Un bostezo de sol

Question

Heard this in a song, and I thought "A yawn from the sun"? It must figurative or something. Wordreference has a link to it but I can't access that site anymore.

Escapando una noche de un bostezo de sol me pediste que te diera un beso. Con lo baratos que salen mi amor, qué te cuesta callarme con uno de esos.

Escaping one night from a yawn of the sun you asked me to give you a kiss. With the cheap things that come from love, it's difficult to shut me up with one of those.

This whole song makes little sense.

What;s de name of the song? Does it say "...de sol" or "...del sol"? - chileno, Jan 22, 2012

I got it, and it was "de sol" - chileno, Jan 23, 2012

Answer 1

Hi Jeezz!

Yes, "bostezo del sol" is poetry. I think you misunderstood the last part of the sentence.

Con lo baratos que salen mi amor, qué te cuesta callarme con uno de esos

They are so cheap, my love... why don't you shut my mouth with one of them?

Answer 2

Con lo baratos que están/son = As cheap as they are

qué te cuesta callarme con uno de esos mean literally - what's it gonna cost you to shut my mouth with one of them, like "costar" to cost?

Yes and no. Now this time is saying...

Cost as in effort.

It doesn't take much of an effort, so why don't you make that little effort to shut her mouth with them.

C?

EDIT:

A cuánto salen los besos? = Cuánto cuestan los besos? = How much are/for the kisses?

Answer 3

Rosas

By La Oreja de Van Gogh

I love it

link text

Answer 4

I take that "con" to mean the same as "what with" in English. "What with how cheap they are (kisses) my love, what's it cost you to shut me up with one of them?

Salir is a really flexible verb. Las cosas pueden salir bien o mal. Pueden salir caras o baratas. Puedo salir bien o mal en un examen. Una persona puede salir bien o mal en una foto.

I'm not really sure how explain how it makes sense in "salen baratos", I've just gotten used to seeing it used like that in so many contexts like this that it...just makes sense. I guess it would be kind of like saying "what with how cheap they turn out", but that's a pretty clunky translation and in essence it means the same thing as "what with how cheap they are".

Costar here is used just like it is in the construction "me cuesta mucho creerte" etc.

Answer 5

Cogumela, how does "salir" fit in there? I don't get the construction.

Con lo baratos que salen mi amor, qué te cuesta callarme con uno de esos

and does

qué te cuesta callarme con uno de esos

mean literally - what's it gonna cost you to shut my mouth with one of them, like "costar" to cost?

And why "Con lo baratos" while we're at it. This kind of poetic music is a complete mystery to me.