Aire – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Estelares
• Album: Sistema Nervioso Central

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Spanish through music is a fantastic way to connect with the language on an emotional level, and 'Aire' by Estelares is a perfect song to start with. Its clear, emotive lyrics about love and loss offer a great opportunity to learn vocabulary related to feelings and relationships. The song's introspective and poetic nature makes it a special piece of Argentine rock, allowing you to not only practice your Spanish but also to delve into the cultural expression of a celebrated band.

[English]

I did everything I could to keep going

I changed the color of my eyes to ivory, oh, oh

Used to lie all the time

Used to laugh all the time

It's been a thousand days I don't know what to say

From Buenos Aires to Junín, oh, oh

Listening to folk songs

Reading a love book

...

I searched for you because every time I found you

And I didn't see any sparkle in your eyes like those, oh, oh

From the show at the fifth bar

When you saw me singing

And summer brought lights over the sea

And I understood there are a thousand ways to give, oh, oh

Even if I haven't done you good

In my way, I loved you

...

I'm not the person I seem to be

I'm not the person you think you see

I know it's not easy for me to be myself, oh, oh

...

Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah

...

There's not a single reason to suffer

Things keep their course like the Rhine, oh, oh

The river has no end

It continues its life in the sea

And today you shine like New York

And I'm thinking of another place

I have nothing to do

This can't go on anymore

I have nothing to do

This can't go on anymore

This can't go on anymore

...

[Spanish]

Hice todo lo posible por seguir

Cambié el color de mis ojos por marfil, ah, ah

Acostumbrado a mentir

Acostumbrado a reír

Van mil días que no sé lo qué decir

Sin ideas de Buenos Aires a Junín, ah, ah

Oyendo letras de folk

Leyendo un libro de amor

Te busqué pues cada vez que te encontré

Y en tus ojos no vi brillos como aquellos, ah, ah

Del show en el quinto bar

Cuando me viste cantar

Y el verano trajo luces sobre el mar

Y entendí que hay mil maneras de dar, ah, ah

Aunque no te haya hecho bien

A mi manera, te amé

No soy el tipo que parezco ser

No soy el tipo que tú crees ver

Sé que no es fácil para mí ser yo, ah, ah

Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah

No hay una sola razón para sufrir

Las cosas siguen su curso como el Rin, ah, ah

El río no tiene fin

Sigue su vida en el mar

Y hoy estás radiante como Nueva York

Y yo estoy pensando en otro lugar

No tengo nada que hacer

Esto no da para más

No tengo nada que hacer

Esto no da para más

Esto no da para más

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
seguir /seˈɣiɾ/ B1	verb - to continue or to go after
color /koˈloɾ/ A1	noun - the property of an object that produces different sensations on the eye
mentir /menˈtiɾ/ B2	verb - to tell a lie or to deceive
brillo /ˈbriʝo/ B1	noun - brightness or shine
amar /aˈmaɾ/ A2	verb - to love
razón /raˈθon/ B2	noun - reason or cause
sufrir /suˈfɾiɾ/ B1	verb - to suffer or to endure
vida /ˈbiða/ A1	noun - life
luz /luθ/ A1	noun - light
mar /maɾ/ A1	noun - sea
cantar /kanˈtaɾ/ A2	verb - to sing
pensar /penˈsaɾ/ A2	verb - to think
tipo /ˈtipo/ A2	noun - type or kind
lugar /luˈɣaɾ/ A2	noun - place or location

Key Grammar Structures

• Hice todo lo posible por seguir

  ➔ Preterite tense of 'hacer' + infinitive phrase

  ➔ 'Hice' is the preterite form of 'hacer' meaning 'I did'.

• Acostumbrado a mentir

  ➔ Adjective + preposition 'a' + infinitive

  ➔ 'Acostumbrado' is an adjective meaning 'accustomed', followed by 'a' and an infinitive to indicate habitual action.

• No soy el tipo que parezco ser

  ➔ Subject + ser + el/la + noun + relative clause

  ➔ 'Parezco' is the first person singular present tense of 'parecer' (to seem).

• Las cosas siguen su curso como el Rin

  ➔ Subject + seguir + possessive pronoun + noun + 'como' + definite article + noun

  ➔ 'Siguen' is the third person plural present tense of 'seguir' (to continue/follow).

• Y hoy estás radiante como Nueva York

  ➔ Subject + estar + adjective + como + proper noun

  ➔ 'Estás' is the second person singular form of 'estar' (to be).

• No tengo nada que hacer

  ➔ Subject + tener + noun + infinitive phrase

  ➔ 'Tengo' is the first person singular present of 'tener' (to have).

• Esto no da para más

  ➔ Neuter demonstrative pronoun + verb + 'para' + noun

  ➔ 'Esto' is a neuter demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this'.