Now I've heard there was a secret chord 
That David played, and it pleased the Lord 
But you don't really care for music, do you? 
It goes like this 
The fourth, the fifth 
The minor fall, the major lift 
The baffled king composing Hallelujah 
Hallelujah 

Your faith was strong but you needed proof 
You saw her bathing on the roof 
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew her 
She tied you 
To a kitchen chair 
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair 
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah 

Hallelujah, Hallelujah 

You say I took the name in vain 
I don't even know the name 
But if I did, well really, what's it to you? 
There's a blaze of light 
In every word 
It doesn't matter which you heard 
The holy or the broken Hallelujah 

Hallelujah, Hallelujah 

I did my best, it wasn't much 
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch 
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you 
And even though 
It all went wrong 
I'll stand before the Lord of Song 
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah 

Hallelujah, Hallelujah 

Traducción

oí que habia un acorde secreto 
david lo tocó y le agrado al señor
pero no os importa mucho la música, no

era algo así: cuarta, quinta, caída menor, mayor aquí
el rey confuso compone el aleluya

aleluya, aleluya
aleluya, aleluya

tu fe era fuerte pero sin probar
la viste bañarse en la parte de atrás
su piel y la luz de la luna te derrumbaron
te ató a una silla de fregadero
rompió tu trono, cortó tu pelo
y de tus labios arranco el aleluya

aleluya, aleluya
aleluya, aleluya

decis que tome su nombre en vano
ni siquiera se bien cuando
pero, y si lo hice, ¿que?

hay un destello de luz brillando
en cada palabra, y no importa cual,
el santo o el roto, aleluya

aleluya, aleluya
aleluya, aleluya

hice lo que pude y no más
no supe sentir e intenté tocar
creo que os he dicho la verdad
y sin embargo todo fue mal
me postraré ante el dios fugaz
sin otra cosa en mi voz que 'aleluya'

aleluya, aleluya
aleluya, aleluya