De todas las flores – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Natalia Lafourcade

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a soulful linguistic journey with Natalia Lafourcade's 'De todas las flores.' This deeply personal song, rich with poetic metaphors and diverse Latin American musical traditions, offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in Spanish. Its evocative lyrics about love, loss, and self-renewal, combined with Lafourcade's captivating and emotional voice, make it a perfect piece for understanding nuanced emotions and cultural expressions in Spanish.

[English]

From all the flowers we planted

Music

From all the flowers – Natalia Lafourcade

From all the flowers we sowed

Only a few are still lit

Each morning they wonder

When you’ll arrive to sing to them

From all the moons we watched

Only a few memories remain

When we laughed, when we held each other

In the streets of Madrid we were drunk, wandering without a set direction

When we danced, when we got lost

In that song we understood in our old world together

In that garden of roses and bougainvilleas where we shared

Music

From all the flowers we sowed

Only a few are still lit

Each morning they wonder

When you’ll arrive to sing to them

The waning moons that watched us

Over the seas they shed sacred tears

Like your caress, sweet yet bitter

Delicious mornings, labyrinths at dawn

Like your caress, soft as a thorn

All this melancholy pierces my chest

In this garden of roses and bougainvilleas without you

Music

From all the moons we watched together

Only a few memories remain

When we laughed, when we held each other

In the streets of Madrid we were drunk, wandering without a set direction

When we danced, when we got lost

In that song we understood in our old world together

In that garden of roses and bougainvilleas where we shared

In that garden of roses and bougainvilleas where we got lost

Music

[Spanish]

(DE TODAS LAS FLORES)

(Música)

(DE TODAS LAS FLORES) (NATALIA LAFOURCADE)

De todas las flores que sembramos

Solo quedan unas encendidas

Cada mañana se preguntan

Cuándo llegarás para cantarles

De todas las lunas que miramos

Solo quedan algunas memorias

Cuando nos reímos, cuando nos tuvimos

En las calles de Madrid borrachos fuimos sin un rumbo fijo

Cuando nos bailamos, cuando nos perdimos

En esa canción que en nuestro antiguo mundo juntos comprendimos

En ese jardín de rosas buganvilias donde compartimos

(Música)

De todas las flores que sembramos

Solo quedan unas encendidas

Cada mañana se preguntan

Cuándo llegarás para cantarles

Las lunas menguantes que nos observaron

Sobre mares lloran lágrimas sagradas

Como tu caricia, dulce como amarga

Deliciosas las mañanas laberintos en las madrugadas

Como tu caricia, suave como espina

Se me va clavando sobre el pecho toda esta melancolía

En este jardín de rosas buganvilias sin tu compañía

(Música)

De todas las lunas que miramos juntos

Solo quedan algunas memorias

Cuando nos reímos, cuando nos tuvimos

En las calles de Madrid borrachos fuimos sin un rumbo fijo

Cuando nos bailamos, cuando nos perdimos

En esa canción que en nuestro antiguo mundo juntos comprendimos

En ese jardín de rosas buganvilias donde compartimos

En ese jardín de rosas buganvilias donde nos perdimos

(Música)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sembramos semˈbɾamos A2	verb - we planted
encendidas enθenˈdiðas B1	adjective - lit, illuminated
menguantes menˈɡwantes B2	adjective - waning, decreasing
buganvilias buɣamˈbiljas B1	noun - bougainvillea, a climbing plant with colorful flowers
borrachos boˈrra.tʃos A2	adjective - drunk, intoxicated
rumbo ˈrumbo A1	noun - direction, course
bailamos baiˈlamos A2	verb - we dance
perdimos perˈðimos A2	verb - we lost
comprendimos komprenˈðimos A2	verb - we understood
laberintos laβeˈrintos B1	noun - labyrinths
madrugadas maðruˈɣaðas A2	noun - dawns, early mornings
clavando klaˈβando A2	verb - piercing, embedding
melancolía melankoˈli.a B1	noun - melancholy, sadness
compartimos komparˈtimos A2	verb - we shared
sagradas saˈɣɾaðas B1	adjective - sacred

Key Grammar Structures

• De todas las flores que sembramos

  ➔ Relative clause introduced by que

  ➔ The word "que" introduces a relative clause that describes "las flores".

• Solo quedan unas encendidas

  ➔ Impersonal construction with verb quedar + adjective

  ➔ The verb "quedan" is used impersonally; "solo" modifies the whole clause meaning "only remain".

• Cada mañana se preguntan cuándo llegarás para cantarles

  ➔ Indirect question introduced by cuándo

  ➔ The interrogative word "cuándo" starts an indirect question: "when you will arrive".

• Cuando nos reímos, cuando nos tuvimos

  ➔ Temporal clause with cuando + reflexive verb

  ➔ The conjunction "cuando" introduces a time clause; the verbs "reímos" and "tuvimos" are reflexive (nos).

• En las calles de Madrid borrachos fuimos sin un rumbo fijo

  ➔ Preposition sin + noun phrase (absence) and past simple with ser/ir (fuimos)

  ➔ The preposition "sin" means "without" and is followed by the noun phrase "un rumbo fijo"; "fuimos" is the past form of "ir" meaning "we went/ended up".

• Como tu caricia, dulce como amarga

  ➔ Comparative structure with como + adjective

  ➔ The word "como" introduces a comparison; the adjectives "dulce" and "amarga" are paired with "como" to mean "sweet as" and "bitter as".

• Sobre mares lloran lágrimas sagradas

  ➔ Poetic inversion: verb before subject, and preposition sobre + noun

  ➔ The verb "lloran" precedes the implied subject, creating a lyrical effect; "sobre" means "over" and governs "mares".

• En ese jardín de rosas buganvilias donde compartimos

  ➔ Relative clause with donde + verb, and noun phrase with multiple modifiers

  ➔ The relative adverb "donde" introduces a clause describing the place "where we shared"; "jardín de rosas buganvilias" stacks two nouns as modifiers.

• Las lunas menguantes que nos observaron

  ➔ Relative clause with que + past simple verb observaron

  ➔ The relative pronoun "que" links "las lunas menguantes" with the clause "nos observaron" (they observed us).