Ese Camino – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Julieta Venegas
• Album: Algo Sucede

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful tool, and Julieta Venegas's "Ese Camino" is a perfect song to start with for Spanish learners. Its reflective and heartfelt lyrics about the journey of childhood are expressed with a clarity that makes it accessible for new learners. The song's beautiful melody and Venegas's clear enunciation can help you grasp pronunciation and new vocabulary in a meaningful context. What makes "Ese Camino" special is its universal theme of how our past shapes us, allowing you to connect with the song emotionally as you learn.

[English]

I walked that path

And I found its glow

That’s a truth

That will always live in me

I walked that path

And I found its glow

That’s a truth

That will always live in me

Speak to me gently

If you’re going to talk about what I was

My pale childhood

Is so far away now

I still shiver now

When I find myself there

For a moment, a girl

Just wanted to be happy

I walked that path

And I found its glow

That’s a truth

That will always live in me

I walked that path

And I found its glow

That’s a truth

That will always live in me

I changed my skin so many times

Fears in my dreams too

Time was passing

Leaving a mark on my heart

Though my memory may lie

I carry a story inside me

I tell it without realizing

I speak it without saying

It will stay deep inside me

It will always beat within my rememberings

Its memory will live forever, beating like this

It will stay here forever

That girl, the girl I once was

...

I walked that path

And I found its glow

That’s a truth

That will always live in me

I walked that path

And I found its glow

That’s a truth

That will always live in me

I walked that path

And I found its glow

That’s a truth

That will always live in me

I walked that path

And I found its glow

That’s a truth

That will always live in me

...

[Spanish]

Caminé ese camino

Me encontré con su brillo

Esa es una verdad

Que en mí siempre vivirá

Caminé ese camino

Me encontré con su brillo

Esa es una verdad

Que en mí siempre vivirá

Háblame con cuidado

Si vas a hablar de lo que fui

Mi pálida infancia

Ya está tan lejos de aquí

Aún me estremezco ahora

Cuando me encuentro ahí

Por un momento una niña

Solo quería ser feliz

Caminé ese camino

Me encontré con su brillo

Esa es una verdad

Que en mí siempre vivirá

Caminé ese camino

Me encontré con su brillo

Esa es una verdad

Que en mí siempre vivirá

Cambié de piel tantas veces

Temores en sueños también

El tiempo pasaba

Dejando huella en mi corazón

Aunque mi memoria mienta

Traigo una historia en mí

La digo sin darme cuenta

La cuento sin decir

Se quedará muy dentro de mí

Siempre vivirá su recuerdo latiendo así

Se quedará por siempre aquí

Esa niña, la niña que un día fui

Caminé ese camino

Me encontré con su brillo

Esa es una verdad

Que en mí siempre vivirá

Caminé ese camino

Me encontré con su brillo

Esa es una verdad

Que en mí siempre vivirá

Caminé ese camino

Me encontré con su brillo

Esa es una verdad

Que en mí siempre vivirá

Caminé ese camino

Me encontré con su brillo

Esa es una verdad

Que en mí siempre vivirá

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
caminé /kamiˈne/ A2	verb - I walked
camino /kaˈmi.no/ A2	noun - path, way
brillo /ˈbri.ʎo/ B1	noun - shine, brightness
verdad /beɾˈðað/ B1	noun - truth
vivirá /bi.βiˈɾa/ B2	verb - will live
verdad /beɾˈðað/ B1	noun - truth
cuidado /kwiˈða.ðo/ A2	noun - care, caution
fui /fui/ A2	verb - I was / I went
infancia /in.fanˈθja/ B1	noun - childhood
feliz /feˈliθ/ A2	adjective - happy
piel /pjeɫ/ B1	noun - skin
temores /teˈmo.ɾes/ B2	noun - fears
tiempo /ˈtjem.po/ B1	noun - time
huella /ˈwe.ʎa/ B2	noun - trace, footprint
recuerdo /reˈkweɾðo/ B2	noun - memory / keepsake
tiempos /ˈtjem.pos/ B2	noun - times, periods

Key Grammar Structures

• Caminé ese camino

  ➔ Simple past tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the simple past tense to indicate an action completed in the past, as in "I walked that path."

• Esa es una verdad

  ➔ Present tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present tense to express a current truth, as in "That is a truth."

• Si vas a hablar de lo que fui

  ➔ Future intention with 'ir a'

  ➔ The phrase indicates a future intention using 'ir a', as in "If you are going to talk about what I was."

• Aunque mi memoria mienta

  ➔ Subjunctive mood

  ➔ The phrase uses the subjunctive mood to express doubt or uncertainty, as in "Even if my memory lies."

• Se quedará muy dentro de mí

  ➔ Future tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the future tense to indicate an action that will happen, as in "It will stay deep inside me."

• La cuento sin decir

  ➔ Present tense with gerund

  ➔ The phrase combines the present tense with a gerund to express an ongoing action, as in "I tell it without saying."