La Rosa de Los Vientos – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Mägo de Oz
• Album: Belfast

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rich, poetic world of Spanish Folk Metal with 'La Rosa de los Vientos'. This song is a perfect gateway to learning Spanish through its expressive, metaphorical vocabulary and rhythmic storytelling, making it an ideal track for students looking to grasp both romanticism and adventurous terminology in the language.

[English]

If you sow an illusion and water it with your love

And the water of perseverance

A flower will sprout within you and its scent and its warmth

Will wrap around you when something goes wrong

If you sow an ideal in the land of "maybe"

And you fertilize it with envy

It will be difficult to uproot the evil

It has taken root in your soul

And may my light accompany you

For life is a garden

Where the good and the bad are blurred and it is human

To not always know how to choose

And if you feel lost

You must not see with your eyes

Do it with those of your soul and you will find calm

I will be your compass rose

If you sow a friendship, plant it with care

And fertilize it with patience

Prune it with truth and transplant it with faith

Because it needs time and it needs to grow

If you get drunk on passion and don't cool your heart

Your senses will stutter and perhaps

Only the heat will speak and not reason

It is wise to count to ten

And may my light accompany you

For life is a garden

Where the good and the bad are blurred and it is human

To not always know how to choose

And if you feel lost

You must not see with your eyes

Do it with those of your soul and you will find calm

I will be your compass rose

[Spanish]

Si siembras una ilusión y la riegas con tu amor

Y el agua de la constancia

Brotará en ti una flor y su aroma y su calor

Te arroparán cuando algo vaya mal

Si siembras un ideal en la tierra del quizás

Y lo abonas con la envidia

Será difícil arrancar la maldad

De tu alma se ha hecho raíz

Y que mi luz te acompañe

Pues la vida es un jardín

Donde lo bueno y lo malo se confunden y es humano

No siempre saber elegir

Y si te sientes perdido

Con tus ojos no has de ver

Hazlo con los de tu alma y encontrarás la calma

Tu rosa de los vientos seré

Si siembras una amistad, con mimo plántala

Y abónala con paciencia

Pódala con la verdad y trasplántala con fe

Pues necesita tiempo y crecer

Si te embriagas de pasión y no enfrías tu corazón

Tartamudearán tus sentidos y quizás

Hablará solo el calor y no la razón

Es sabio contar hasta diez

Y que mi luz te acompañe

Pues la vida es un jardín

Donde lo bueno y lo malo se confunden y es humano

No siempre saber elegir

Y si te sientes perdido

Con tus ojos no has de ver

Hazlo con los de tu alma y encontrarás la calma

Tu rosa de los vientos seré

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
siembras sjembras B2	verb - to sow / to plant
ilusión ilusjon A2	noun - illusion / hope / excitement
constancia konstansja B2	noun - perseverance / consistency
brotará brotara B2	verb - to sprout / to bud
arroparán aroparan B2	verb - to wrap up / to shelter
envidia enbidja B1	noun - envy / jealousy
maldad maldad B1	noun - evil / malice
raíz rais A2	noun - root
jardín xardin A1	noun - garden
confunden konfunden B1	verb - to confuse / to mix up
calma kalma A2	noun - calm / tranquility
amistad amistad A1	noun - friendship
paciencia pasjensja A2	noun - patience
embriagas embriagas C1	verb - to intoxicate / to get drunk
tartamudearán tartamudearan C2	verb - to stammer / to stutter

Key Grammar Structures

• Si siembras una ilusión y la riegas con tu amor

  ➔ First Conditional

  ➔ Use of 'si' + present indicative to express a possible condition in the present or future.

• Te arroparán cuando algo vaya mal

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after temporal connector

  ➔ Use of 'vaya' (subjunctive) because 'cuando' refers to an uncertain future event.

• De tu alma se ha hecho raíz

  ➔ Present perfect tense (Pretérito perfecto compuesto)

  ➔ Use of 'ha hecho' to describe an action that started in the past and has present consequences.

• Y que mi luz te acompañe

  ➔ Subjunctive for wishes (Subjuntivo desiderativo)

  ➔ Use of 'acompañe' (subjunctive) to express a wish or desire.

• No siempre saber elegir

  ➔ Infinitive as a subject or complement

  ➔ Use of the infinitive 'saber' after an impersonal expression to state a general truth.

• Con tus ojos no has de ver

  ➔ Periphrastic construction (Haber de + infinitive)

  ➔ Use of 'has de ver' to indicate a directive or expectation (you shouldn't use your eyes).

• Hazlo con los de tu alma

  ➔ Imperative (Tú)

  ➔ Use of 'Haz' (irregular imperative of 'hacer') to give a direct piece of advice.

• Tartamudearán tus sentidos

  ➔ Simple Future (Futuro próximo/simple)

  ➔ Use of 'Tartamudearán' to describe a future consequence of an action.