Ella – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Rata Blanca
• Album: Rata Blanca VII

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the passionate world of Latin American Hard Rock with Rata Blanca's 'Ella.' This classic rock ballad, with its soaring vocals and powerful guitar melody, offers an emotionally rich and accessible way to experience Spanish vocabulary related to deep love, destiny, and personal transformation. You'll learn essential romantic phrases and powerful metaphors, making it a perfect, high-impact song for Spanish language and rock music lovers alike.

[English]

[Música]

Close your

eyes, I'm going to

[Música]

tell you something I

[Música]

never said before. She captured my

antes ella atrapó mi

heart. That's the sweet honey that made me

hizo

feel

different from the

rest. Something

changed when I was by her

[Música]

side. Today I don't

remember how I could

live without

[Música]

knowing her. My life

[Música]

no longer makes sense, I no longer care about the world without

razón ya no me importa el mundo sin

her. She's the dream

of a

loser who found her and now can

encontró y ahora puede

exist. And I'm going to

existir y voy a

[Música]

exist, and I could exist

because of her.

[Música]

[Música]

[Música]

[Música]

Only we can

podemos

walk under the

hot sun of destiny.

She's the

sky, she's the

sea.

esa le

She gives meaning to my

[Música]

life, to my life.

[Música]

To my life.

[Música]

[Spanish]

[Música]

cierra tus

ojos voy a

[Música]

contarte algo que

[Música]

nunca dije

antes ella atrapó mi

corazón Esa es la Dulce miel que me

hizo

sentir

distinto a los

demás algo

cambó cuando estuve a su

[Música]

lado hoy no

recuerdo cómo podía

sin

[Música]

conocerla pasar mi

[Música]

vida ya no me alcanza la

razón ya no me importa el mundo sin

esa esa es el sueño

de un

perdedor que la

encontró y ahora puede

[Música]

existir y voy a

[Música]

existir y podr existir

por á

[Música]

[Música]

[Música]

[Música]

solo

podemos

caminar bajo el

caliente Sol del destino

esa es el

cielo esa es el

mar

esa le

da he sentido a mi

[Música]

vida a mi vida

[Música]

a mi vida

[Música]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cierra ˈθjɛra A2	verb - close
ojos ˈoxos A1	noun - eyes
corazón koɾaˈθon A2	noun - heart
dulce ˈdwelθe A2	adjective - sweet
miel ˈmjɛl A2	noun - honey
sentir senˈtiɾ A2	verb - to feel
distinto disˈtinto B1	adjective - different
cambió kamˈbjo A2	verb - changed
lado ˈlaðo A1	noun - side
recuerdo reˈkweɾðo A2	noun - memory
vida ˈβiða A1	noun - life
razón raˈθon A2	noun - reason
sueño ˈsweɲo A2	noun - dream
perdedor peɾðeˈðoɾ B1	noun - loser
encontró enkontɾo A2	verb - found
existir eksisˈtiɾ B1	verb - to exist
caminar kamiˈnaɾ A2	verb - to walk
caliente kaˈljente A2	adjective - hot
destino desˈtino B1	noun - destiny
cielo ˈθjelo A1	noun - sky
mar maɾ A1	noun - sea

Key Grammar Structures

• cierra tus ojos voy a contarte algo que nunca dije

  ➔ Present tense (cierra, voy, contarte)

  ➔ The present tense is used to describe actions happening now or habitual actions. Here, it sets the scene for the speaker's immediate intention.

• Esa es la Dulce miel que me hizo sentir distinto a los demás

  ➔ Past tense (hizo)

  ➔ The past tense is used to describe a completed action in the past. Here, 'hizo' indicates that the action of making the speaker feel different has already occurred.

• algo cambó cuando estuve a su lado

  ➔ Preterite vs. Imperfect (cambó, estuve)

  ➔ 'Cambó' (preterite) indicates a specific change, while 'estuve' (imperfect) describes an ongoing state. This contrast highlights the difference between a specific event and a continuous condition.

• hoy no recuerdo cómo podía sin conocerla

  ➔ Double negative (no recuerdo... cómo podía... sin conocerla)

  ➔ The double negative emphasizes the impossibility of the situation. It reinforces the idea that the speaker cannot remember how they could live without knowing her.

• ya no me importa el mundo sin esa

  ➔ Present tense with 'ya no' (ya no me importa)

  ➔ The use of 'ya no' with the present tense indicates a change in the speaker's current state of mind. It shows that the speaker no longer cares about the world without her.