Otro jueves cobarde
I find this song "Otro jueves cobarde" by Sabina very uplifting and i have been listening for several times. However, the lyrics are very complicated. I have looked up all the words I don´´t understand already, but I still can´t comprehend what it tries to say.
Can anyone please tell me the meaning for below???? Thanks!!!
Hoy que no me encuentro la nariz hoy que no banco ser feliz... no le pognas miel a la verdad que si ando muerto es de tanto resucitar... otra tarde que no arde esta tarde sin pasado mañana otra tarde tan cobarde esta tarde que no prueba manzanas otro jueves que no sabe bajarse ni los pantalones otro jueves que anda dando lastima por los rincones de esta tarde en coma dos...
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These lyrics use many terms and phrases in their figurative sense. As with many songs there is also use of 'artistic license'.
"Hoy no me encuentro la nariz" literally means "Today I can't find my nose" which really is absurd taken literally. What it means is either "Today I can't find myself" or it can also be interpreted as "Today I can't find meaning to my life".
Colloquial usage of phrases will also determine how the listener interprets the words.
"Hoy no banco ser feliz" is more clear cut... it means "Today I can't count on happiness"
"No le pongas miel a la verdad" is simply "Don't sugarcoat the truth"... notice I interpreted this as "sugarcoating the truth" and not "putting honey on the truth". Although it might be understood by an English speaker, its not quite what would best convey this expression.
"Si ando muerto es de tanto resucitar" could be expressed as "if I'm feeling down its because of having to bounce back so many times"
The remainder seems like a huge run-on sentence but I'll do my best even though I've never heard this song.
"Otra tarde que no arde" = "Another evening without passion" (This is not a literal meaning but an interpretation.)
"Esta tarde sin pasado mañana" = "This evening without tomorrow" (While "Pasado Mañana actually means 'the day after tomorrow', it would not convey the sentiment of the phrase)
"Otra tarde tan cobarde" = "Another cowardly evening"
"Esta tarde que no prueba Manzanas" is tough to interpret. Literally "This evening that does not taste apples" which sounds awkward... but my take on it is "This tasteless evening"
"Otro Jueves que no sabe bajarse ni los pantalones"... Wow! tough one... Again think colloquialism or artistic license. My take on it is "Another Thursday were the mundane seems difficult to do"
Yet, this phrase can also have different meanings depending on the intent of "Bajarse los pantalones"... remember that 'To pull one's pant's down' can also imply to be exposed onto others... in other words "to be revealed for what it truly is"...
"Otro Jueves que que anda dando lastima por los rincones de esta tarde en coma dos" is, again, filled with artistic license... the singer tries to convey a feeling of pity... to me this phrase could be interpreted as "Another Thursday of producing pity in the shadows in the second coma of this evening"
I see that the last word "dos..." has trailing periods (Ellipses)... I wonder if the statement was cut off?
From what I gather the song uses the 'evening' and the day 'Thursday' to convey the feelings that the protagonist of the song is going through.
Hope this helps.
La Canción dice: Otra tarde como las demás sin amores rotos de casualidad, otro jueves de esos que no se dejan besar. No eran las esquirlas del rencor eran telarañas en el corazón, un adiós con pestañas un desamor sin amor. Hoy que no me encuentro la nariz, hoy que no banco ser feliz (se puede interpretar también: hoy que no me propongo ser feliz), No le pongas miel a la verdad que si ando muerto es de tanto resucitar. Otra tarde que no arde esta tarde sin pasado mañana, otra tarde tan cobarde esta tarde que no prueba manzanas, otro jueves que no sabe bajarse ni los pantalones. Otro jueves que anda dando lastima por los rincones.
Soy Latino Americano Espero haber te sacado de dudas :D
"Hoy no banco ser feliz" is more clear cut... it means "Today I can't count on happiness"
May be regional, but to me this means: today I cannot stand being happy.
