El río – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Miguel Rios
• Album: Mira hacia ti

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

(instrumental)

(instrumental)

Yo recuerdo aquel día

I remember that day

Que nos fuimos a bañar

When we went swimming

Aquel agua tan fría

That water so cold

Y tu forma de nadar

And the way you swim

En el río aquel

In that river

Tú y yo y el amor

You and me and love

Que nació de los dos

That was born between us

(instrumental)

(instrumental)

Yo secaba tus manos

I was drying your hands

Tu mirabas una flor

You were looking at a flower

Nuestros cuerpos mojados

Our bodies wet

Bajo los rayos del sol

Under the sunlight

En el río aquel

In that river

Tú y yo y el amor

You and me and love

Que nació de los dos

That was born between us

(instrumental)

(instrumental)

Allí nada ha cambiado

Nothing has changed here

Nuestro río sigue igual

Our river stays the same

Con sus aguas tan claras

With waters so clear

Que se pierden en el mar

That flow into the sea

En el río aquel

In that river

Tú y yo y el amor

You and me and love

Que nació de los dos

That was born between us

(instrumental)

(instrumental)

Nuestro amor en el río

Our love in the river

Tú también me querías

You loved me too

La la la la lara

La la la la lara

La ra la la la la la

La ra la la la la la

La ra la la la la la

La ra la la la la la

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
recuerdo /reˈkweɾðo/ B1	noun - memory
agua /ˈaɣwa/ A1	noun - water
fría /ˈfɾia/ A2	adjective - cold
forma /ˈfoɾma/ A2	noun - shape, form
nadar /naˈðaɾ/ A1	verb - to swim
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
cuerpo /ˈkweɾpo/ A2	noun - body
rayos /ˈrajos/ B1	noun - rays
sol /sol/ A1	noun - sun
cambiar /kamˈβjaɾ/ A2	verb - to change
igual /iˈɣwal/ B1	adjective - equal, same
clara /ˈklaɾa/ A2	adjective - clear
mar /maɾ/ A1	noun - sea
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A2	verb - to want, to love

Key Grammar Structures

• Yo recuerdo aquel día

  ➔ Present tense of 'recordar' (yo recuerdo) used to state a habitual or past memory.

  ➔ This is the present tense of *recordar*, meaning 'to remember', used here to recall a past event.

• Que nos fuimos a bañar

  ➔ Preterite tense of 'irse' (nos fuimos) indicating a completed action in the past.

  ➔ This is the preterite form of *irse*, meaning 'to go away', specifically used here to denote the action of going to bathe in the past.

• En el río aquel

  ➔ Use of demonstrative adjective 'aquel' to specify a particular distant object in space or time.

  ➔ A demonstrative adjective *aquel* is used to point to something distant, here referring to a specific river in the past.

• Tú y yo y el amor

  ➔ Use of coordinating conjunction 'y' (and) to connect nouns in a list.

  ➔ The conjunction *y* is used to connect nouns 'tú', 'yo', and 'el amor', forming a list of entities involved.

• Que nació de los dos

  ➔ Preterite tense of 'nacer' (nació) indicating a completed action in the past.

  ➔ This is the preterite form of *nacer*, meaning 'to be born', referring to the birth of love between two people.

• Yo recuerdo aquel día

  ➔ Present tense of 'recordar' (yo recuerdo) used to state a habitual or past memory.

  ➔ This sentence repeats for emphasis, using the present tense 'recuerdo' to reflect a current act of remembering a past event.