El Camino – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Pablo López

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

He llegado hasta aquí porque nunca dejé de buscarte.

I've come this far because I never stopped searching for you.

He aprendido a vivir el camino y no quiero volver.

I've learned to live the journey and I don't want to go back.

Y tampoco quiero que me duelan los finales

And I also don't want the endings to hurt me.

Las miserias

The miseries,

Los idiotas enfadados

The angry fools,

Los abrazos de cartón.

Cardboard hugs.

De lejos te vi

From afar I saw you,

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de lejos me has hecho feliz.

From afar you've made me happy.

Y no quiero dejar de buscarte por este camino.

And I don't want to stop looking for you on this path.

Te he contado que no te conozco y te quiero de lejos.

I've told you I don't know you, and I love you from afar.

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Y te juro que vale la pena caer y romperse la cara,

And I swear it's worth falling and breaking your face,

que regalo tan grande aprender de lo que nos dolió.

Such a big gift to learn from what hurt us.

Que regalo estar en este viaje

What a gift to be on this journey,

De románticos salvajes,

Of wild romantics,

Soñadores desterrados

Exiled dreamers,

Caminantes del amor

Walkers of love.

De lejos te vi, de lejos me has hecho feliz.

From afar I saw you, from afar you've made me happy.

Y no quiero dejar de buscarte por este camino.

And I don't want to stop looking for you on this path.

Te he contado que no te conozco y te quiero de lejos

I've told you I don't know you, and I love you from afar,

De lejos

From afar.

Yo no quiero dejar de buscarte por este camino.

I don't want to stop searching for you on this journey.

Te he contado que no te conozco y te quiero de lejos

I've told you I don't know you, and I love you from afar.

De lejos

From afar.

Te buscaré sin descansar, no dejaré de caminar

I'll search for you tirelessly, I won't stop walking,

Te buscaré sin descansar, no dejaré de caminar

I'll search for you tirelessly, I won't stop walking,

Te buscaré sin descansar, no dejaré de caminar

I'll search for you tirelessly, I won't stop walking.

He llegado hasta aquí porque nunca dejé de buscarte

I've come this far because I never stopped searching for you.

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
camino /kaˈmi.no/ A2	noun - path, way
buscar /busˈkaɾ/ B1	verb - to search for, to look for
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ B1	verb - to want, to love
feliz /feˈliθ/ A2	adjective - happy
voy /boi/ A2	verb - I see, I look
duelen /ˈdwe.len/ B2	verb - they hurt
robar /roˈβaɾ/ B2	verb - to steal
románticos /roˈman.ti.ko/ B2	adjective - romantic
soñadores /soˈɲa.ðo.ɾes/ B2	noun - dreamers
desterrados /des.teˈɾa.ðos/ B2	noun - exiled (people)
caminantes /ka.miˈnan.tes/ B1	noun - walkers, travelers

Key Grammar Structures

• He llegado hasta aquí porque nunca dejé de buscarte.

  ➔ Present perfect tense.

  ➔ The phrase "He llegado" indicates an action that has relevance to the present.

• Y tampoco quiero que me duelan los finales.

  ➔ Subjunctive mood.

  ➔ The use of "quiero que" requires the subjunctive form "duelan".

• Te he contado que no te conozco y te quiero de lejos.

  ➔ Present perfect tense and conjunctions.

  ➔ The phrase "Te he contado" shows an action completed in the past with relevance to the present.

• Te buscaré sin descansar, no dejaré de caminar.

  ➔ Future tense.

  ➔ The phrase "Te buscaré" indicates an action that will happen in the future.

• Que regalo tan grande aprender de lo que nos dolió.

  ➔ Exclamatory sentences.

  ➔ The phrase "Que regalo tan grande" expresses a strong emotion or feeling.

• Caminantes del amor.

  ➔ Noun phrases.

  ➔ The phrase "Caminantes del amor" is a noun phrase that describes a group of people.