Cancionero – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Junior Klan

Lyrics & Translation

Immerse yourself in the vibrant sounds of Junior Klan's 'Cancionero.' This popular cumbia tropical track, filled with longing and nostalgia, offers a window into expressing complex emotions through music. Learn to appreciate the rich storytelling and heartfelt delivery that makes this song a standout in the genre.

[English]

I

Grew up among a thousand adventures and I found myself

In the midst of many triumphs and sorrows

I was like the wind that rushes by and never returns

I was happy despite everything, like no one else

But the woman who had to come arrived

And I decided it was time to love again

But I never imagined what was happening

Or what was to happen

And now

What was meant to happen to me one day has occurred

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

The woman

That I want left me with a sad experience

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

And so I will continue

Until there is a way to love

Because love has to return someday

But I will always keep remembering you

Now in this song that goes like this

Minstrel, play me this song

How sad I am

She liked it so much that I

Like it today

Songbook, sing this song

I am hurt

Songbook, sing it again

Because I want to remember her

Minstrel, play me this song

How sad I am

She liked it so much that I

Like it today

Songbook, sing this song

I am hurt

Songbook, sing it again

Because I want to remember her

...

[Spanish]

Yo

Fui creciendo entre mil aventuras y me vi

En medio de muchos triunfos y pesares

Fui como el viento que va deprisa y no vuelve jamás

Fui feliz apresar de todo como nadie mas

Pero llego la mujer que tenía que llegar

Y decidí que era tiempo de volver amar

Más nunca me imagine lo que sucedía

O habría de suceder

Y ahora

Que paso lo que un día me tenía que suceder

Aun me falta tanto y tanto para ser quien fui ayer

La mujer

Que yo quiero una triste experiencia solo me dejo

Recordarla tan solo me queda pues ya se marcho

Y así seguiré

Hasta que haya una forma de amar

Porque el amor algún día tiene que regresar

Pero te seguiré siempre recordando

Ahora en esta canción que dice así

Trovador tócame esta canción

Qué triste estoy

Le gustaba tanto que a mi

Me gusta hoy

Cancionero canta esta canción

Herido estoy

Cancionero cántala otra vez

Que quiero recordarla

Trovador tócame esta canción

Qué triste estoy

Le gustaba tanto que a mi

Me gusta hoy

Cancionero canta esta canción

Herido estoy

Cancionero cántala otra vez

Que quiero recordarla

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