Esperando un resplandor – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Amaral
• Album: Hacia lo salvaje

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Necesito que me dejes en paz,

I need you to leave me alone,

Da igual que la gente crea

It doesn't matter what people believe

Lo que cuentas sobre mi,

About what you say about me,

Son historias que te inventas.

They're stories you make up.

Tu largate ya,

Just go away already,

Que yo seguiré mi senda,

I'll follow my own path,

Tu con tu vanidad,

With your vanity,

Y yo, en otro planeta,

And I, on another planet,

Como lineas paralelas.

Like parallel lines.

No hay nada de nada,

There’s nothing at all,

Nada de nuestras vidas,

Nothing in our lives,

Nada en común

Nothing in common

Como la noche al día

Like night and day.

Tu en la mitad sombría

You in your shadowy half,

Y yo esperando un resplandor

And me waiting for a spark of light.

Ojala fuera tan fácil arreglarlo con una pelea

I wish it were so easy to fix with a fight,

Y me dices a la cara lo que cuentas sobre mi

And you’d tell me to my face what you say about me,

Las historias que te inventas

The stories you invent.

No hay nada de nada,

There’s nothing at all,

Nada de nuestras vidas,

Nothing in our lives,

Nada en común

Nothing in common

Como la noche al día

Like night and day.

Tu en la mitad sombría

You in your shadowy half,

Y yo esperando un resplandor

And me waiting for a spark of light.

Necesito que me dejes en paz, en paz, en paz...

I need you to leave me alone, alone, alone...

En paz, en paz, en paz...

Alone, alone, alone...

No hay nada de nada, nada de nada,

There’s nothing at all, nothing at all,

No hay nada de nada,

There’s nothing at all,

Nada de nuestras vidas,

Nothing in our lives,

U en la mitad sombría

You in your shadowy half,

Y yo esperando un resplandor

And me waiting for a spark of light.

...

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
dejar /deˈxaɾ/ B1	verb - to let or allow verb - to leave behind or abandon
crear /kɾeˈaɾ/ B1	verb - to create or make
inventar /inβenˈtaɾ/ B2	verb - to invent or fabricate
seguir /seˈɣiɾ/ B1	verb - to continue or keep on
planeta /plaˈneta/ A2	noun - planet
paralelas /paɾaˈlɛlas/ B2	adjective - parallel
nada /ˈnaða/ A1	noun - nothing
vida /ˈβiða/ A2	noun - life
noche /ˈno.tʃe/ A2	noun - night
sombría /sombɾi.a/ B2	adjective - dark, gloomy
esperando /espɛˈɾando/ A2	verb (gerund) - waiting
resplandor /res.planˈdoɾ/ B2	noun - brightness or glow
arreglar /aʝɾaˈlaɾ/ B2	verb - to fix or repair
pelea /ˈpei̯.ʎa/ B1	noun - fight or battle
cuenta /ˈkwen.ta/ A2	noun - story or account
contar /konˈtaɾ/ A2	verb - to count or tell

Key Grammar Structures

• Da igual que la gente crea

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in a relative clause expressing a hypothetical or uncertain situation

  ➔ The phrase "que la gente crea" demonstrates the use of the subjunctive "crea" to express uncertainty or subjectivity.

• Nada en común

  ➔ Noun phrase indicating lack of similarity or connection

  ➔ "Nada en común" is a noun phrase meaning "nothing in common," highlighting the absence of connection.

• En la mitad sombría

  ➔ Prepositional phrase indicating location in a figuratively dark or uncertain middle

  ➔ The phrase "En la mitad sombría" uses the preposition "en" and the noun "mitad" to describe a location in a metaphorical dark middle.

• Ojala fuera tan fácil arreglarlo con una pelea

  ➔ Use of the imperfect subjunctive "fuera" to express a wish or hypothetical situation

  ➔ The verb "fuera" is the imperfect subjunctive form of "ser" used to express a hypothetical or wishful situation.

• Necesito que me dejes en paz

  ➔ Use of the neuter "que" after verbs of necessity, expressing a subjunctive action

  ➔ The clause "que me dejes en paz" uses the subjunctive "dejes" after "que" following a verb of necessity "necesito."