La leyenda del hada y el mago – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Rata Blanca

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Cuenta la historia de un mago

Story is told of a wizard

Que un día en su bosque encantado lloró

Who one day in his enchanted forest cried

Porque a pesar de su magia, no había podido encontrar el amor

Because despite his magic, he couldn't find love

La luna, su única amiga, le daba fuerzas para soportar

The moon, his only friend, gave him strength to endure

Todo el dolor que sentía, por culpa de su tan larga soledad

All the pain he felt, due to his long loneliness

Es que él sabía muy bien... que en su existir

He knew very well... that in his existence

Nunca debía salir de su destino

He should never leave his destiny

Si alguien te tiene que amar, ya lo sabrás

If someone is meant to love you, you'll know

Solo tendrás que saber reconocerlo

You just have to know how to recognize it

Fue en una tarde que el mago paseando en el bosque la vista cruzó

One afternoon, as the wizard strolled through the woods, his gaze crossed

Con la más dulce mirada, que en toda su vida jamás conoció

With the sweetest look, that he'd never known in his entire life

Desde ese mismo momento, el hada y el mago quisieron estar

From that very moment, the fairy and the wizard wanted to be

Sólos los dos en el bosque, amándose siempre y en todo lugar

Just the two of them in the forest, loving each other always and everywhere

Y el mal que siempre existió, no soportó ver tanta felicidad entre dos seres

And the evil that always existed couldn't bear to see such happiness between two beings

Y con su odio atacó, hasta que el hada cayó en ese sueño fatal de no sentir

And with its hatred, it attacked, until the fairy fell into that fatal sleep of numbness

Y en su castillo pasaba, las noches el mago buscando el poder

And in his castle, the wizard spent nights searching for the power

Que devolviera a su hada. Su amor, su mirada tan dulce de ayer

To bring back his fairy. His love, her gaze so sweet from yesterday

Y no paró desde entonces, buscando la forma de recuperar

And he hasn't stopped since then, trying to find a way to recover

A la mujer que aquel día, en medio del bosque por fin pudo amar

The woman he finally loved that day, deep in the forest

Y hoy sabe qué es el amor, y que tendrá fuerzas para soportar aquel conjuro

And now he knows what love is, and that he'll have the strength to withstand that spell

Sabe que un día verá su dulce hada llegar y para siempre con él se quedará

He knows that one day he will see his sweet fairy arrive and stay with him forever

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
mago /ˈmaɣo/ B1	noun - magician, wizard
encantado /en.kãnˈtaðo/ B2	adjective - enchanted, enchanted
magia /ˈmaʝi.a/ B1	noun - magic
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
luna /ˈluna/ A2	noun - moon
llorar /ʝoˈɾaɾ/ B2	verb - to cry, to weep
mente /ˈmente/ A1	noun - mind
destino /desˈtino/ B2	noun - destiny, fate
cielo /ˈsjel.o/ A2	noun - sky, heaven
sostener /sosteneˈɾe/ B2	verb - to support, to hold
poder /poˈðeɾ/ B1	noun - power, ability verb - can, to be able to
realidad /realiˈðað/ B2	noun - reality
viajar /bjaˈxaɾ/ B2	verb - to travel

Key Grammar Structures

• Que un día en su bosque encantado lloró

  ➔ Past simple tense with 'lloró' indicating a completed action

  ➔ 'Lloró' is the third person singular past tense of 'llorar' (to cry)

• Nunca debía salir de su destino

  ➔ Imperfect subjunctive expressing obligation or necessity in the past

  ➔ 'Debía' comes from 'deber' (should/must) in imperfect tense, expressing obligation or expectation in the past

• Desde ese mismo momento, el hada y el mago quisieron estar

  ➔ Preterite tense with 'quisieron' to express completed desire or intention

  ➔ 'Quisieron' is the third person plural preterite of 'querer' (to want), showing completed desire

• Sabe que un día verá su dulce hada llegar

  ➔ Future tense with 'verá' indicating an action that will happen

  ➔ 'Verá' is the third person singular future tense of 'ver' (to see), expressing an anticipated future event

• que en toda su vida jamás conoció

  ➔ Preterite tense with 'conoció' to indicate a completed act of knowing in the past

  ➔ 'Conoció' is the third person singular preterite tense of 'conocer' (to know), referring to a completed act of knowing in the past

• Y en su castillo pasaba, las noches el mago buscando el poder

  ➔ Imperfect continuous tense with 'pasaba' indicating ongoing action in the past

  ➔ 'Pasaba' is the imperfect form of 'pasar' (to pass/spend time), used to describe an ongoing action in the past