Blanca Navidad – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: La Oreja de Van Gogh

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the magic of Christmas through "Blanca Navidad" by La Oreja de Van Gogh. This song is a wonderful way to learn Spanish, offering festive vocabulary wrapped in poetic and emotional lyrics. Singing along will not only improve your language skills but also immerse you in the cultural warmth and spirit of a Spanish-speaking Christmas celebration.

[English]

Oh, white Christmas, I dream

That everything is white all around

White Christmas Eve

My messenger of peace and good love

Oh, white Christmas, snow falls

A pure dream and a song

Nostalgia brings me back home

When white Christmas arrives

...

Oh, white Christmas, I dream

That everything is white all around

(White Christmas Eve)

(My messenger of peace and good love)

Nostalgia brings me back home

When white Christmas arrives

(Nostalgia brings me back home)

When white Christmas arrives

...

[Spanish]

Oh, blanca Navidad, sueño

Que todo es blanco alrededor

Blanca Nochebuena

Mi mensajera de paz y de buen amor

Oh, blanca Navidad, nieva

Un blanco sueño y un cantar

La nostalgia vuelve al hogar

Al llegar la blanca Navidad

Oh, blanca Navidad, sueño

Que todo es blanco alrededor

(Blanca Nochebuena)

(Mi mensajera de paz y de buen amor)

La nostalgia vuelve al hogar

Al llegar la blanca Navidad

(La nostalgia vuelve al hogar)

Al llegar la blanca Navidad

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sueño /sweɲo/ B1	noun - dream
blanco /ˈblæŋko/ or /ˈblɑ̃ko/ A2	adjective - white noun - white color
navidad /naβiˈðað/ A2	noun - Christmas
nochebuena /notʃeˈβena/ A2	noun - Christmas Eve
paz /paθ/ A2	noun - peace
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
nieva /ˈnjeβa/ A2	verb - snows
cantar /kanˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to sing
nostalgia /nosˈtalxja/ B2	noun - nostalgia, longing for the past
hogar /oˈɣaɾ/ A2	noun - home, household
llegar /ʝeˈɣaɾ/ A2	verb - to arrive
luz /luss/ A2	noun - light

Key Grammar Structures

• Que todo es blanco alrededor

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood + Present tense

  ➔ The phrase "que todo es blanco" uses the **subjunctive mood** to express a hypothetical or desired state.

• Mi mensajera de paz y de buen amor

  ➔ Noun phrase with 'de' to specify qualities or relationships

  ➔ The phrase "de paz y de buen amor" shows how **'de'** links nouns to describe qualities like peace and good love.

• Al llegar la blanca Navidad

  ➔ Prepositional phrase with 'al' + infinitive, indicating the moment of arrival

  ➔ The phrase "Al llegar" uses **'al'** plus an infinitive to express the **moment of arriving** or 'upon arriving'.

• Mi mensajera de paz y de buen amor

  ➔ Noun phrase with 'de' connecting qualities and relationships

  ➔ The phrase "de paz y de buen amor" exemplifies how **'de'** links nouns to describe qualities like peace and good love.

• Que todo es blanco alrededor

  ➔ Subjunctive mood with 'que' opening a clause expressing a subjective perspective

  ➔ The phrase "Que todo es blanco" employs **subjunctive mood** to reflect a subjective perception or wish.

• Al llegar la blanca Navidad

  ➔ Prepositional phrase with 'al' + infinitive, indicating a temporal event or upon arrival

  ➔ The phrase "Al llegar" uses **'al'** + infinitive to express the **moment of arrival** or an action upon reaching.