Esa Cancion De Ayer – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José
• Album: El Triste

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the melancholic beauty of José José's "Esa Cancion De Ayer" (That Song From Yesterday). As a classic Latin Ballad, it offers a gateway into the rich emotional landscape of classic Spanish-language music, where themes of memory and romance are expressed with profound vocal talent.

[English]

This love song

It's yesterday's song

Being by your side

I couldn't tell you

This love song

It's yesterday's song

Being by your side

I couldn't tell you

And today I'm by the sea

And you're far from here

This song from yesterday

Come back to me alone

And the murmur of the sea and the soft sand

My sad smile and this burning sun

Everything reminds you of this summer

Even the gentle wind that brings you to me

And the murmur of the sea and the soft sand

My sad smile and this burning sun

Everything reminds you of this summer

Even the gentle wind that brings you to me

This love song

It's yesterday's song

Being by your side

I couldn't tell you

[Spanish]

Esta canción de amor

Es la canción de ayer

Estando junto a ti

No te pude decir

Esta canción de amor

Es la canción de ayer

Estando junto a ti

No te pude decir

Y hoy que estoy junto al mar

Y estás lejos de aquí

Esta canción de ayer

Vuelve sola a mí

Y el rumor del mar y la suave arena

Mi sonrisa triste y este sol que quema

Todo te recuerda en este verano

Hasta el suave viento que te trae a mí

Y el rumor del mar y la suave arena

Mi sonrisa triste y este sol que quema

Todo te recuerda en este verano

Hasta el suave viento que te trae a mí

Esta canción de amor

Es la canción de ayer

Estando junto a ti

No te pude decir

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
canción kanˈθjon A1	noun - song
amor aˈmoɾ A1	noun - love
ayer aˈʝeɾ A1	noun - yesterday
estando esˈtando A2	verb - being
junto ˈxunto A1	adjective - next to
decir deˈθiɾ A1	verb - to say
mar maɾ A1	noun - sea
lejos ˈleξos A1	adjective - far
rumor ruˈmoɾ B1	noun - murmur
arena aˈɾena A2	noun - sand
sonrisa sonˈɾisa A1	noun - smile
triste ˈtɾiste A1	adjective - sad
sol sol A1	noun - sun
quema ˈkema A2	verb - burns
recuerda reˈkweɾða A2	verb - reminds
verano beˈɾano A1	noun - summer
viento ˈbjen̪to A1	noun - wind
trae tɾaˈe A1	verb - brings

Key Grammar Structures

• Esta canción de amor

  ➔ Demonstrative Adjective

  ➔ The word 'esta' is a demonstrative adjective, referring specifically to 'this' song.

• Es la canción de ayer

  ➔ Present Tense of 'Ser'

  ➔ The verb 'es' is the present tense of 'ser', used to describe a permanent characteristic.

• Estando junto a ti

  ➔ Gerund

  ➔ 'Estando' is the gerund form of 'estar', indicating a simultaneous action.

• No te pude decir

  ➔ Past Perfect

  ➔ 'Pude' is the past perfect form, indicating an action that occurred before another past action.

• Y hoy que estoy junto al mar

  ➔ Present Tense with Temporal Expression

  ➔ The present tense 'estoy' is used with the temporal expression 'hoy' to indicate a current situation.

• Todo te recuerda en este verano

  ➔ Indirect Object Pronoun

  ➔ 'Te' is an indirect object pronoun, referring to the person being reminded.

• Hasta el suave viento que te trae a mí

  ➔ Relative Pronoun

  ➔ 'Que' is a relative pronoun, introducing a relative clause that describes 'el suave viento'.