Original Lyrics
Translation in Spanish
chorus
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Rasgando mi dolor con sus dedos
Singing my life with his words
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
Killing me softly with his song
Matandome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with his song
Matandome suavemente con su canción
Telling my whole life with his words
Contando mi vida entera con sus palabras
Killing me softly with his song
Matandome suavemente con su canción
verse
I heard he sang a good song
Lo escuche cantar una bella canción
I heard he had a style
Escuché que tenía estilo
And so I came to see him to listen for a while
Así que vine a verlo para escucharlo por un rato
And there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes
Y había un muchacho joven, extraño a mis ojos
chorus
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Rasgando mi dolor con sus dedos
Singing my life with his words
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
Killing me softly with his song
Matandome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with his song
Matandome suavemente con su canción
Telling my whole life with his words
Contando mi vida entera con sus palabras
Killing me softly with his song
Matandome suavemente con su canción
verse
I felt all flushed with fever
Me sentí todo enrojecido de fiebre
Embarrassed by the crowd
Avergonzado por la multitud
I felt he found my letters
Sentí que encontró mis cartas
And read each one out loud
Y leía cada una en voz alta
I prayed that he would finish
Recé para que él terminara
But he just kept right on
Pero siguió adelante
chorus
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Rasgando mi dolor con sus dedos
Singing my life with his words
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
Killing me softly with his song
Matandome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with his song
Matandome suavemente con su canción
Telling my whole life with his words
Contando mi vida entera con sus palabras
Killing me softly with his song
Matandome suavemente con su canción
bridge
He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair
Cantó como si supiera de mi oscura desesperación
And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there
Y parec observar a través de mi, como si yo no me encontrará ahí
And he just kept on singing, singing clear and strong
Y prosiguió cantando, claro y con fuerza
chorus
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Rasgando mi dolor con sus dedos
Singing my life with his words
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
Killing me softly with his song
Matandome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with his song
Matandome suavemente con su canción
Telling my whole life with his words
Contando mi vida entera con sus palabras
Killing me softly with his song
Matandome suavemente con su canción
verse
Woho, la la la la la la, woho, laha, la
Woho, la la la la la la, woho, laha, la
chorus
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Rasgando mi dolor con sus dedos
Singing my life with his words
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
Killing me softly with his song
Matandome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with his song
Matandome suavemente con su canción
Telling my whole life with his words
Contando mi vida entera con sus palabras
Killing me (softly)
Matandome (suavemente)
outro
He was strumming my pain
El rasgaba mi dolor
Yeah, he was singing my life
Sí, él estaba cantando mi vida
Killing me softly with his song
Matandome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with his song
Matandome suavemente con su canción
Telling my whole life with his words
Contando mi vida entera con sus palabras
Killing me softly with his song
Matandome suavemente con su canción
Writer(s): Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel
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Vale a Pena, Volume 2 - Cidade 96,9
Album • 2003 • 14 tracks
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