Flores Amarillas – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

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

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a fantastic journey, and 'Flores Amarillas' is a perfect start. This song, with its clear narrative of hopeful love and destiny, can help you learn romantic and descriptive Spanish vocabulary. Its pop-rock style makes it a fun and engaging way to immerse yourself in the language and culture of Latin American telenovelas.

[English]

He was waiting for her—with a yellow flower.

She was dreaming of him

with light in her eyes.

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

He felt it so close,

he felt it since he was a child.

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

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

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

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

that life is almost never asleep.

In that lonely bar—the meeting was waiting.

She arrived in a yellow limousine, of course.

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

Suddenly.

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

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

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

Don’t rush, don’t stop the moment

of the meeting, today it’s said,

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

that life is almost never asleep.

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

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

Don’t rush, don’t stop the moment

of the meeting, today it’s said,

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

that life is almost never asleep.

She knew he knew, she knew,

who knew, she knew, and they forgot

about their yellow flowers... :(

[Spanish]

Él la estaba esperando con una flor amarilla.

Ella le estaba soñando

con la luz en su pupila.

Y el amarillo del sol iluminaba la esquina.

Lo sentía tan cercano,

lo sentía desde niña.

Ella sabía que el sabía que algún día pasaría que vendría

a buscarla con sus flores amarillas.

No te apures, no detengas el instante del encuentro.

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

que la vida casi nunca está dormida.

En ese bar tan desierto los esperaba el encuentro.

Ella llegó en limusina amarilla, por supuesto.

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

De repente.

Toda una vida soñaba y no pudo decir nada.

Ella sabía que él sabía que algún día pasaría que vendría

a buscarla con sus flores amarillas.

No te apures, no detengas el instante

del encuentro, hoy se ha dicho

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

que la vida casi nunca está dormida.

Ella sabía que él sabía que algún día pasaría que vendría

a buscarla con sus flores amarillas.

No te apures, no detengas el instante

del encuentro, hoy se ha dicho

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

que la vida casi nunca está dormida

Ella sabía que él sabía, ella sabía,

quién sabía, ella sabía, y se olvidaron

de sus flores amarillas.. :(

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.