mis Amigos
Alberto Cortez and Facundo Cabral Lyrics
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Y las palabras de aliento y el abrazo
El compartir con todos ellos la factura
Que nos presenta la vida paso a paso
A mis amigos les adeudo la paciencia
De tolerarme las espinas más agudas
Los arrebatos del humor
Le negligencia, las vanidades
Un barco frágil de papel
Parece a veces la amistad
Pero jamás puede con él
La más violenta tempestad
Porque ese barco de papel
Tiene aferrado a su timón
Por capitán y timonel
Un corazón, un corazón, mi corazón
A mis amigos les adeudo algún enfado
Que perturbaba alguna vez nuestra armonía
Sabemos todos que no puede ser pecado
El discutir alguna vez por una amiga
A mis amigos legaré cuando me muera
Mi devoción en un acorde de guitarra
Y entre los versos olvidados de un poema
Mi pobre alma incorregible de cigarra
Un barco frágil de papel
Parece a veces la amistad
Pero jamás puede con él
La más violenta tempestad
Porque ese barco de papel
Tiene aferrado a su timón
Por capitán y timonel
Un corazón, un corazón, mi corazón
Amigo mío si esta copla como el viento
A donde quieras escucharla te reclama
Serás plural porque no exhibe el sentimiento
Cuando se llevan los amigos en el alma
In Alberto Cortéz's song A Mis Amigos, he talks about owing his friends various things such as tenderness, words of encouragement, and hugs. He also mentions sharing the ups and downs of life with his friends. Alberto talks about how his friends have been patient with him through his sharp thorns, moods, neglectfulness, vanity, fears, and doubts. He believes that friendship is like a fragile paper boat that can be rocked by the strongest storm, but it remains afloat because it is directed by a heart that never gives up.
Alberto acknowledges that he has occasionally had disagreements with his friends, but he believes that it is not a sin to argue over something. Additionally, he mentions that he plans to leave his devotion in a guitar chord and forgotten stanzas of a poem when he dies. Alberto also mentions that this song is like the wind that invites his friends to listen to it wherever they may be, and they will carry their friends in their hearts.
Line by Line Meaning
A mis amigos les adeudo la ternura
I owe my friends tenderness and affection, and words of encouragement and a comforting embrace.
Y las palabras de aliento y el abrazo
I owe them kind and encouraging words and comforting hugs.
El compartir con todos ellos la factura
I owe them sharing the responsibility of the ups and downs that life presents.
Que nos presenta la vida paso a paso
That life presents us step by step.
A mis amigos les adeudo la paciencia
I owe them patience, especially when dealing with my sharp tongues.
De tolerarme las espinas más agudas
For bearing my sharpest thorns and for tolerating my outbursts of humor, neglect, vanity, fears and doubts.
Los arrebatos del humor
My mood swings.
Le negligencia, las vanidades
My negligence and vanity.
Los temores y las dudas
My fears and doubts.
Un barco frágil de papel
The friendship may seem fragile, like a boat made of paper.
Parece a veces la amistad
The friendship may appear flimsy.
Pero jamás puede con él
But the fiercest storm cannot destroy the friendship.
La más violenta tempestad
The most violent storm.
Porque ese barco de papel
Because that paper boat.
Tiene aferrado a su timón
Has a captain and a helmsman who cling to the wheel.
Por capitán y timonel
For a captain and a helmsman.
Un corazón, un corazón, mi corazón
A heart, a heart, my heart.
A mis amigos les adeudo algún enfado
I owe my friends an apology for any disagreement that has disrupted our harmony.
Que perturbaba alguna vez nuestra armonía
That has occasionally disturbed our harmony.
Sabemos todos que no puede ser pecado
We all know that disagreeing about something is not a sin.
El discutir alguna vez por una amiga
Especially when it comes to defending a friend.
A mis amigos legaré cuando me muera
When I die, I will leave to my friends something special- my devotion in a guitar chord and the forgotten verses of a poem.
Mi devoción en un acorde de guitarra
My devotion manifested in a chord on a guitar.
Y entre los versos olvidados de un poema
And in the forgotten verses of a poem.
Mi pobre alma incorregible de cigarra
My unchangeable and restless heart.
Amigo mío si esta copla como el viento
My friend, if this ballad calls out to you like the wind.
A donde quieras escucharla te reclama
Wherever you hear it, it's asking something of you.
Serás plural porque no exhibe el sentimiento
You'll feel like part of a group because it reflects a shared emotion.
Cuando se llevan los amigos en el alma
When you carry your friends in your heart.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: ALBERTO CORTEZ
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