El mundo – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Sergio Dalma
• Album: Si Te Vas

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

No, esta noche amor yo no, yo no he pensado en ti

No, tonight, my love, I haven't, I haven't thought of you

Abrí los ojos para ver en torno a mi

I opened my eyes to see around me

Y en torno a mi giraba el mundo como siempre

And around me, the world was spinning as always

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...

Gira el mundo gira

The world spins, spins

En el espacio infinito

In infinite space

Con amores que comienzan

With loves that begin

Con amores que se han ido

With loves that have gone

Con las penas y alegrías de la gente como yo

With the sorrows and joys of people like me

El mundo

The world

Llorando ahora yo te busco

Crying now, I search for you

Y en el silencio yo me pierdo

And in the silence, I lose myself

Y no soy nada al verte a ti

And I am nothing when I see you

El mundo

The world

No se ha parado ni un momento

Hasn't stopped for a moment

Su noche muere y llega el día

Its night dies and the day arrives

Y ese día vendrá

And that day will come

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Yo, que aún pensaba que eras algo especial

I, who still thought you were something special

Después la vida me ha enseñado mucho más

Later, life has taught me much more

Que en torno a ti no gira todo como siempre

That not everything revolves around you as always

Gira el mundo gira

The world spins, spins

En el espacio infinito

In infinite space

Con amores que comienzan

With loves that begin

Con amores que se han ido

With loves that have gone

Con las penas y alegrías de la gente como yo

With the sorrows and joys of people like me

El mundo

The world

Llorando ahora yo te busco

Crying now, I search for you

Y en el silencio yo me pierdo

And in the silence, I lose myself

Y no soy nada al verte a ti

And I am nothing when I see you

El mundo

The world

No se ha parado ni un momento

Hasn't stopped for a moment

Su noche muere y llega el día

Its night dies and the day arrives

Y ese día vendrá

And that day will come

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
noche /ˈnotʃe/ A1	noun - night
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
ojos /ˈoxos/ A1	noun - eyes
mundo /ˈmundo/ A1	noun - world
espacio /esˈpasjo/ A2	noun - space
amores /aˈmoɾes/ A2	noun - loves
penas /ˈpenas/ B1	noun - sorrows
alegrías /aleˈɣɾias/ B1	noun - joys
gente /ˈxente/ A1	noun - people
silencio /siˈlenθjo/ B1	noun - silence
vida /ˈbida/ A1	noun - life
especial /espeˈθjal/ B1	adjective - special
infinito /inˈfinito/ B2	adjective - infinite
llorando /ˈʎoɾando/ A2	verb - crying
día /ˈdia/ A1	noun - day

Key Grammar Structures

• No, esta noche amor yo no, yo no he pensado en ti

  ➔ Present perfect tense

  ➔ Used to indicate an action that happened recently or has relevance to the present.

• Gira el mundo gira

  ➔ Simple present tense for habitual or universal truths

  ➔ Expresses the habitual or universal truth that 'the world turns'.

• Con amores que comienzan

  ➔ Clause with 'que' (that) + present tense

  ➔ Used to describe actions or states that are ongoing or starting.

• El mundo no se ha parado ni un momento

  ➔ Reflexive pronoun 'se' + present perfect tense

  ➔ Indicates that the world has not stopped or paused at any moment.

• Y en torno a mi giraba el mundo como siempre

  ➔ Imperfect tense for describing ongoing past actions

  ➔ Describes an ongoing or habitual action in the past.

• Y ese día vendrá

  ➔ Futuro tense

  ➔ Expresses an action or event that will happen in the future.