Aires de Navidad – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Willie Colón, Héctor Lavoe
• Album: Asalto Navideño

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of Spanish through 'Aires de Navidad.' This song is perfect for learners to practice holiday-themed vocabulary and experience the rhythmic cadence of Caribbean Spanish, all while enjoying one of the most iconic duos in salsa history.

[English]

The holiday festivities are about to begin, the Christmas festivities

And the little country boy singing will bring joy to us all

Let's go, don't you remember the most remote corner

You can hear the little country boy singing his inspiration

We want to wish you well now

With a tone of devotion

We wish you a happy new year

From Willie Colón's orchestra

Christmas is approaching, and it will bring joy to us all

The little country boy singing melodies of happiness

Christmas is approaching and it will bring joy to us all

The little country boy singing melodies of happiness

Lo lai le lo lé, lo lai le lo lá

Even if you don't want to, I've come to sing to you

And to send my greetings with a voice of joy

I bring harmony to your blessed home

Yes, I bring harmony to your blessed home

Christmas is approaching, and it will bring joy to us all

The little country boy singing melodies of happiness

Christmas is approaching, and it will bring joy to us all

The little country boy singing melodies of happiness

On the twenty-fifth He was born

And it was in the month of December

That in a humble manger

The light of the world arrived

And with this I say goodbye

Since this is devotion

May you have a happy new year

I wish it to you from my heart

Christmas surprise attack

Christmas surprise attack

Christmas surprise attack

Christmas surprise attack

Christmas surprise attack

Christmas surprise attack

Christmas surprise attack

Christmas surprise attack

Christmas surprise attack

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[Spanish]

Ya van a empezar las fiestas, las fiestas de Navidad

Y el jibarito cantando, a todos nos va alegrar

Vamos a que no recuerdan el más remoto rincón

Se escucha al jibarito cantando su inspiración

Felicitarles ahora queremos

Con tono de devoción

Le deseamos feliz año

La orquesta 'e Willie Colón

Se acerca la Navidad, y a todos nos va a alegrar

El jibarito cantando aires de felicidad

Se acerca la Navidad y a todos nos va a alegrar

El jibarito cantando aires de felicidad

Lo lai le lo lé, lo lai le lo lá

Aunque usted no quiera, le vengo a cantar

Y a felicitar con voz de alegría

Yo traigo armonía a su santo hogar

Que yo traigo armonía a su santo hogar

Se acerca la Navidad, y a todos nos va a alegrar

El jibarito cantando aires de felicidad

Se acerca la Navidad, y a todos nos va a alegrar

El jibarito cantando aires de felicidad

Un veinticinco nació

Y fue en el mes de diciembre

Que en un humilde pesebre

La luz del mundo llegó

Y con ésta me despido

Como esto es devoción

Que pasen un feliz año

Les deseo de corazón

Asalto de Navidad

Asalto de Navidad

Asalto de Navidad

Asalto de Navidad

Asalto de Navidad

Asalto de Navidad

Asalto de Navidad

Asalto de Navidad

Asalto de Navidad

Key Grammar Structures

• Ya van a empezar las fiestas

  ➔ Periphrastic construction (Ir a + infinitive)

  ➔ Uses "van a empezar" to express an action about to happen.

• A todos nos va a alegrar

  ➔ Direct Object Pronoun (nos) + Indirect Object Pronoun (a todos)

  ➔ The pronoun "nos" acts as the object of "alegrar".

• Vamos a que no recuerdan

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in negative interrogative

  ➔ The verb "recuerdan" is used in a context that questions a fact, common in oral traditions.

• Felicitarles ahora queremos

  ➔ Hyperbaton (Inversion of standard SVO order)

  ➔ The object "felicitarles" is placed at the beginning for emphasis and poetic flow.

• Aunque usted no quiera

  ➔ Concessive clause with Subjunctive

  ➔ "Aunque" + "quiera" (subjunctive) is used for an uncertain or hypothetical situation.

• Un veinticinco nació

  ➔ Preterite tense (Pretérito indefinido)

  ➔ The verb "nació" marks a completed action in the past.

• La luz del mundo llegó

  ➔ Definite article + noun phrase + relative context

  ➔ "La luz" acts as the subject, modified by "del mundo" (de + el).

• Como esto es devoción

  ➔ Causal conjunction (Como) used as a preposition of cause

  ➔ "Como" here functions as "because" or "since" to explain a reason.