It was a cold and wet December day
Era un día frío y húmedo de diciembre.
Song translation
Angel Of Harlem
U2
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About this song
Angel Of Harlem by U2 is a great song to learn English through music. This page breaks down 39 lines with a clear, line-by-line translation, plus 7 key words such as angel, harlem, love. Singing along is one of the fastest ways to pick up natural pronunciation and make new phrases stick — far more memorable than plain word lists. Tap any line to open interactive mode and practice the vocabulary until you own it.
Lyrics and Translation
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When we touched the ground at JFK
Cuando tocamos el suelo en JFK
Snow was melting on the ground
La nieve se estaba derritiendo en el suelo.
On BLS I heard the sound
En BLS escuché el sonido.
Of an angel
de un angel
New York, like a Christmas tree
Nueva York, como un árbol de Navidad
Tonight this city belongs to me
Esta noche esta ciudad me pertenece
Angel
Ángel
Soul love, this love won't let me go
Amor del alma, este amor no me deja ir
So long, angel of Harlem
Hasta luego, ángel de Harlem
Birdland on fifty-three
Birdland en el cincuenta y tres
The street sounds like a symphony
La calle suena como una sinfonía.
We got John Coltrane and a love supreme
Tenemos a John Coltrane y un amor supremo.
Miles, and she's got to be an angel
Miles, y ella tiene que ser un ángel.
Lady Day got diamond eyes
Lady Day tiene ojos de diamantes
She sees the truth behind the lies
Ella ve la verdad detrás de las mentiras.
Angel
Ángel
Soul love, this love won't let me go
Amor del alma, este amor no me deja ir
So long, angel of Harlem
Hasta luego, ángel de Harlem
Angel of Harlem
ángel de harlem
She says it's heart, heart and soul
Ella dice que es corazón, corazón y alma.
Yeah, yeah (yeah)
Sí, sí (sí)
Yeah, yeah (right now)
Sí, sí (ahora mismo)
Blue light on the avenue
Luz azul en la avenida.
God knows they got to you
Dios sabe que te atraparon
An empty glass, the lady sings
Un vaso vacío, la señora canta.
Eyes swollen like a bee sting
Ojos hinchados como una picadura de abeja.
Blinded you lost your way
Cegado, perdiste tu camino
Through the side streets and the alleyway
Por las calles laterales y el callejón
Like a star exploding in the night
Como una estrella explotando en la noche
Falling to the city in broad daylight
Cayendo a la ciudad a plena luz del día.
An angel in Devil's shoes
Un ángel en los zapatos del diablo
Salvation in the blues
Salvación en el blues
You never looked like an angel
Nunca pareciste un ángel
Yeah, yeah, angel of Harlem
Sí, sí, ángel de Harlem
Angel, angel of Harlem
Ángel, ángel de Harlem
Angel, angel of Harlem
Ángel, ángel de Harlem
Angel, angel of Harlem
Ángel, ángel de Harlem
Angel, angel of Harlem
Ángel, ángel de Harlem
Song Vocabulary
Key words from this song. Practice them in Langooo to remember them faster.
angel
ángel
harlem
Harlem
love
amar
soul
alma
ground
suelo
city
ciudad
won't
no