Esperanza – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Stravaganzza
• Album: Sentimientos

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the powerful world of Spanish Symphonic Metal with Stravaganzza's 'Esperanza.' This track is an excellent way to learn high-level Spanish vocabulary related to abstract concepts like 'vanidad' (vanity), 'angustia' (anguish), and 'incomprensión' (incomprehension). What makes the song special is its dramatic fusion of heavy, dark metal with complex orchestral arrangements, providing a rich, theatrical soundscape for its central theme: maintaining hope despite a pre-apocalyptic view of humanity.

[English]

I can't understand

The vanity of man

And I still keep hope

I still hope for a new dawn

I fail to guess

The time we have left

And still, I keep hope

To live, a future where humanity no longer destroys

Life slips away from me

A thousand years of pain

Life slips away from me

Through my fingers

And a miracle will come

I sense, I yearn

I hope for a better world

An end that will not come

...

Incomprehension when seeing

The anguish of the earth

A sea shrouded in black darkness

Pain, an immense cloud covers the sky

I can't understand

Human hypocrisy

Seeing the struggle between opposites

Why, if we are all children

Of the same mother

And they are

A thousand years of pain

Life slips away from me

Through my fingers

And a miracle will come

I sense, I yearn

I hope for a better world

An end that will not come

...

Cries of rage, desperation

The world can't bear so much pain

You walk blinded by the glow

Of a new day that will never come

Thousands of deaths, no reason

Loaded with hate, sowing resentment

Cries of rage, desperation

The world can't bear so much pain

...

[Spanish]

No alcanzo a comprender

La vanidad del hombre

Y aún mantengo la esperanza

Aún espero un nuevo amanecer

No acierto a adivinar

El tiempo que nos queda

Y aún, mantengo la esperanza

Vivir, futuro en el que el ser humano

No destruya más

Mil años de dolor

Se me escapa la vida

Entre los dedos

Y un milagro llegará

Presiento, anhelo

Espero un mundo mejor

Fin que no llegará

Incomprensión al ver

La angustia de la tierra

Un mar que viste negra oscuridad

Dolor, inmensa nube cubre el cielo

No llego a entender

La hipocresía humana

Al ver la lucha entre opuestos

Por qué, si somos todos hijos

De una misma madre

Y son

Mil años de dolor

Se me escapa la vida

Entre los dedos

Y un milagro llegará

Presiento, anhelo

Espero un mundo mejor

Fin que no llegará

Gritos de rabia, desesperación

El mundo no puede con tanto dolor

Caminas cegado por el resplandor

De un nuevo día que no llegará

Miles de muertes, ninguna razón

Cargados de odio sembrando rencor

Gritos de rabia, desesperación

El mundo no puede con tanto dolor

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
esperanza /espeˈɾansa/ B1	noun - hope
vanidad /baˈniðað/ C1	noun - vanity, excessive pride in one's appearance or abilities
amanecer /a.ma.neˈθeɾ/ B2	noun - dawn, sunrise verb - to begin to become light; to dawn
dolor /doˈloɾ/ B1	noun - pain, suffering
milagro /miˈlaɣɾo/ B2	noun - miracle, an extraordinary and welcome event
presiento /pɾeˈsjento/ B2	verb - I sense, I have a presentiment
anhelo /aˈnelo/ B2	noun - longing, yearning verb - to long for, to yearn
desesperación /des.es.peɾaˈθjon/ C1	noun - despair, hopelessness
resplandor /res.planˈdoɾ/ C1	noun - brightness, radiance, shining light
hipocresía /i.po.kɾeˈsi.a/ C1	noun - hypocrisy, pretended virtue
angustia /anˈɡustja/ B2	noun - anxiety, anguish, deep distress
oscuridad /os.kuɾiˈðað/ B1	noun - darkness
nube /ˈnuβe/ A1	noun - cloud
cielo /ˈsjelo/ A1	noun - sky, heaven
rabia /ˈraβja/ B1	noun - anger, rage
odio /ˈoðjo/ B1	noun - hatred
muerte /ˈmweɾ.te/ A2	noun - death
humano /uˈmano/ B1	adjective - human, pertaining to people noun - human being

Key Grammar Structures

• Aún mantengo la esperanza

  ➔ Simple present tense

  ➔ The verb "mantengo" (from "mantener") expresses a current and continuous action — 'I still keep hope'.

• No alcanzo a comprender

  ➔ Periphrasis with 'a' + infinitive

  ➔ "Alcanzo a comprender" means 'I manage to understand'. The structure 'verb + a + infinitive' expresses ability or effort.

• No acierto a adivinar

  ➔ Periphrasis expressing failure or inability

  ➔ "No acierto a adivinar" means 'I fail to guess'. The verb "acertar a" + infinitive expresses success or failure in doing something.

• Vivir, futuro en el que el ser humano no destruya más

  ➔ Subjunctive in relative clause

  ➔ The verb "destruya" is in the subjunctive mood, used because the future world is uncertain or hypothetical.

• Se me escapa la vida

  ➔ Reflexive with indirect object pronoun

  ➔ The phrase uses "se me escapa" (life escapes from me). 'Me' shows personal emotional involvement or possession.

• Presiento, anhelo

  ➔ Elliptical structure with omitted object

  ➔ The verbs "presiento" and "anhelo" stand alone; the expected objects are implied (like 'a better world').

• Fin que no llegará

  ➔ Future tense in relative clause

  ➔ "Llegará" expresses a future event that will not happen. It contrasts hope with inevitability.

• Gritos de rabia, desesperación

  ➔ Noun apposition for emphasis

  ➔ The nouns 'rabia' and 'desesperación' describe and intensify 'gritos' (cries), emphasizing emotion.

• Caminas cegado por el resplandor

  ➔ Past participle used as adjective

  ➔ "Cegado" (blinded) modifies the subject 'tú' in 'caminas cegado'. It describes the state caused by 'el resplandor'.