Hoy La Vi Pasar – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Geru Y Su Legión 7

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the heartfelt world of 'Hoy La Vi Pasar' by Geru Y Su Legión 7, a song that beautifully encapsulates the bittersweet emotions of encountering a past love. This song provides an opportunity to connect with the Spanish language through its vivid imagery and relatable themes of nostalgia and longing. Discover how music can express the universal experience of love and memory.

[English]

Today I saw her walk by

Unintentionally, they took hold of me

Old feelings

That I thought didn't exist in me

That were more than dead

So much time

Today I saw her walk by

I felt something strange that I can't explain

Unless she wants to

Because the blood burned my skin

Running through my veins

What a sentence

And I remembered all the good times I lived by her side

When she filled my sky with stars

With her mark

And I forgot everything sad, everything bad that happened to me

That what I've suffered was because of her

With her oblivion

It's Geru Garcia, girl!

Today I saw her walk by

I realized that I never forgot her

That I still love her

That she's in my life, that I can't forget

And that I'm not made of steel

And I love her

And I remembered all the good times I lived by her side

When she filled my sky with stars

With her mark

And I forgot everything sad, everything bad that happened to me

That what I've suffered was because of her

With her oblivion

...

[Spanish]

Hoy la vi pasar

Sin querer se apoderaron de mí

Antiguos sentimientos

Que yo pensé que no existían en mí

Que estaban más que muertos

Tanto tiempo

Hoy la vi pasar

Sentí algo extraño que no puedo explicar

Al menos que lo quiera

Porque la sangre me quemaba la piel

Corriendo por mis venas

Qué condena

Y recordé todos los buenos momentos que viví a su lado

Cuando a mi cielo lo llenó de estrellas

Con su huella

Y me olvidé todo lo triste, lo malo que pasó conmigo

Que fue por ella lo que he sufrido

Con su olvido

¡Es Geru García, mija!

Hoy la vi pasar

Me di cuenta que jamás la olvidé

Que todavía la quiero

Que está en mi vida, que no puedo olvidar

Y que no soy de acero

Y la quiero

Y recordé todos los buenos momentos que viví a su lado

Cuando a mi cielo lo llenó de estrellas

Con su huella

Y me olvidé todo lo triste, lo malo que pasó conmigo

Que fue por ella lo que he sufrido

Con su olvido

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pasar /paˈsaɾ/ A1	verb - to pass, to happen
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A1	verb - to want, to love
sentimientos /sen.tiˈmjen.tos/ B1	noun - feelings, emotions
muertos /ˈmweɾ.tos/ A2	adjective - dead
extraño /eksˈtɾa.ɲo/ B1	adjective - strange, odd
sangre /ˈsaŋ.ɡɾe/ A2	noun - blood
piel /pjel/ A2	noun - skin
venas /ˈbe.nas/ B1	noun - veins
condena /konˈde.na/ B2	noun - sentence, condemnation
momentos /moˈmen.tos/ A2	noun - moments
buenos /ˈbwe.nos/ A1	adjective - good
cielo /ˈθje.lo/ A1	noun - sky, heaven
estrellas /esˈtɾe.ʎas/ A2	noun - stars
huella /ˈwe.ʎa/ B2	noun - footprint, trace
triste /ˈtɾis.te/ A2	adjective - sad
malo /ˈma.lo/ A1	adjective - bad
sufrido /suˈfɾi.ðo/ B1	verb - suffered
olvido /olˈbi.ðo/ B2	noun - oblivion, forgetfulness
acero /aˈθe.ɾo/ B1	noun - steel

Key Grammar Structures

• Hoy la vi pasar

  ➔ Preterite tense (vi) for past action.

  ➔ "vi" is the preterite (or simple past) form of the verb "ver" (to see). It indicates a completed action in the past: "I saw her."

• Sin querer se apoderaron de mí

  ➔ Reflexive verb with impersonal 'se'.

  ➔ The phrase "se apoderaron" indicates that something (in this case, feelings) took control without the speaker's intention. The 'se' emphasizes this lack of agency.

• Que yo pensé que no existían en mí

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (existieran) in a relative clause dependent on a verb of thinking in the past.

  ➔ "Pensé" triggers the subjunctive mood ("existieran") because the speaker is expressing a past belief about something's existence, which is now being questioned or found to be untrue.

• Que estaban más que muertos

  ➔ Comparative of inequality with "más que".

  ➔ Expresses that the feelings were "more than dead", meaning completely dead or gone.

• Al menos que lo quiera

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after "al menos que" (unless).

  ➔ "Al menos que" (unless) requires the subjunctive mood in the subordinate clause. Here, "quiera" (subjunctive form of "querer") expresses a condition or possibility.

• Porque la sangre me quemaba la piel

  ➔ Imperfect tense (quemaba) to describe a continuous or habitual action in the past.

  ➔ The imperfect tense "quemaba" indicates that the burning sensation was ongoing or constant at the time. It's not a single, completed action, but a state.

• Que fue por ella lo que he sufrido

  ➔ Present perfect (he sufrido) expressing an action that started in the past and continues to have relevance in the present.

  ➔ The use of "he sufrido" means the suffering began in the past because of her and continues to affect the speaker.

• Me di cuenta que jamás la olvidé

  ➔ Preterite (di) combined with "jamás" (never) to emphasize a past action that has never happened.

  ➔ "Me di cuenta" (I realized) in the preterite indicates a completed action of realization in the past. "Jamás la olvidé" emphasizes that he never forgot her.