Caminito – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Eydie Gorme, Los Panchos
• Album: Canta En Español Con Los Panchos

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Little path that time has erased

That once saw us pass by together

I have come here one last time

I have come to tell you of my sorrow

Little path, back when you were

Embroidered with clover and blooming rushes

Soon you will be but a shadow

A shadow, just like me

Since she left

I live in sadness

My friend, little path

I am leaving too

Since she left

She never returned

I will follow in her footsteps

Little path, goodbye

Little path, every afternoon

I walked you happily, singing of my love

Do not tell her, if she passes by again

That my tears watered your ground

Little path now covered in thistles

The hand of time erased your trail

I wish to fall by your side

And let time take us both

Since she left

She never returned

I will follow in her footsteps

Little path, goodbye

Little path, goodbye

Little path, goodbye

[Spanish]

Caminito que el tiempo ha borrado

Que juntos un día nos viste pasar

He venido por última vez

He venido a contarte mi mal

Caminito que entonces estabas

Bordado de trébol y juncos en flor

Una sombra ya pronto serás

Una sombra, lo mismo que yo

Desde que se fue

Triste vivo yo

Caminito amigo

Yo también me voy

Desde que se fue

Nunca más volvió

Seguiré sus pasos

Caminito, adiós

Caminito que todas las tardes

Feliz recorría cantando mi amor

No le digas si vuelve a pasar

Que mi llanto tu suelo regó

Caminito cubierto de cardos

La mano de tiempo tu huella borró

Yo a tu lado quisiera caer

Y que el tiempo nos mate a los dos

Desde que se fue

Nunca más volvió

Seguiré sus pasos

Caminito, adiós

Caminito, adiós

Caminito, adiós

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
caminito ka.mi.ˈni.to A1	noun - little path / small road
borrado bo.ˈra.ðo B1	verb - erased / rubbed out
trébol ˈtre.βol B2	noun - clover
juncos ˈxun.kos C1	noun - reeds / rushes
sombra ˈsom.bra A2	noun - shadow
triste ˈtris.te A1	adjective - sad
pasos ˈpa.sos A2	noun - steps / footsteps
recorría re.ko.ˈri.a B2	verb - used to walk through / traveled
llanto ˈʎan.to B2	noun - crying / weeping
suelo ˈswe.lo A2	noun - ground / floor
regó re.ˈɣo B1	verb - watered / soaked
cardos ˈkar.dos C1	noun - thistles
huella ˈwe.ʝa B2	noun - trace / footprint
caer ka.ˈer A2	verb - to fall
mate ˈma.te B1	verb - to kill

Key Grammar Structures

• Caminito que el tiempo ha borrado

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ Use of "ha borrado" to describe an action that started in the past and has relevance to the present.

• Que juntos un día nos viste pasar

  ➔ Preterite (Indefinite Past)

  ➔ The verb "viste" (tú form) marks a completed action at a specific point in time.

• Una sombra ya pronto serás

  ➔ Simple Future

  ➔ The verb "serás" predicts a state of being in the future.

• Desde que se fue

  ➔ Preterite with temporal clause

  ➔ The structure "Desde que" + past tense indicates a starting point of an ongoing situation.

• Feliz recorría cantando mi amor

  ➔ Imperfect and Gerund

  ➔ "Recorría" (imperfect) describes a habitual action in the past, combined with "cantando" (gerund) to show simultaneous action.

• Yo a tu lado quisiera caer

  ➔ Conditional (Hypothetical/Desire)

  ➔ The verb "quisiera" (imperfect subjunctive form used as a polite/softened wish) expresses a desire.

• Que el tiempo nos mate a los dos

  ➔ Present Subjunctive

  ➔ The verb "mate" is used in the subjunctive mood to express a wish or a hypothetical outcome.