Cumpleaños

• By: Antonio Aguilar

Lyrics:

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En la puerta de tu casa

At your doorstep

Te venimos a cantar

We come to sing to you

En este día venturoso

On this joyful day

Que Dios te dejó llegar

That God has let you reach

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...

Si estas dormida despierta

If you're sleeping, wake up

Deja ese sueño profundo

Leave that deep dream now

Porque en este día es la fecha

Because today is the day

Que llegaste a este mundo

You came into this world

Las campanas del santuario

The bells of the church now

Ya van con sonora voz

Ring out loud and clear

Te piden que te levantes

They're asking you to get up

Y le des gracias a Dios

And thank God now

Ya están cantando los gallos

The roosters are already singing

Anuncian tu nuevo día

Announcing your new day

Asómate a tu ventana

Look out your window

Y verás cuanta alegría

And you'll see how much joy there is

Ya cantan los pajarillos

The little birds are singing now

En los bosques y jardines

In forests and gardens

Ya están despidiendo aromas

Sweet aromas are wafting

Los claveles y jazmines

From carnations and jasmine

También tendían sus aromas

Their scents are spreading too

Todas las flores del campo

All the flowers in the field

Para perfumar tu casa

To perfume your house today

En este día de tu santo

On this day of your saint

Todos venimos con el corazón

We all come with our hearts

A desearte muchas, pero muchas felicidades

To wish you many, many happy returns

Hora muchachos, todos, todos

Come on, everyone, all of you

Que pases tu día contenta

May your day be full of happiness

Llena de felicidades

And filled with joy

Con todos los de tu casa

With everyone in your house

Y todas tus amistades

And all your friends

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
casa /ˈkasa/ A1	noun - house
día /ˈdi.a/ A1	noun - day
felicidades /feliθiˈðaðes/ A2	noun - congratulations
gracias /ˈɡɾasjas/ A1	noun - thanks
cantar /kanˈtaɾ/ A1	verb - to sing
alegría /aleˈɣɾi.a/ A2	noun - joy
flores /ˈfloɾes/ A1	noun - flowers
santo /ˈsanto/ A2	noun - saint
ventana /benˈtana/ A2	noun - window
campanas /kamˈpanas/ A2	noun - bells
aromas /aˈɾomas/ B1	noun - aromas
nuevo /ˈnweβo/ A2	adjective - new
despertar /despeɾˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to wake up
desear /deˈseaɾ/ B1	verb - to wish
contenta /konˈtenta/ B1	adjective - happy
pajarillos /paxaˈɾiʎos/ B2	noun - little birds

Grammar:

• Que Dios te dejó llegar

  ➔ Past participle used as an adjective (dejó) with infinitive (llegar)

  ➔ 'Dejó' is the past tense of 'dejar' (to leave/permit), used here as an adjective describing 'Dios'.

• Te vemos a cantar

  ➔ Present tense of 'ver' (vemos) + infinitive (a cantar) to indicate ongoing action

  ➔ 'Vemos' is the first person plural of 'ver' (to see), and 'a cantar' is an infinitive indicating the action of singing.

• Que pases tu día contenta

  ➔ Subjunctive mood ('pases') following 'que' to express wishes or desires

  ➔ 'Pases' is the present subjunctive form of 'pasar' (to pass/to spend time), used here to express a wish for the person's day to be good.

• Ya están cantando los pajarillos

  ➔ Present continuous tense (están cantando) indicating an ongoing action

  ➔ 'Están' is the present tense of 'estar' (to be) + gerund ('cantando'), expressing an ongoing action of birds singing.

• Las campanas del santuario ya van con sonora voz

  ➔ Use of 'van' (they go) + preposition 'con' (with) + noun phrase to describe a musical quality

  ➔ 'Van' is derived from 'ir' (to go), indicating movement, and 'con sonora voz' describes the quality of the sound—loud and resonant.

• Y verás cuanta alegría

  ➔ Future tense ('verás') indicating what will be seen

  ➔ 'Verás' is the second person singular of 'ver' in the future tense, expressing something that will be visualized or experienced.