Agua – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Sol Pereyra
• Album: Tirame Agua

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Te avisé, es tierra y es agua, te mostré, sino no pasa nada

I warned you, it's land and water, I showed you, if not, nothing happens

Te conté aquí algo faltaba y busqué pero no encontraba.

I told you something was missing here, I looked but couldn't find it

Yo lo vi algo se marchitaba y dudé, quizás me lo inventaba

I saw it, it was wilting, and I doubted, maybe I was imagining it

Y corrí sólo por no hacer nada, entendí todo lo que pasaba.

And I ran just to do nothing, I understood everything that was happening

Y abrí los ojos y nos vi cantando al mar.

And I opened my eyes and saw us singing to the sea

Si me querés, si soy tu flor, tírame agua para demostrar tu amor.

If you love me, if I am your flower, throw me water to show your love

Te miré justo cuando pensabas y hablé sin que me digas nada

I looked at you just when you were thinking, and I spoke without you saying anything

Me callé, tu silencio hablaba, la noche de cerca respiraba.

I stayed silent, your silence was speaking, the night was breathing close by

Y abrílos ojos y nos vi cantando al mar.

And I opened my eyes and saw us singing to the sea

Si me querés, si soy tu flor, tírame agua para demostrar tu amor.

If you love me, if I am your flower, throw me water to show your love

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
agua /ˈaɡwa/ A1	noun - water
tierra /ˈtjera/ A1	noun - land, earth
amor /aˈmor/ A1	noun - love
flor /flor/ A1	noun - flower
cantar /kanˈtaɾ/ A1	verb - to sing
ver /beɾ/ A1	verb - to see
pensar /penˈsaɾ/ A1	verb - to think
silencio /siˈlenθjo/ B1	noun - silence
marchitar /maɾʧiˈtaɾ/ B2	verb - to wither
demostrar /demosˈtɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to demonstrate
abrir /aˈbɾiɾ/ A1	verb - to open
dudar /duˈðaɾ/ B1	verb - to doubt
buscar /busˈkaɾ/ A1	verb - to search, to look for
noche /ˈno.tʃe/ A1	noun - night
cerca /ˈseɾ.ka/ A2	adverb - near
pasar /paˈsaɾ/ A1	verb - to pass

Key Grammar Structures

• Te avisé, es tierra y es agua, te mostré, sino no pasa nada

  ➔ Use of the present indicative tense in 'es' and 'te mostré' to express facts and completed actions.

  ➔ The phrase 'es tierra y es agua' uses **present tense** to state facts about 'tierra' and 'agua'.

• Yo lo vi algo se marchitaba y dudé, quizás me lo inventaba

  ➔ Use of the preterite 'vi' and imperfect 'se marchitaba' to describe past perceptions and ongoing states.

  ➔ The verb 'vi' is in **preterite tense** to indicate a completed action, while 'se marchitaba' is in **imperfect tense** to describe an ongoing process in the past.

• Y abrí los ojos y nos vi cantando al mar.

  ➔ Use of the preterite 'abrí' and 'vi' with the present participle 'cantando' for simultaneous actions.

  ➔ 'abrí' and 'vi' are in **preterite tense** to denote past actions, and 'cantando' is a **gerund** in Spanish to indicate an ongoing action occurring simultaneously.

• Si me querés, si soy tu flor, tírame agua para demostrar tu amor.

  ➔ Use of the present subjunctive 'querés' and the conditional 'tírame' to express desire and requests.

  ➔ 'querés' is in the **present subjunctive** mood to express desire or wishes, while 'tírame' is an **imperative** form requesting an action.

• Me callé, tu silencio hablaba, la noche de cerca respiraba.

  ➔ Use of the preterite 'callé' and imperfect 'hablaba' to describe past actions and ongoing states.

  ➔ 'callé' is in **preterite tense** indicating completed action, while 'hablaba' is in **imperfect tense** indicating ongoing or habitual past states.

• Y abrí los ojos y nos vi cantando al mar.

  ➔ Repeated example of the preterite 'abrí' and 'vi' with the gerund 'cantando' to indicate simultaneous actions in the past.

  ➔ Same as previous, highlighting the use of **preterite** and **gerund** to show actions happening at the same time in the past.