Caminante – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José

Lyrics & Translation

Immerse yourself in the beautiful Spanish language through José José's heartfelt ballad "Caminante." As a classic example of Latin romantic music, this song can help you connect with the emotional depth and lyrical richness of Spanish while appreciating the enduring talent of 'El Príncipe de la Canción.'

[English]

Wanderer with no final destination

I want to lighten my burden

Step by step, in every place

I leave behind one more memory

An April afternoon

A night at the bar, just us two...

A dimly lit room

The warmth of a skin

The skin of that woman

...

Wanderer, never looking back

No distance or time to reach

Wanderer, always walking

Making stops to unload

The tone of a voice

A mouth, a flower, her flower...

A love by the sea

She and I at the café

The two of us after making love...

Wanderer, anywhere I go

My memories stay behind

Wanderer, I’ll stop walking

When I begin to forget the past

An April afternoon

A night at the bar, just us two...

A dimly lit room

The warmth of a skin

The skin of that woman

The tone of a voice

A mouth, a flower, her flower...

A love by the sea

She and I at the café

The two of us after making love

An April afternoon

A night at the bar, just us two...

A dimly lit room

The warmth of a skin

The skin of that woman

The tone of a voice

A mouth, a flower, her flower...

A love by the sea

She and I at the café

The two of us after making love

...

[Spanish]

Caminante sin rumbo final

Que mi carga quiero aligerar

Paso a paso en cada lugar

Yo voy dejando un recuerdo más

Una tarde de abril

Una noche en el bar los dos...

Una alcoba sin luz

El calor de una piel

La piel de esa mujer

Caminante sin voltear atrás

Sin distancia o tiempo que alcanzar

Caminante siempre caminar

Haciendo escalas para descargar

El matiz de una voz

Una boca, una flor, su flor...

Un amor frente al mar

Ella y yo en el café

Los dos después de amar...

Caminante por cualquier lugar

Mis recuerdos van quedando atrás

Caminante dejaré de andar

Cuando el pasado empieze a olvidar

Una tarde de abril

Una noche en el bar, los dos...

Una alcoba sin luz

El calor de una piel

La piel de esa mujer

El matiz de una voz

Una boca, una flor, su flor...

Un amor frente al mar

Ella y yo en el café

Los dos después de amar

Una tarde de abril

Una noche en el bar, los dos...

Una alcoba sin luz

El calor de una piel

La piel de esa mujer

El matiz de una voz

Una boca, una flor, su flor...

Un amor frente al mar

Ella y yo en el café

Los dos después de amar

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Caminante ka.miˈnan.te A2	noun - Traveler or person who walks
aligerar ali.xeˈɾar B1	verb - To make something lighter or less heavy
dejar deˈxar A1	verb - To allow something to remain in a place or to abandon something
recuerdo re.ˈkwer.do A2	noun - Memory or mental image of something past
voltear bol.teˈar B1	verb - To turn around or look back
alcoba alˈko.βa B1	noun - Small room, especially for sleeping
matiz maˈtis B2	noun - Tone or shade of a color or sound
descargar des.karˈɣar A2	verb - To remove or unload a burden
escalas esˈka.las B1	noun - Intermediate stops on a journey
olvidar ol.biˈðar A2	verb - To stop remembering something

Key Grammar Structures

• Caminante sin rumbo final

  ➔ Present participle as a noun

  ➔ The word 'Caminante' is a present participle used as a noun, meaning 'traveler' or 'wanderer'.

• Que mi carga quiero aligerar

  ➔ Subjunctive mood

  ➔ The verb 'quiero' is in the subjunctive mood, expressing a wish or desire to lighten the load.

• Paso a paso en cada lugar

  ➔ Adverbial phrase

  ➔ 'Paso a paso' is an adverbial phrase meaning 'step by step', describing how the action is performed.

• Yo voy dejando un recuerdo más

  ➔ Present progressive

  ➔ 'Voy dejando' is in the present progressive, indicating an ongoing action of leaving memories.

• Caminante sin voltear atrás

  ➔ Infinitive after preposition

  ➔ 'Voltear atrás' is an infinitive used after the preposition 'sin', meaning 'without turning back'.

• Haciendo escalas para descargar

  ➔ Gerund

  ➔ 'Haciendo' is a gerund, functioning as an adverbial phrase to describe the action of making stops.

• Cuando el pasado empieze a olvidar

  ➔ Subjunctive in subordinate clauses

  ➔ 'Empieze' is in the subjunctive mood within a subordinate clause, expressing a condition.