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It's all in a song

To celebrate the end of the school year in San Jacinto, the students took part in a song competition.  They had to write and perform songs on the theme of reading and books.  The two winning groups were from the second and third years (ages 12-14), and their songs really capture the spirit of the library project which has sought to promote a love of reading amongst all the students.

28/11/08

Yo Quiero

 

Yo sólo quiero leer libros

yo sólo quiero leer cuentos

pero no quiero leer solito

yo quiero un gran grupo de amiguitos

quiero llevar este libro amigo a quien

lo pudiera necesitar.

 

Coro:

Yo quiero tener un millón de libros

y si están viejos los voy a empastar

yo quiero que todos brillemos juntos

y que unidos leamos más.

 

Yo sólo quiero un cambio nuevo

y con los libros lo obtendremos

tendremos una mejor cultura y a través

de la lectura nosotros brillaremos

mucho más.

 

Coro:

Yo quiero tener un millón de libros

y si están viejos los voy a empastar

yo quiero que todos estemos juntos

y que unidos leamos más.

 

Translation:  What I want

 

I just want to read books

I just want to read stories

But I don’t want to read on my own.

I want a big group of friends

I want to take my friend,this book

To the person who needs it most.

 

Chorus:

I want to have a million books

And if they are old I will recover them.

I want everything to shine together

and together everyone will read more.

 

I just want a change

And with the new books we get

We will have a better culture

And by reading we will shine

So much brighter.

 

Chorus:

I want to have a million books

And if they are old I will recover them.

I want everything to shine together

And together everyone will read more.

 

Ven Conmigo

 

La ignorancia enfermedad fatal

te quita la esperanza de ver más allá

ven conmigo a sentir ven conmigo a descubrir

un mundo de letras, páginas sentir.

 

Coro:

Ven conmigo a volar

a un mundo de letras explorar

la ignorancia en el pasado ya

un día nuevo hoy va a comenzar.

 

Estudiando aprendes

leyendo sabes

nadie te engaña

ni al derecho ni al revés.

 

Coro:

Ven conmigo a volar

a un mundo de letras explorar

la ignorancia en el pasado ya

un día nuevo hoy va a comenzar.

 

Abre un libro

comienza a leer

comienza a aprender

historias de ayer.

 

Translation:  Come with me

 

Ignorance, that fatal illness

Takes away your hope and stops you looking ahead. 

Come with me to feel, come with me to discover

A world of letters and pages.

 

Chorus:

Come with me to fly

To a world of letters to explore

Now leave ignorance in the past

Today a new day is about to begin.

 

Studying you learn

Reading you know

No-one will catch you out

Not in any way.

 

Chorus:

Come with me to fly

To a world of letters to explore

Now leave ignorance in the past

Today a new day is about to begin.

 

Open a book

Start to read

Start to learn

Stories of yesterday.