Las Estrellas – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Daniela Herrero

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of Spanish language and culture with Daniela Herrero's "Las Estrellas." This pop rock track offers a rich vocabulary related to emotions, personal growth, and relationships, making it an ideal song for language learners. Its clear lyrics and compelling narrative of resilience and the search for love provide an engaging context for understanding everyday Spanish expressions and cultural nuances of Argentine music.

[English]

Like a book no one read

They recognize its story

And write it through trial and error

Fantasizing about glory

An Oedipus never completed

Rehearsing by memory

A wound drying in the sun

Flowers and phobias

But you hold the key

But you know it’s true

That now everything is about to happen

That now you're going to be happy

The stars don’t go out

They're shaping the city

They're warrior girls with makeup

They're daddy’s little girls

The starry stars

When they can’t take it anymore

They go forward, unarmed

Looking for someone to truly love them

No one arrives in this world fully

With the complete list

You don’t cross the finish line without

Running the race first

Never mock anyone

Never die of sorrow

Don’t rush, woman, to arrive

Always a trial and a blessing

And now you, can save yourself

Now you shine just because

Now everything is within reach

There are perfect opportunities waiting for you

The stars don’t go out

They're shaping the city

More than friends, they’re sisters

They’re luck’s fighters

The stars, angelic

When they learn to kiss

They go forward, untamed

Searching, like everyone

Who will love them, they no longer wait

Now they go out to seek

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[Spanish]

Como un libro que nadie leyó

Reconocen su historia

Y la escriben a prueba y error

Fantaseando la gloria

Un Edipo que no terminó

Repetir de memoria

Una herida secándose al sol

Flores y fobias

Pero vos tenés la llave

Pero vos sabés que sí

Que ahora todo está por darse

Que ahora vas a ser feliz

Las estrellas no se apagan

Van curtiendo la ciudad

Son guerreras maquilladas

Son las nenas de papá

Las estrellas estrelladas

Cuando ya no pueden más

Van al frente, desarmadas

Van buscando quién las ame de verdad

Nadie llega a este mundo con toda

La lista completa

No se cruza la meta sin antes

Correr la carrera

No te rías de nadie jamás

No te mueras de pena

No te apures mujer por llegar

Siempre es una de cal y una de arena

Y ahora vos, podés salvarte

Ahora brillas porque sí

Ahora todo está a tu alcance

Hay perdices encimadas para ti

Las estrellas no se apagan

Van curtiendo la ciudad

Mas que amigas son hermanas

Son toreras del azar

Las estrellas, angeladas

Cuando aprendan a besar

Van al frente, desatadas

Van buscando como todos

Quién las ame, ya no esperan

Ahora salen a buscar

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
reconocen /rekoˈnosen/ B1	verb - to recognize
historia /isˈtoɾja/ A2	noun - history
gloria /ˈɡlo.ɾja/ B1	noun - glory, fame
fantaseando /fantaˈseando/ B2	verb (gerund) - fantasizing
gloria /ˈɡlo.ɾja/ B1	noun - glory, fame
terminó /teɾmiˈðo/ A2	verb - ended, finished
repetir /repaˈtiɾ/ A2	verb - to repeat
herida /eˈɾi.ða/ A2	noun - wound, injury
llave /ˈʝa. βe/ A2	noun - key
feliz /feˈliθ/ (Spain) or /feˈlis/ (Latin America) A1	adjective - happy
curtiendo /kuɾˈtjen.do/ B2	verb (gerund) - wearing, shaping through experience
estrellas /esˈtɾe.ʝas/ A2	noun - stars
apagan /aˈpaɣan/ B2	verb - to turn off, extinguish

Key Grammar Structures

• Como un libro que nadie leyó

  ➔ Use of the past tense to describe an action that has been completed.

  ➔ The phrase "que nadie leyó" indicates that the book was not read by anyone.

• Una herida secándose al sol

  ➔ Use of the gerund to indicate an ongoing action.

  ➔ The phrase "secándose al sol" shows that the wound is in the process of drying.

• Las estrellas no se apagan

  ➔ Use of the present tense to express a general truth.

  ➔ The phrase "no se apagan" indicates that the stars do not go out.

• No te rías de nadie jamás

  ➔ Use of the imperative form to give a command.

  ➔ The phrase "No te rías" is a command telling someone not to laugh.

• Ahora brillas porque sí

  ➔ Use of the present tense to express a current state.

  ➔ The phrase "brillas porque sí" indicates that the person shines just because.

• Van buscando quién las ame de verdad

  ➔ Use of the present continuous to indicate an ongoing search.

  ➔ The phrase "Van buscando" indicates that they are in the process of searching.