El Saber (2024) – Gaby Moreno

I couldn’t wait any longer to present today’s featured ‘El Saber’ (Eng: Knowing) by Gaby Moreno. I find it such a profound and enlightening song. I discovered her a few months ago on the film & arts channel performing at The Troubadour, and I featured her wonderful live performance of Solid Ground.

The Guatemalan singer wrote today’s song El Saber for the Mexican movie Radical. The film portrays what citizens experience at a peak moment of the “war on drugs,” and Eugenio Derbez brings to life a teacher who does everything he can to help his students learn. Gaby fuses elements of folk, soul and blues in El Saber to create an atmosphere that complements the film’s story.

Gaby Moreno moved to Los Angeles in her late teens to pursue music and has built a career blending blues, jazz, soul and Latin influences, often singing in both English and Spanish. She has won a Grammy Award for Best Latin Pop Album and two Latin Grammy Awards. Gaby also made her Broadway debut in March 2026 as Persephone in Hadestown.

I have presented two versions of El Saber below. The first is the version from her album Dusk, and the second is from the film Radical.

I hope you enjoy El Saber.

[Verso 1]
Como llama que agita el viento / Like a flame stirred by the wind
Es la arena que va subiendo / It’s the rising sand
La dolencia que cura el tiempo / The ailment that time heals
Y el saber (Saber), saber (Saber), saber (Saber), saber / And knowing (Knowing), knowing (Knowing), knowing (Knowing), knowing
Que el sol saldrá al amanecer / That the sun will rise at dawn

[Verso 2]
Como el ángel del destino / Like the angel of destiny
Pone piedras en el camino / He places stones in the path
Es mi voz, mi luz, mi latido / It’s my voice, my light, my heartbeat
Y el saber (Saber), saber (Saber), saber (Saber), saber / And knowing (Knowing), knowing (Knowing), knowing (Knowing), knowing
Que el sol saldrá al amanecer / That the sun will rise at dawn

[Coro]
La risa quе endulza la vida / The laughter that sweetens life
La lucha que abrazo cada nuevo día / The struggle I embrace each new day
Todas еsas perlas están escondidas / All those pearls are hidden
En la penumbra seguirán / They will remain in the shadows
La-la-la-la

[Puente]
Vamos empujando contra la corriente / We keep pushing against the current
Por mares y ríos, que olas revienten / Through seas and rivers, let the waves crash
Un fuerte estallido de fe es suficiente / A powerful burst of faith is enough
¿Qué rumbo tendrá? / What course will it take?

[Interludio]
La-la-la-la (La-la-la-la)
La-la-la-la (La-la-la-la)
La-la
¿Qué rumbo tendrá? / What course will it take?
La-la-la-la

[Outro]
La luz nos mira serena / The light gazes at us serenely
Inquieta al despertar / Restless upon waking
Un canto que vive y resuena / A song that lives and resonates
Y el saber (Saber), saber (Saber), saber (Saber), saber / And knowing (Knowing), knowing (Knowing), knowing (Knowing), knowing
Que el sol saldrá al amanecer / That the sun will rise at dawn
Saber, saber, saber, saber / To know, to know, to know, to know
Que el sol saldrá al amanecer / That the sun will rise at dawn

References:
1. Gaby Moreno – Wikipedia