Killing Me Softly

Matándome suavemente

Killing Me Softly

Rasgueando mi dolor con sus dedos
Strumming my pain with her fingers,
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
Singing my life with her words,
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with her song,
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with her song,
Diciendo toda mi vida con sus palabras
Telling my whole life with his words,
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with her song ...

Oí que cantaba una buena canción, oí que tenía un estilo
I heard she sang a good song, I heard she had a style.
Así que vine a verla a escucharla un rato
And so I came to see her to listen for a while.
Y allí estaba una joven, una extraña para mis ojos
And there she was this young girl, a stranger to my eyes.

Rasgueando mi dolor con sus dedos
Strumming my pain with her fingers,
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
Singing my life with her words,
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with her song,
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with her song,
Diciendo toda mi vida con sus palabras
Telling my whole life with his words,
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with her song ...

Me sentí llena de fiebre, avergonzada por la muchedumbre
I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd,
Sentí que encontró mis cartas y las leyó en voz alta
I felt she found my letters and read each one out loud.
Recé para que terminara, pero se mantuvo justo en
I prayed that she would finish but she just kept right on ...

Rasgueando mi dolor con sus dedos
Strumming my pain with her fingers,
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
Singing my life with her words,
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with her song,
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with her song,
Diciendo toda mi vida con sus palabras
Telling my whole life with his words,
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with her song ....

Cantó como si él me conociera en toda mi oscura desesperación
She sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair.
Y luego miró a través de mí como si no estuviera allí
And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there.
Y ella seguía cantando, cantando clara y fuerte
And she just kept on singing, singing clear and strong.

Rasgueando mi dolor con sus dedos
Strumming my pain with her fingers,
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
Singing my life with her words,
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with her song,
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with her song,
Diciendo toda mi vida con sus palabras
Telling my whole life with his words,
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with her song ...

Rasgueando mi dolor con sus dedos
Strumming my pain with her fingers,
Cantando mi vida con sus palabras
Singing my life with her words,
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with her song,
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with her song,
Diciendo toda mi vida con sus palabras
Telling my whole life with his words,
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with her song ...

Ella estaba rasgueando mi dolor, sí, él estaba cantando mi vida
She was strumming my pain, yeah, he was singing my life.
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with her song,
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with her song,
Contando toda mi vida con sus palabras
Telling my whole life with her words,
Matándome suavemente con su canción
Killing me softly with her song ...
Con su canción
With her song ...