Cancionero – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Junior Klan

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Yo

I

Fui creciendo entre mil aventuras y me vi

Grew up among a thousand adventures and I found myself

En medio de muchos triunfos y pesares

In the midst of many triumphs and sorrows

Fui como el viento que va deprisa y no vuelve jamás

I was like the wind that rushes by and never returns

Fui feliz apresar de todo como nadie mas

I was happy despite everything, like no one else

Pero llego la mujer que tenía que llegar

But the woman who had to come arrived

Y decidí que era tiempo de volver amar

And I decided it was time to love again

Más nunca me imagine lo que sucedía

But I never imagined what was happening

O habría de suceder

Or what was to happen

Y ahora

And now

Que paso lo que un día me tenía que suceder

What was meant to happen to me one day has occurred

Aun me falta tanto y tanto para ser quien fui ayer

I still have so much left to be who I was yesterday

La mujer

The woman

Que yo quiero una triste experiencia solo me dejo

That I want left me with a sad experience

Recordarla tan solo me queda pues ya se marcho

All I have left is to remember her, for she has already gone

Y así seguiré

And so I will continue

Hasta que haya una forma de amar

Until there is a way to love

Porque el amor algún día tiene que regresar

Because love has to return someday

Pero te seguiré siempre recordando

But I will always keep remembering you

Ahora en esta canción que dice así

Now in this song that goes like this

Trovador tócame esta canción

Minstrel, play me this song

Qué triste estoy

How sad I am

Le gustaba tanto que a mi

She liked it so much that I

Me gusta hoy

Like it today

Cancionero canta esta canción

Songbook, sing this song

Herido estoy

I am hurt

Cancionero cántala otra vez

Songbook, sing it again

Que quiero recordarla

Because I want to remember her

Trovador tócame esta canción

Minstrel, play me this song

Qué triste estoy

How sad I am

Le gustaba tanto que a mi

She liked it so much that I

Me gusta hoy

Like it today

Cancionero canta esta canción

Songbook, sing this song

Herido estoy

I am hurt

Cancionero cántala otra vez

Songbook, sing it again

Que quiero recordarla

Because I want to remember her

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
aventuras /aβenˈtuɾas/ B1	noun - adventures
triunfos /tɾiunˈfos/ B2	noun - triumphs
pesares /peˈsaɾes/ B2	noun - sorrows, mourning
viento /bjenˈto/ A2	noun - wind
apresar /apɾeˈsaɾ/ B2	verb - to catch, seize
recuerdos /reˈkweɾðos/ A2	noun - memories, keepsakes
herido /eˈɾiðo/ A2	adjective - hurt, wounded
canción /kanˈθjon/ (Spain) /kanˈsjon/ (Latin America) A1	noun - song
recordar /reˌkoɾˈðaɾ/ B1	verb - to remember, recall
después /desˈpwes/ A2	adverb - after
recordarla /reˌkoɾˈðaɾa/ B1	verb - to remember her

Key Grammar Structures

• Fui creciendo entre mil aventuras y me vi

  ➔ Preterite tense of 'ser' as 'fui' indicating past actions

  ➔ Using the simple past tense 'fui' to describe a completed action in the past

• Y decidí que era tiempo de volver amar

  ➔ Preterite tense of 'decidir' as 'decidí' + infinitive construction 'volver a amar'

  ➔ Using the preterite tense 'decidí' to express a completed decision in the past, followed by an infinitive phrase

• Y ahora / Que paso lo que un día me tenía que suceder

  ➔ Use of relative pronoun 'lo que' to refer to 'what' happened / was destined to happen

  ➔ Using 'lo que' as a relative pronoun to refer to an event or situation

• Que quiero recordarla

  ➔ Present tense of 'querer' as 'quiero' + infinitive 'recordarla'

  ➔ Using the present tense 'quiero' with an infinitive to express desire to do something

• Que quiero recordarla

  ➔ Use of 'querer' in the present tense + infinitive to express desire

  ➔ Expressing desire using the verb 'querer' in the present tense with an infinitive