Bandera – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Draco Rosa

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Una mano que me guie entre tinieblas

A hand to guide me through the darkness

Una mano que acaricie mis dolores

A hand to caress my pain

Una mano que me dibuje mi camino

A hand to draw my path

Una mano y el destino

A hand and destiny

La tierra levanta banderas de guerra

The earth raises flags of war

Y el rio no corre

And the river doesn't flow

Y el sabio se esconde

And the wise man hides

La tierra levanta banderas de guerra

The earth raises flags of war

Y el rio no corre

And the river doesn't flow

La tierra levanta banderas de guerra

The earth raises flags of war

Y el rio no corre

And the river doesn't flow

Y el sabio se esconde

And the wise man hides

La bella durmiente nunca se despierta

Sleeping Beauty never wakes up

Y el principe lobo miente cuando habla

And the wolf prince lies when he speaks

La tierra levanta banderas de guerra

The earth raises flags of war

Y el rio no corre

And the river doesn't flow

Y el sabio se esconde

And the wise man hides

La tierra levanta banderas de guerra

The earth raises flags of war

Y el rio no corre

And the river doesn't flow

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
man /mæn/ A2	noun - a human being; an adult male person
guidar /ɡiˈðaɾ/ B1	verb - to guide, lead
silencio /siˈlẽn.sjo/ A2	noun - silence
corazón /koɾaˈθɔn/ (es), /kɔˈɾaˈsɔn/ (la) A2	noun - heart
camino /kaˈmi.no/ A2	noun - path, way
guerra /ˈge.ra/ A2	noun - war
corre /ˈko.re/ A2	verb - to run
sabio /ˈsa.βjo/ B2	adjective - wise noun - wise person
esconder /es.konˈdeɾ/ B1	verb - to hide
levantar /leβãnˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to raise, lift
bandera /banˈdeɾa/ A2	noun - flag
guerra /ˈge.ra/ A2	noun - war

Key Grammar Structures

• Una mano **que** me guie entre tinieblas

  ➔ Subjunctive after relative pronoun with indefinite or hypothetical antecedent.

  ➔ The subjunctive mood ("guie") is used because the existence of the "mano" (hand) is uncertain. It's a hand that *might* guide, not a specific hand that definitely will. "Que" introduces a relative clause.

• Una mano **que** acaricie mis dolores

  ➔ Subjunctive after relative pronoun with indefinite or hypothetical antecedent.

  ➔ Similar to the previous line, the subjunctive mood ("acaricie") emphasizes the hypothetical nature of the hand. It is not a specific, known hand, but one that *might* soothe.

• Y el principe lobo **miente cuando habla**

  ➔ Adverbial clause of time introduced by "cuando" (when) + indicative.

  ➔ "Cuando" introduces a time clause. Since the action (he speaks) and the consequence (he lies) are presented as factual, the indicative mood ("habla") is used.