El Sol No Regresa – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: La 5a Estación
• Album: Flores de Alquiler

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Hace días perdí

Days ago, I lost

En alguna cantina

In some bar

La mitad de mi alma

Half of my soul

Más el quince de propina

Plus fifteen percent for the tip

No es que sea el alcohol

It's not that alcohol is

La mejor medicina

The best medicine

Pero ayuda a olvidar

But it helps you forget

Cuando no ves la salida

When you don't see a way out

Hoy te intento contar

Today I'm trying to tell you

Que todo va bien, aunque no te lo creas

That everything is fine, even if you don't believe it

Aunque a estas alturas

Even though at this point

Un último esfuerzo, no valga la pena

One last effort isn't worth it

Hoy los buenos recuerdos

Today the good memories

Se caen por las escaleras

Are falling down the stairs

Y tras varios tequilas, las nubes se van

And after several tequilas, the clouds go away

Pero el sol no regresa

But the sun doesn't return

Sueños de habitación

Bedroom dreams

De un hotel de carretera

From a roadside hotel

Y unas gotas de lluvia

And a few drops of rain

Que guardo en esta maleta

That I keep in this suitcase

Ruedan por el colchón

Roll across the mattress

De mi cama ya desierta

Of my now deserted bed

Es la mejor solución

It's the best solution

Para el dolor de cabeza

For the headache

Hoy te intento contar

Today I'm trying to tell you

Que todo va bien, aunque no te lo creas

That everything is fine, even if you don't believe it

Aunque a estas alturas

Even though at this point

Un último esfuerzo, no valga la pena

One last effort isn't worth it

Hoy los buenos recuerdos

Today the good memories

Se caen por las escaleras

Are falling down the stairs

Y tras varios tequilas, las nubes se van

And after several tequilas, the clouds go away

Pero el sol no regresa

But the sun doesn't return

...

...

Hoy te intento contar

Today I'm trying to tell you

Que todo va bien, aunque no te lo creas

That everything is fine, even if you don't believe it

Aunque a estas alturas

Even though at this point

Un último esfuerzo, no valga la pena

One last effort isn't worth it

Hoy los buenos recuerdos

Today the good memories

Se caen por las escaleras

Are falling down the stairs

Y tras varios tequilas, las nubes se van

And after several tequilas, the clouds go away

Pero el sol no regresa

But the sun doesn't return

Y tras varios tequilas, las nubes se van

And after several tequilas, the clouds go away

Pero el sol no regresa

But the sun doesn't return

...

...

Y tras varios tequilas, las nubes se van

And after several tequilas, the clouds go away

Pero el sol no regresa

But the sun doesn't return

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
perdí /peɾˈði/ A2	verb - I lost
alma /ˈalma/ A2	noun - soul
alcohol /al.koˈol/ A2	noun - alcohol
olvidar /ol.βiˈðaɾ/ A2	verb - to forget
esfuerzo /esˈfweɾ.θo/ B1	noun - effort
recuerdos /reˈkweɾ.ðos/ A2	noun - memories
escaleras /es.kaˈle.ɾas/ A1	noun - stairs
sol /sol/ A1	noun - sun
sueños /ˈswe.ɲos/ A2	noun - dreams
habitación /a.βi.taˈθjon/ A2	noun - room
gotas /ˈɡo.tas/ A2	noun - drops
lluvia /ˈʎu.βja/ A1	noun - rain
maleta /maˈle.ta/ A2	noun - suitcase
colchón /kolˈt͡ʃon/ A2	noun - mattress
cama /ˈka.ma/ A1	noun - bed
dolor /doˈloɾ/ A2	noun - pain
nubes /ˈnu.βes/ A1	noun - clouds

Key Grammar Structures

• Hace días **perdí**

  ➔ Preterite tense (simple past)

  ➔ The verb "perder" (to lose) is conjugated in the preterite tense (first person singular - yo), indicating a completed action in the past. It translates to "I lost" in English.

• No es que **sea** el alcohol...

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after "no es que"

  ➔ "No es que" (It's not that) triggers the subjunctive mood in the following verb. This is because it expresses doubt or a subjective opinion. The verb "ser" (to be) is conjugated as "sea" in the present subjunctive.

• Pero **ayuda** a olvidar

  ➔ Present tense used with infinitive.

  ➔ The present tense verb "ayuda" (helps) is followed by the infinitive "olvidar" (to forget). This structure means "it helps to forget."

• Que todo va bien, **aunque no te lo creas**

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after "aunque"

  ➔ "Aunque" (although) can trigger the subjunctive mood when expressing doubt, uncertainty, or hypothetical situations. Here, because the speaker doubts that the listener will believe them, the subjunctive mood is used: "creas" (you believe) is the subjunctive form of "creer" (to believe).

• Un último esfuerzo, **no valga** la pena

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after an implied condition

  ➔ The phrase implies a conditional statement: "even if a last effort might be made, it might not be worth it". Because the worthiness is uncertain and conditional on the effort, the subjunctive mood is used. "Valga" is the subjunctive form of "valer" (to be worth).

• Los buenos recuerdos **se caen** por las escaleras

  ➔ Reflexive verb in passive construction

  ➔ The verb "caerse" (to fall) is used reflexively and in a passive construction. "Se caen" means "they fall themselves" or, in a more natural translation, "they are falling." This emphasizes the uncontrolled nature of the memories fading.

• Y tras varios tequilas, las nubes **se van**

  ➔ Reflexive verb expressing movement or departure.

  ➔ The verb "irse" (to go away) is a reflexive verb used to indicate movement or departure. "Se van" means "they go away", indicating that the clouds are dissipating.

• Pero el sol no **regresa**

  ➔ Present Simple - fact or general truth

  ➔ The verb "regresar" (to return) is in the present simple tense, indicating a current or general state. In this case, the sun not returning is a state of affairs, a general truth for the singer's current situation.