Killing Me Softly With His Song

Matándome suavemente con su canción

Killing Me Softly With His Song

Escuché que cantaba una buena canciónI heard he sang a good song
Escuché que tenía estiloI heard he had a style
Y así vine a verloAnd so I came to see him
Para escuchar por un rato.To listen for a while.

Y allí estaba este jovenAnd there he was this young boy
Un desconocido para mis ojosA stranger to my eyes.
Tocando mi dolor con sus dedosStrumming my pain with his fingers
Cantando mi vida con sus palabrasSinging my life with his words
Matándome suavemente con su canciónKilling me softly with his song
Matándome suavemente con su canciónKilling me softly with his song
Contando toda mi vida con sus palabrasTelling my whole life with his words
Matándome suavemente, con su canción.Killing me softly, with his song.

Me sentí toda sofocada de fiebreI felt all flushed with fever
Avergonzada por la multitudEmbarassed by the crowd,
Sentí que encontró mis cartasI felt he found my letters
Y leyó cada una en voz alta.And read each one out loud.

Recé para que terminaraI prayed that he would finish
Pero él simplemente siguió adelanteBut he just kept right on.
Tocando mi dolor con sus dedosStrumming my pain with his fingers
Cantando mi vida con sus palabrasSinging my life with his words
Matándome suavemente con su canciónKilling me softly with his song
Matándome suavemente con su canciónKilling me softly with his song
Contando toda mi vida con sus palabrasTelling my whole life with his words
Matándome suavemente.Killing me softly.

Cantaba como si me conocieraHe sang as if he knew me
En toda mi oscura desesperaciónIn all my dark despair
Y luego me miró directamente a través de míAnd then he looked right through me
Como si no estuviera allí.As if I wasn't there.

Pero él estaba allí, un desconocidoBut he was there a stranger
Cantando claro y fuerteSinging clear and loud
Tocando mi dolor con sus dedosStrumming my pain with his fingers
Cantando mi vida con sus palabrasSinging my life with his words
Matándome suavemente con su canciónKilling me softly with his song
Matándome suavemente con su canciónKilling me softly with his song
Contando toda mi vida con sus palabrasTelling my whole life with his words
Matándome suavemente, con su canción...Killing me softly, with his song...