Bocas del aire del mar – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Fernando Haira

Lyrics & Translation

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[English]

Mouths

of the air

of the sea

Mouths

of the air

of the sea

They carry

the

lights

of the sun

They carry

the

lights

of the sun

Now nothing

can

I

do for him

He will

burn

Staring

at

the sun

And it's

like

the light

in spring

High

tides

of the sun

The fool

is

in his

story

the

one who waits

He will

burn

Now nothing

can

I

do for him

He will

burn

[Spanish]

Bocas

del aire

del mar

Bocas

del aire

del mar

Llevan

las

luces

del sol

Llevan

las

luces

del sol

Ya nada

puedo

hacer

por él

Él se

quemará

Mirando

al

sol

Y es

como

la luz

en pri-mavera

Altas

mares

del sol

El idiota

está

en su

historia

del

que espera

Él se

quemará

Ya nada

puedo

hacer

por él

Él se

quemará

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
bocas bocas A1	noun - mouths
aire aire A1	noun - air
mar mar A1	noun - sea
sol sol A1	noun - sun
luces luces A1	noun - lights
luz luz A1	noun - light
llevan llevan A2	verb - they carry / they bring
poder poder A2	verb - to be able to / can
hacer hacer A1	verb - to do / to make
nada nada A1	noun - nothing
quemará quemará B1	verb - he/she/it will burn
mirando mirando A1	verb - looking / watching
primavera primavera A2	noun - spring (season)
altas altas A2	adjective - high / tall (feminine plural)
idiota idiota B1	noun - idiot / fool
historia historia A2	noun - history / story
espera espera A2	noun - waiting / expectation

Key Grammar Structures

• Bocas del aire del mar

  ➔ Prepositional phrase

  ➔ The phrase 'del aire del mar' uses the preposition 'de' (of) to show possession or origin.

• Llevan las luces del sol

  ➔ Present tense verb conjugation

  ➔ The verb 'llevan' is the third-person plural present tense form of 'llevar', meaning 'they carry'.

• Ya nada puedo hacer por él

  ➔ Double negative

  ➔ The phrase 'ya nada' is a double negative in Spanish, emphasizing the lack of action.

• Él se quemará

  ➔ Future tense with reflexive pronoun

  ➔ The reflexive pronoun 'se' is used with the future tense verb 'quemará' to indicate 'he will burn himself'.

• Y es como la luz en primavera

  ➔ Comparison using 'como'

  ➔ The conjunction 'como' is used to compare 'la luz' to 'primavera', meaning 'like the light in spring'.

• El idiota está en su historia

  ➔ Present tense of 'estar' with location

  ➔ The verb 'está' is the present tense of 'estar', used to indicate location: 'is in his story'.