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me llaman el desaparecido
que cuando llega ya se ha ido
volando vengo, volando voy
deprisa deprisa a rumbo perdido
cuando me buscan nunca estoy
cuando me encuentran yo no soy
el que esta enfrente porque ya
me fui corriendo mas alla

me dicen el desparecido
fantasma que nunca esta
me dicen el desagradecido
pero esa no es la verdad
yo llevo en el cuerpo un dolor
que no me deja respirar
llevo en el cuerpo una condena
que siempre me echa a caminar

me llaman el desaparecido
que cuando llega ya se ha ido
volando vengo, volando voy
deprise deprise a rumbo perdido

yo llevo en el cuerpo un motor
que nunca deja de rolar
yo llevo en el alma un camino
destinado a nunca llegar

me llaman el desaparecido
cuando llega ya se ha ido
volando vengo, volando voy
deprisa deprisa a rumbo perdido

perdido en el siglo...
siglo veinte...
rumbo al veinti uno
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Submitted by
nelly On Dec 23, 2001
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Cover art for Desaparecido lyrics by Manu Chao

"They call me 'The Dissappeared' When he arrives, he's already gone Flying I come, flying I go Hurry, hurry on a lost path When they look for me I'm never there When the find me I am not The one who's out front because I went running over there

They call me 'The Disappeared' A ghost that's never here They say to me 'The Disgraced' But that's not the truth I carry in my body a pain That won't let me breath I carry in my body a chain That always makes me walk

They call me . . .

I carry in my body a motor That never stops turning I carry in my soul a path Destined to never arrive

They call me...

Lost in the century... The 20th century... Headed towards the 21st."

@brain.damage quite a good translation! but it's not 100% accurate. here, a correction from a native spanish speaker:

"They call me 'The Dissappeared' When he arrives, he's already gone Flying I come, flying I go Hurry, hurry on a lost path When they look for me I'm never there When the find me I am not The one who's out front because I ALREADY went running over there

They call me 'The Disappeared' A ghost that's never here They CALL me 'The UNGRATEFUL' But that's not the truth I carry in my body a pain That won't let me breath I carry in my body...

  • "Ya" means "already" in this context.
  • "Decir" usually means to say or to tell, but "me dicen..." is a coloquial expression that means "they call me...".
  • "Desagradecido" is opposite of "agradecido" (grateful, thankful).
  • "Condena" is the act or result of being condemned, so it's like a spiritual conviction in this case. If it was a chain, it would be "cadena".
  • At the end he keeps repeating "¿Cuándo llegaré?", which means something like "When will I arrive?"
  • Cover art for Desaparecido lyrics by Manu Chao

    I like the concept of it so much...And it is nostalgic...

     
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