it's killing me

[afarensis]

Please can anyone supply me with an English translation of Omara Potuondo singing "Killing Me Softly", on the Rhythms del Mundo album (which, by the way, is an extremely odd collection of songs)

[logan01]

Are you asking for the words to "Killing Me Softly (With His Words)" originally performed by Roberta Flack or is the version you are looking for another song altogether? Here's Roberta Flack's lyrics. I just discovered on wikipedia that it is a cover of Roberta Flack's song. For more info, go here: Rhythms del Mundo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Singing my life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song ...

I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style.
And so I came to see him to listen for a while.
And there he was this young boy, a stranger to my eyes.

Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Singing my life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song ...

I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd,
I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud.
I prayed that he would finish but he just kept right on ...

Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Singing my life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song ...

He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair.
And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there.
But he just came to singing, singing clear and strong.

Strumming my pain with his fingers,
Singing my life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song ...

He was strumming, oh, he was singing my song.
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song ...
With his song ...

[afarensis]

Dear Logan01,

Many thanks for getting back to me and supplying the English lyrics. I don't know whether these are the exact, word-for-word lyrics of the song as sang by Omora Portuondo in Spanish. I don't even know if she is singing the Flack version. What I really need are not a translation as such but the actual Spanish lyrics. Then I can try to translate them (after a fashion) myself.

[logan01]

Well shoot. Thought I did good. Wish I was fluent in Spanish. Hope someone can help you on this.

[afarensis]

Dear Logan01.

My original message was very misleading. So don't beat yourself up about it. Thank you again for replying anyway.

Regards, David

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