Camino De Rosas – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Alejandro Sanz

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a linguistic and emotional journey with Alejandro Sanz's “Camino De Rosas.” This song offers a wonderful opportunity to learn Spanish through its poetic and metaphorical lyrics about the complexities of love and time. The rich imagery and heartfelt expression are characteristic of Sanz's style, making it a special song for learners to connect with the passion and depth of the Spanish language.

[English]

Come

When whatever comes, comes, it's already yesterday

Don't play games with time, don't pretend

When I feel myself falling asleep and

To start, yesterday

But it's that you

You transform, you invest, you have fun, that's your gift

You laugh at time and its importance

And you make me forget yesterday

...

I am the commander of your elegant steps

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The general of your destinies. From your lips, the captain

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And what amazes me most is that I don't know

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Anything more about you than that you appear and become law

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But, I forgot your name, and that's just how it is

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I don't dare ask you again

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A path of roses for those who know

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A path of thorns for those who arrive late

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I walk slowly, letting everything amaze me

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After this date, I'll learn your name

...

A path of roses for those who know

...

A path of thorns for those who arrive late

...

I walk slowly, letting everything amaze me

...

After this date, I'll learn your name

...

I am the commander of your elegant steps

...

The general of your destinies and, from your lips, the captain

...

And what amazes me most is that you don't see

...

That when you appear, girl, I make you law

...

But, I forgot your name, and that's just how it is

...

I don't dare ask you, again, eh, eh, eh

...

A path of roses for those who know

...

A path of thorns for those who arrive late

...

I walk slowly, letting everything amaze me

...

After this date, I'll learn your name

...

A path of roses for those who know

...

A path of thorns for those who arrive late

...

I walk slowly, letting everything amaze me

...

After this date, I'll learn your name

...

After this date, I'll learn your name

...

After this date, I'll learn your name

...

[Spanish]

Ven

Que cuando viene lo que venga, ya es ayer

Que con los tiempos no se juega, no inventes

Cuando me siento que me duermo y

Pa' empezar, el ayer

Pero es que tú

Conviertes, inviertes, te diviertes, esa es tu virtud

Te ríes de los tiempos y de su magnitud

Y a mí me haces olvidar el ayer

Soy el comandante de tus pasos elegantes

El general de tus destinos. De tu boca, el capitán

Y lo que más me asombra es que no sé

De ti más que apareces y te conviertes en ley

Pero, tu nombre lo olvidé y es lo que hay

Yo no me atrevo a preguntarte otra vez

Camino de rosas para quien lo sabe

Camino de espinas pa' el que llega tarde

Camino despacio, que todo me asombre

Después de esta cita me aprendo tu nombre

Camino de rosas para quien lo sabe

Camino de espinas pa' el que llega tarde

Camino despacio, que todo me asombre

Después de esta cita me aprendo tu nombre

Soy el comandante de tus pasos elegantes

El general de tus destinos y, de tu boca, el capitán

Y lo que más me asombra es que no ves

Que cuando tú apareces, niña, te convierto en ley

Pero, tu nombre lo olvidé y es lo que hay

No me atrevo a preguntarte, otra vez, eh, eh, eh

Camino de rosas para quien lo sabe

Camino de espinas pa' el que llega tarde

Camino despacio, que todo me asombre

Después de esta cita me aprendo tu nombre

Camino de rosas para quien lo sabe

Camino de espinas pa' el que llega tarde

Camino despacio, que todo me asombre

Después de esta cita me aprendo tu nombre

Después de esta cita me aprendo tu nombre

Después de esta cita me aprendo tu nombre

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ayer /aˈʝeɾ/ A1	noun - yesterday
virtud /biɾˈtuð/ B1	noun - virtue; good quality or habit; strength
magnitud /maɣniˈtuð/ B2	noun - magnitude, size, importance, extent
comandante /komanˈdante/ B2	noun - commander; major (military rank)
pasos /ˈpasos/ A2	noun - steps, paces; progress
elegantes /eleˈɣantes/ B1	adjective - elegant, stylish, smart (plural)
general /xeneˈɾal/ B1	noun - general (military rank)
destinos /desˈtinos/ B1	noun - destinies, fates; destinations
capitán /kapiˈtan/ B1	noun - captain
asombrar /asomˈbɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to astonish, to surprise, to amaze
ley /lei̯/ B1	noun - law, rule, principle; (figurative) something absolute or undeniable
atreverse /atɾeˈβeɾse/ B2	verb - to dare, to venture, to be bold enough
camino /kaˈmino/ A1	noun - path, road, way verb - I walk (first person singular present indicative of 'caminar')
rosas /ˈrosas/ A2	noun - roses (plural of rose)
espinas /esˈpinas/ B2	noun - thorns, spines
cita /ˈsita/ A2	noun - appointment, date; quote, citation
convertir /kombeɾˈtiɾ/ B1	verb - to convert, to transform, to turn into
invertir /imbeɾˈtiɾ/ B2	verb - to invest (money, time); to reverse, to invert
divertir /diβeɾˈtiɾ/ A2	verb - to amuse, to entertain, to have fun
olvidar /olβiˈðaɾ/ A2	verb - to forget

Key Grammar Structures

• Que cuando viene lo que venga, ya es ayer

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood in adverbial clauses of time

  ➔ The verb "venga" is in the present subjunctive, used after "cuando" to refer to an uncertain or future event, indicating "whatever comes" or "when it comes (in the future)".

• Que con los tiempos no se juega, no inventes

  ➔ Impersonal "se" construction

  ➔ The "se" in "se juega" makes the verb impersonal, meaning "one does not play" or "you don't play" (in a general sense), without specifying who the agent is.

• Y a mí me haces olvidar el ayer

  ➔ Causative construction (hacer + infinitive)

  ➔ "haces olvidar" means "you make me forget". The verb "hacer" (to make/to do) followed by an infinitive indicates that the subject causes someone else to perform the action of the infinitive. The indirect object pronoun "me" refers to "a mí".

• Y lo que más me asombra es que no sé

  ➔ Relative pronoun "lo que"

  ➔ "lo que" means "what" or "that which", referring to an unspecified or abstract thing. It functions as the subject of the clause "lo que más me asombra" (what surprises me most).

• Pero, tu nombre lo olvidé y es lo que hay

  ➔ Redundant direct object pronoun

  ➔ The direct object "tu nombre" is repeated by the direct object pronoun "lo" before the verb "olvidé". This is common in Spanish for emphasis or clarity, especially when the object appears before the verb.

• Yo no me atrevo a preguntarte otra vez

  ➔ Verb + preposition + infinitive (atreverse a + infinitive)

  ➔ "atrevo a preguntar" illustrates a common Spanish construction where certain verbs (like "atreverse," to dare) are followed by a specific preposition ("a") before an infinitive. "Preguntarte" is "to ask you".

• Camino de rosas para quien lo sabe

  ➔ Relative pronoun "quien"

  ➔ "quien" is a relative pronoun that means "who" or "whoever", referring to a person. In this context, "para quien lo sabe" means "for whoever knows it" or "for those who know it".

• Camino despacio, que todo me asombre

  ➔ Subjunctive mood expressing purpose/wish

  ➔ The conjunction "que" followed by the present subjunctive "asombre" expresses a purpose, desire, or consequence: "so that everything may surprise me" or "may everything surprise me".

• Después de esta cita me aprendo tu nombre

  ➔ Reflexive verb (pronominal verb) "aprenderse"

  ➔ "me aprendo" uses the reflexive pronoun "me" with the verb "aprender" (to learn), forming "aprenderse". This often implies learning something thoroughly, internalizing it, or doing it for one's own benefit.