Recital Al Cantor
Cantor que canta bajito
Tiene miedo o poca voz
Pero el que canta a los gritos
Tiene herido el corazón
Cantor que canta muy lento
Suavemente, sin arder
Se está cantando pa'adentro
Se está cantando para el
Cantor por cantor nomás
No hace falta tal cantor
Podrá llegar a cantar
Pero nunca a ser cantor
Pobrecito aquel cantor
Que canta sin saber que
Cuando lo apriete el dolor
Se habrá de quedar de a pie
Pobrecito aquel cantor
Que no canta la verdad
Se ha de quedar cuando muera
Perdido en su soledad
Recital to the Singer
A singer who sings softly
Is either scared or has a weak voice
But the one who sings out loud
Has a wounded heart
A singer who sings too slow
Gently, without burning
Is singing to himself
Is singing just for him
A singer just for singing's sake
Doesn't need to be that kind of singer
He might be able to sing
But he'll never be a true singer
Poor little singer
Who sings without knowing that
When pain hits him hard
He'll be left standing alone
Poor little singer
Who doesn't sing the truth
He'll be left when he dies
Lost in his loneliness