Killing Me Softly

Matándome suavemente

Killing Me Softly

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

Escuché que cantaba una buena canción, escuché que tenía estilo.I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style.
Y así vine a verlo para escuchar por un rato.And so I came to see him to listen for a while.
Y allí estaba este joven muchacho, un extraño para mis ojos.And there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes.

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

Me sentí ruborizada de fiebre, avergonzada por la multitud,I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd,
Sentí que encontró mis cartas y leyó cada una en voz alta.I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud.
Recé para que terminara pero él siguió adelante...I prayed that he would finish but he just kept right on ...

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

Cantaba como si me conociera en toda mi oscura desesperación.He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair.
Y luego me miró como si no estuviera allí.And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there.
Pero él simplemente siguió cantando, cantando claro y fuerte.But he just came to singing, singing clear and strong.

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

Él estaba tocando, oh, él estaba cantando mi canción.He was strumming, oh, he was singing my song.
Matándome suavemente con su canción,Killing me softly with his song,
Matándome suavemente con su canción,Killing me softly with his song,
Contando toda mi vida con sus palabras,Telling my whole life with his words,
Matándome suavemente con su canción...Killing me softly with his song ...
Con su canción...With his song ...