Canción para la Navidad – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José Luis Perales
• Album: El pregón

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Navidad, es Navidad

Christmas, it's Christmas

Toda la tierra se alegra

The whole earth rejoices

Y se entristece la mar

And the sea feels sad

Marinero, ¿a dónde vas?

Sailor, where are you going?

Deja tus redes y reza

Drop your nets and pray

Mira la estrella pasar

Watch the star pass by

Marinero, marinero haz en tu barca un altar

Sailor, sailor, build an altar in your boat

Marinero, marinero porque llegó Navidad

Sailor, sailor, because Christmas has arrived

Marinero, marinero haz en tu barca un altar

Sailor, sailor, build an altar in your boat

Marinero, marinero porque llegó Navidad

Sailor, sailor, because Christmas has arrived

Noches blancas de hospital

White nights in hospital

Dejad el llanto esta noche

Stop crying tonight

Que el niño está por llegar

The child is almost here

Caminante sin hogar

Traveling stranger

Ven a mi casa esta noche

Come to my house tonight

Que mañana, Dios dirá

Tomorrow, God will decide

Caminante, caminante deja tu alforja llenar

Traveler, traveler, fill your bag

Caminante, caminante porque llegó Navidad

Traveler, traveler, because Christmas has arrived

Caminante, caminante deja tu alforja llenar

Traveler, traveler, fill your bag

Caminante, caminante porque llegó Navidad

Traveler, traveler, because Christmas has arrived

Ven soldado, vuelve ya

Come soldier, come back now

Para curar tus heridas

To heal your wounds

Para prestarte la paz

To give you peace

Navidad, es Navidad

Christmas, it's Christmas

Toda la tierra se alegra

The whole earth rejoices

Y se entristece la mar

And the sea feels sad

Tú que escuchas mi mensaje haz en tu casa un altar

You who hear my message, make an altar in your home

Deja el odio y ven conmigo porque llegó Navidad

Leave hate behind and come with me, because Christmas has arrived

Tú que escuchas mi mensaje haz en tu casa un altar

You who hear my message, make an altar in your home

Deja el odio y ven conmigo porque llegó Navidad

Leave hate behind and come with me, because Christmas has arrived

Y en la misa del Gallo, los coros desgarran sus cuerdas

And at Midnight Mass, the choirs tear their strings

Y extasiada ante el Cristo que nace, una madre reza

And overwhelmed before the Christ born, a mother prays

Por el hijo que fuera de casa sentirá tristeza

For the son who, away from home, will feel sadness

Y los ojos del hijo esa noche (Tú que escuchas)

And the son's eyes that night (You who hear)

Llorarán con ella (El mensaje)

They will cry with her (The message)

(Haz en tu casa un altar)

Make an altar in your house

Deja el odio y ven conmigo porque llegó Navidad

Leave hate behind and come with me, because Christmas has arrived

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Navidad /na.βiˈðað/ A1	noun - Christmas
tierra /ˈtjera/ A1	noun - earth, land
estrella /esˈtre.ʝa/ A2	noun - star
marinero /ma.ɾiˈne.ɾo/ A2	noun - sailor
caminante /ka.miˈnante/ B1	noun - walker, traveler
casa /ˈkasa/ A1	noun - house
paz /pas/ A2	noun - peace
mensaje /menˈsa.xe/ B1	noun - message
llanto /ˈʝanto/ B2	noun - crying, weeping
heridas /eˈɾi.ðas/ B2	noun - wounds, injuries
odio /ˈo.ðjo/ B2	noun - hatred
madre /ˈma.ðɾe/ A1	noun - mother
hijo /ˈi.xo/ A1	noun - son, child
cuerdas /ˈkweɾ.ðas/ B2	noun - strings, cords

Key Grammar Structures

• Toda la tierra se alegra

  ➔ Reflexive verb 'alegrarse' in present tense

  ➔ 'Se' indicates that the verb is reflexive, meaning the subject performs the action on itself.

• deja tus redes y reza

  ➔ Imperative form 'deja' (leave), used for giving commands

  ➔ 'Deja' is in the imperative mood, used here for giving a command or suggestion.

• donde llegó Navidad

  ➔ Preposition 'donde' introducing a relative clause

  ➔ 'Donde' is a relative pronoun used to introduce relative clauses about location or time.

• Haz en tu casa un altar

  ➔ Imperative '+en' (make/do in your house)

  ➔ 'Haz' is the imperative form of 'hacer' (to do/make), followed by 'en' to specify location.

• Porque llegó Navidad

  ➔ Conjunction 'porque' introducing a causal clause

  ➔ 'Porque' is a subordinating conjunction used to introduce clauses explaining the reason for something.

• Y en la misa del Gallo

  ➔ Prepositional phrase 'en la misa del Gallo' (at the Midnight Mass)

  ➔ 'En la misa del Gallo' specifies the location or occasion for the event, referring to the Midnight Mass tradition.

• Deja el odio y ven conmigo

  ➔ Imperative forms 'deja' (leave) and 'ven' (come), both commands

  ➔ 'Deja' and 'ven' are in the imperative mood, instructing someone to leave hatred and come along.