
Date of issue: 25.09.2011
Record label: Cuban Jazz
Song language: Spanish
Maestra Vida(original) |
A tu escuela llegué sin entender porque llegaba |
En tus salones encuentro mil caminos y encrucijadas |
Y aprendo mucho y no aprendo nada |
Maestra vida camará'a, te da, te quita, te quita y te da |
Maestra vida camará'a, te da, te quita, te quita y te da |
Paso por dias de sol, luz y de aguaceros |
Paso por noches de tinieblas y de lunas |
Paso afirmando, paso negando, paso con dudas |
Entre risas y amarguras, buscando el porque y el cuándo |
Maestra vida camará'a, te da, te quita, te quita y te da |
Maestra vida camará'a, te da, te quita, te quita y te da |
Maestra vida, de justicias e injusticias |
De bondades y malicias aun no alcanzo a comprenderte |
Maestra vida que ese culpo no perdona |
Voy buscando entre tus horas el espejo de los tiempos |
Para ver tus sentimientos y así comprender tus cosas |
Y vi espinas y vi rosas |
Vi morir seres queridos vi bellezas fui testigo |
De maldades y de guerras |
Vi lo bueno de la tierra |
Y vi el hambre y la miseria y entre el drama y la comedia |
Avance entre agua y fuego |
En dios me acuerdo primero |
Solo en trance de morirme |
O a veces cuando estoy triste mas nunca si estoy contento |
No dura agradecimiento |
Pa' aquel que nos da la mano |
Tan pronto nos sale el clavo |
Se olvida to’o el sufrimiento |
Y tengo amigos, conocidos y enemigos |
Amores que me han querido |
Y rostros que niegan verme |
Me encontré frente a la muerte |
Y en sus ojos vi el sentido |
Y con el miedo conmigo |
Así yo aprendí a quererte |
Y hoy sé que nada es seguro |
Ya que todo es pasajero |
La muerte es el mensajero que con la ultima hora viene |
Y el tiempo no se detiene |
Ni por amor, ni dinero |
La muerte es el mensajero que con la ultima hora viene |
Y el tiempo no se detiene |
Ni por amor, ni dinero |
Maestra vida, me voy persiguiendo al tiempo |
A ver si encuentro respuestas, antes de la hora en |
Que yo muera |
Aunque me estoy resignando a esta fatal realidad |
Maestra vida camará'a, te da, te quita, te quita y te da |
Maestra vida camará'a, te da, te quita, te quita y te da |
Maestra vida camará'a, te da, te quita, te quita y te da |
Maestra vida camará'a, te da, te quita, te quita y te da |
Te da, te quita, te quita y te da |
Te da, te quita, te quita y te da |
Te da, te quita, te quita y te da |
Te da, te quita, te quita y te da |
Maestra vida camara’a |
Pero te da, te quita, te quita y te da |
Oye, cuando tú menos lo esperas |
Va la sorpresa camara’a |
Y el tiempo, mira no se detiene |
Ni por amor, ni por dinero |
La muerte, compa, la muerte es el mensajero |
Que con la ultima hora viene |
Cuando se murió Carmelo |
Sentí un dolor tan profundo |
Que no hallo nada en el mundo |
Con que poder consolarme |
Te da, te quita, te quita y te da |
(translation) |
I arrived at your school without understanding why I was coming |
In your halls I find a thousand paths and crossroads |
And I learn a lot and I learn nothing |
Maestra vida camará'a, it gives you, it takes you, it takes you and it gives you |
Maestra vida camará'a, it gives you, it takes you, it takes you and it gives you |
I go through days of sun, light and downpours |
I go through nights of darkness and moons |
I step affirming, I step denying, I step with doubts |
Between laughter and bitterness, looking for the why and the when |
Maestra vida camará'a, it gives you, it takes you, it takes you and it gives you |
Maestra vida camará'a, it gives you, it takes you, it takes you and it gives you |
Teacher life, of justices and injustices |
Of goodness and malice I still can't understand you |
Teacher life that guilt does not forgive |
I'm looking among your hours for the mirror of time |
To see your feelings and thus understand your things |
And I saw thorns and I saw roses |
I saw loved ones die I saw beauties I witnessed |
Of evils and wars |
I saw the good of the land |
And I saw the hunger and the misery and between the drama and the comedy |
Progress between water and fire |
In god I remember first |
Alone in the process of dying |
Or sometimes when I'm sad but never if I'm happy |
no hard thanks |
For the one who gives us a hand |
As soon as the nail comes out |
All the suffering is forgotten |
And I have friends, acquaintances and enemies |
loves that have loved me |
And faces that deny seeing me |
I found myself facing death |
And in his eyes I saw the meaning |
And with the fear with me |
That's how I learned to love you |
And today I know that nothing is certain |
Since everything is temporary |
Death is the messenger that with the last hour comes |
And time doesn't stop |
Not for love, not for money |
Death is the messenger that with the last hour comes |
And time doesn't stop |
Not for love, not for money |
Master life, I go chasing time |
Let's see if I find answers, before the time in |
let me die |
Although I am resigning myself to this fatal reality |
Maestra vida camará'a, it gives you, it takes you, it takes you and it gives you |
Maestra vida camará'a, it gives you, it takes you, it takes you and it gives you |
Maestra vida camará'a, it gives you, it takes you, it takes you and it gives you |
Maestra vida camará'a, it gives you, it takes you, it takes you and it gives you |
It gives you, it takes you, it takes you and it gives you |
It gives you, it takes you, it takes you and it gives you |
It gives you, it takes you, it takes you and it gives you |
It gives you, it takes you, it takes you and it gives you |
camera life teacher |
But it gives you, it takes you, it takes you and it gives you |
Hey, when you least expect it |
The surprise camara'a goes |
And time, look, it doesn't stop |
Neither for love nor for money |
Death, compa, death is the messenger |
That with the last hour comes |
When Carmelo died |
I felt a pain so deep |
That I find nothing in the world |
With what can I console myself? |
It gives you, it takes you, it takes you and it gives you |
Name | Year |
---|---|
La Banda ft. Héctor Lavoé, Yomo Toro | 2012 |
Pennies from Heaven ft. Roberto Delgado & Orquesta | 2021 |
Eso Se Baila Asi ft. Héctor Lavoé | 1967 |
Barrunto ft. Héctor Lavoé | 2015 |
Ché Ché Colé ft. Héctor Lavoé | 2012 |
Qué Lío ft. Héctor Lavoé | 2006 |
Sábanas Frías ft. Rubén Blades | 2012 |
El Gran Varón | 2012 |
Descarga Caliente ft. Pete Rodriguez | 2012 |
Oh Qué Será? | 2012 |
El Malo ft. Héctor Lavoé | 2012 |
Calle Luna Calle Sol ft. Héctor Lavoé | 2012 |
Que Lío ft. Héctor Lavoé | 1967 |
Idilio De Amor | 2019 |
Ausencia ft. Willie Colón | 1968 |
Juanito Alimana ft. Willie Colón | 2008 |
Madame Kalalú ft. Willie Colón | 2012 |
Chana | 1985 |
Ah-Ah / O-No ft. Héctor Lavoé | 2012 |
Quimbara ft. Willie Colón, Johnny Pacheco y Su Charanga | 2004 |