Si superas?

Question

I'm having a hard time understanding the following phrase from the poem "El prisionero de la gran via":

Si superas que no me dejan los dias de fiesta

Can someone help? Thanks!!

Answer 1

Wow that is wierd. Superar means to overcome, like something that has been standing in your way. I'm sure a poem is worded oddly so a native is better suited.

jeezzle - if at first you don't understand look for the typo - you need to be more doubting. jeje - geofc, May 5, 2010

Answer 2

Following "si" there ain't too many choices but the typo for "supieras" whiich is how I first read it (incorrectly according to the question).

Edit was to correct my typo - I do it too.

Answer 3

If you only knew, they do not give me holidays off.

Answer 4

Maybe there's a typo in the version of the poem you're reading. Is it possible that it's supposed to be supieras, the tú form of the imperfect subjunctive of saber? Then it would be "If you knew they didn't give me holidays off..."