Flores Amarillas – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Eiza Gonzalez
• Album: Lola Érase Una Vez

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Él la estaba esperando con una flor amarilla.

He was waiting for her—with a yellow flower.

Ella le estaba soñando

She was dreaming of him

con la luz en su pupila.

with light in her eyes.

Y el amarillo del sol iluminaba la esquina.

And the yellow of the sun—lighting up the corner.

Lo sentía tan cercano,

He felt it so close,

lo sentía desde niña.

he felt it since he was a child.

Ella sabía que el sabía que algún día pasaría que vendría

She knew he knew—that one day it would happen,

a buscarla con sus flores amarillas.

that he would come looking for her with his yellow flowers.

No te apures, no detengas el instante del encuentro.

Don’t rush, don’t stop the moment of meeting.

Está dicho que es un hecho, no lo pierdas, no hay derecho, no te olvides

It’s already said it’s a fact, don’t—don’t lose it, don’t be wrong, don’t forget

que la vida casi nunca está dormida.

that life is almost never asleep.

En ese bar tan desierto los esperaba el encuentro.

In that lonely bar—the meeting was waiting.

Ella llegó en limusina amarilla, por supuesto.

She arrived in a yellow limousine, of course.

Él se acercó de repente, la miró tan de frente.

He suddenly approached her—looked her straight in the eye.

De repente.

Suddenly.

Toda una vida soñaba y no pudo decir nada.

She dreamed her whole life and couldn’t say a word.

Ella sabía que él sabía que algún día pasaría que vendría

She knew he knew—that one day it would happen,

a buscarla con sus flores amarillas.

that he would come looking for her with his yellow flowers.

No te apures, no detengas el instante

Don’t rush, don’t stop the moment

del encuentro, hoy se ha dicho

of the meeting, today it’s said,

que es un hecho, no lo pierdas, no hay derecho, no te olvides

that it’s a fact, don’t—don’t lose it, don’t be wrong, don’t forget

que la vida casi nunca está dormida.

that life is almost never asleep.

Ella sabía que él sabía que algún día pasaría que vendría

She knew he knew—that one day it would happen,

a buscarla con sus flores amarillas.

that he would come looking for her with his yellow flowers.

No te apures, no detengas el instante

Don’t rush, don’t stop the moment

del encuentro, hoy se ha dicho

of the meeting, today it’s said,

que es un hecho, no lo pierdas, no hay derecho, no te olvides

that it’s a fact, don’t—don’t lose it, don’t be wrong, don’t forget

que la vida casi nunca está dormida

that life is almost never asleep.

Ella sabía que él sabía, ella sabía,

She knew he knew, she knew,

quién sabía, ella sabía, y se olvidaron

who knew, she knew, and they forgot

de sus flores amarillas.. :(

about their yellow flowers... :(

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
flor /flɔr/ A1	noun - flower
amarillo /amaˈriʎo/ A1	adjective - yellow
luz /luθ/ A1	noun - light
vida /ˈbi.ða/ A1	noun - life
sueño /ˈswe.ɲo/ A2	noun - dream
esperar /espeˈɾaɾ/ A2	verb - to wait
cercano /seɾˈkano/ B1	adjective - close
encontrar /eŋkonˈtɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to find
decir /deˈθiɾ/ B1	verb - to say
instante /insˈtante/ B2	noun - instant
derecho /deˈɾe.tʃo/ B2	noun - right (entitlement)
olvidar /olβiˈðaɾ/ B2	verb - to forget
pasar /paˈsaɾ/ B2	verb - to pass
llegar /ʎeˈɣaɾ/ B2	verb - to arrive
soñar /soˈɲaɾ/ B2	verb - to dream

Key Grammar Structures

• Él la estaba esperando

  ➔ Past continuous tense (was/were + present participle)

  ➔ Expresses an ongoing action that was happening at a specific moment in the past.

• Ella le estaba soñando

  ➔ Past continuous tense with reflexive or indirect object

  ➔ Indicates an ongoing action in the past directed towards someone or something.

• No te apures

  ➔ Imperative form of the verb 'apurar' (to hurry up) in the present tense

  ➔ A command or suggestion encouraging someone to not hurry.

• la vida casi nunca está dormida

  ➔ Present tense of 'estar' + adjective or past participle, expressing a state

  ➔ States that life is often not dormant; it is active or alive.

• que algún día pasaría que vendría

  ➔ Future in the past (conditional or hypothetical) with 'pasaría' and 'vendría'

  ➔ Refers to a hypothetical or conditional future event from a past perspective.

• lo sentía tan cercano

  ➔ Imperfect tense of 'sentir' (to feel) to describe a past sensation

  ➔ Describes a past feeling or perception with an ongoing sense in the past.

• quién sabía

  ➔ Imperfect tense of 'saber' (to know), often used to express past knowledge or uncertainty

  ➔ Expresses a past state of knowing or lack of knowledge about something.

• de sus flores amarillas

  ➔ Prepositional phrase indicating possession and description

  ➔ Shows possession of the flowers and describes their color.