Guárdame en Ti – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Dragonfly, Ariel Mittica
• Album: Domine

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a linguistic journey with 'Guárdame en Ti,' a powerful and emotional Spanish power metal song by Dragonfly and Ariel Mittica. Through its passionate lyrics, you can learn evocative Spanish phrases related to devotion, refuge, and enduring love. The song's expressive delivery and rich instrumentation make it an engaging way to connect with Spanish musical culture and expand your vocabulary in a compelling context.

[English]

You are my refuge,

I only have your light

If you want my heart,

Visit me at night.

Test me with fire,

You won't find betrayal in me

Only my eyes will be fixed on you.

I am the one who will love you,

who will give you my heart

I am the one who will die

when your light is no longer

...

I will turn your life into a dream,

In which you can believe,

Just one single wish,

I wish to see you again.

Now that you are by my side,

There's something I want to ask you,

Forever and ever in your life

Hold me within you.

I am the one who will love you,

who will give you my heart

I am the one who will die

when your light is no longer.

You will reign with me,

for all eternity

Your soul will be immortal,

you will live for the ages.

...

[Spanish]

En ti está mi refugio,

solo tengo tu luz

Si quieres mi corazón,

visítame por las noches.

Pruébame con fuego,

no hallarás traición en mí

Solo mis ojos se fijarán en ti.

Soy quien te amará,

quién te dará el corazón

Soy quien morirá

cuando tu luz no esté más

Haré de tu vid un sueño,

En el que puedas creer,

Tan solo un único deseo,

Quisiera volverte a ver.

Ahora que estás a mi lado,

Algo te quiero pedir,

Por siempre jamás en tu vida

Guárdame en ti.

Soy quien te amará,

quién te dará el corazón

Soy quien morirá

cuando tu luz no esté más.

Conmigo reinarás,

por toda la eternidad

Tu alma será inmortal,

por los siglos vivirás.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
refugio /refuˈxio/ B1	noun - shelter
luz /luθ/ A1	noun - light
corazón /koraˈθon/ A1	noun - heart
visítame /βisiˈtame/ A2	verb - visit me
fuego /ˈfweɣo/ A1	noun - fire
traición /traiˈθjon/ B1	noun - betrayal
fijarán /fihaˈran/ B1	verb - will focus
amará /amaˈra/ A2	verb - will love
morirá /moriˈra/ A2	verb - will die
sueño /ˈsweɲo/ A1	noun - dream
deseo /deˈseo/ A2	noun - desire
eternidad /etɛɾniˈdad/ B1	noun - eternity
inmortal /immorˈtal/ B2	adjective - immortal
siglos /ˈsiɣlos/ B1	noun - centuries
reinarás /reinaˈras/ B1	verb - will reign

Key Grammar Structures

• En ti está mi refugio

  ➔ Inversion of subject and verb for emphasis

  ➔ The normal order would be 'Mi refugio está en ti’. Placing 'En ti' first emphasizes the place of refuge.

• Si quieres mi corazón

  ➔ Conditional clause with present indicative

  ➔ ‘Si’ introduces a real condition: if the listener truly wants the speaker’s heart.

• Pruébame con fuego

  ➔ Imperative form with object pronoun attached

  ➔ ‘Pruébame’ combines 'prueba' (test) + 'me' (me), forming ‘test me’.

• No hallarás traición en mí

  ➔ Future tense with negation

  ➔ ‘Hallarás’ means ‘you will find’. With ‘no’, it expresses assurance: ‘You will not find betrayal in me’.

• Solo mis ojos se fijarán en ti

  ➔ Reflexive future tense

  ➔ ‘Se fijarán’ uses the reflexive form of ‘fijar’ meaning ‘to fix oneself on’, expressing devotion.

• Soy quien te amará

  ➔ Relative clause with the future tense

  ➔ ‘Quien te amará’ means ‘who will love you’, functioning as a relative clause describing ‘Soy’.

• Haré de tu vida un sueño

  ➔ Periphrastic construction with 'hacer de' meaning transformation

  ➔ ‘Hacer de tu vida un sueño’ means ‘to turn your life into a dream’. The expression shows transformation.

• Ahora que estás a mi lado

  ➔ Temporal clause with present indicative

  ➔ ‘Ahora que’ introduces a time relation: since you are now by my side.

• Guárdame en ti

  ➔ Imperative with enclitic pronoun and prepositional complement

  ➔ ‘Guárdame’ = ‘guarda’ (keep) + ‘me’ (me). ‘En ti’ gives the place: ‘keep me in you’.