Libre – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: El Chaval de la Peca

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Tiene casi 20 años y ya está

He's almost 20 years old and he's already

Cansado de soñar

Tired of dreaming

Pero tras la frontera está su hogar

But beyond the border is his home

Su mundo y su ciudad

His world and his city

Piensa que la alambrada solo es

He thinks the barbed wire is just

Un trozo de metal

A piece of metal

Algo que nunca puede detener

Something that can never stop

Sus ansias de volar

His desire to fly

Libre como el sol cuando amanece, yo soy libre

Free as the sun at dawn, I am free

Como el mar

Like the sea

Libre como el ave que escapó de su prisión

Free as the bird that escaped its prison

Y puede al fin volar

And can finally fly

Libre como el viento que recoge mi lamento y mi pesar

Free as the wind that carries my lament and sorrow

Camino sin cesar detrás de la verdad

I walk endlessly in search of the truth

Y sabré lo que es al fin la libertad

And I will finally know what freedom is

...

...

Con su amor por bandera se marchó

With his love as his banner, he left

Cantando una canción

Singing a song

Marchaba tan feliz que no escucho

He was walking so happily that he didn’t hear

La voz que le llamó

The voice that called him

Y tendido en el suelo se quedó

And he fell to the ground

Sonriendo y sin hablar

Smiling and silent

Sobre su pecho flores carmesí

On his chest, crimson flowers

Brotaban sin cesar

Budded endlessly

Libre como el sol cuando amanece, yo soy libre

Free as the sun at dawn, I am free

Como el mar

Like the sea

Libre como el ave que escapó de su prisión

Free as the bird that escaped its prison

Y puede al fin volar

And can finally fly

Libre como el viento que recoge mi lamento y mi pesar

Free as the wind that carries my lament and sorrow

Camino sin cesar detrás de la verdad

I walk endlessly in search of the truth

Y sabré lo que es al fin la libertad

And I will finally know what freedom is

...

...

Libre como el sol cuando amanece, yo soy libre

He’s free as the sun at dawn, I am free

Como el mar

Like the sea

Libre como el ave que escapó de su prisión

Free as the bird that escaped its prison

Y puede al fin volar

And can finally fly

Libre como el viento que recoge mi lamento y mi pesar

Free as the wind that carries my lament and sorrow

Camino sin cesar detrás de la verdad

I walk endlessly in search of the truth

Y sabré lo que es al fin la libertad

And I will finally know what freedom is

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cansado /ka̝.saˈðo/ B1	adjective - tired
soñar /soˈɲaɾ/ B1	verb - to dream
hogar /oˈɣaɾ/ A2	noun - home
ciudad /sjuˈðað/ A2	noun - city
metal /meˈtal/ A2	noun - metal
detener /de.teˈneɾ/ B2	verb - to stop, to halt
ansias /anˈsjas/ B1	noun - longing, craving
volar /βoˈlaɾ/ B1	verb - to fly
sol /sol/ A1	noun - sun
mar /maɾ/ A2	noun - sea
aves /ˈa.βe.s/ B1	noun - birds
prisión /pɾiˈsjon/ B2	noun - prison
lamento /laˈmen.to/ B2	noun - lament, mournful sound
camino /kaˈmi.no/ A2	noun - path, road
verdad /βerˈðad/ A2	noun - truth
libertad /li βeɾˈtað/ B2	noun - freedom

Key Grammar Structures

• Ya está

  ➔ Present tense with 'ya está' indicating a completed state

  ➔ 'Ya está' translates to 'is already' or 'has already', used to indicate something is completed or in a certain state.

• Camino sin cesar

  ➔ Present tense with 'camino' and 'sin cesar' indicating ongoing action without stop

  ➔ 'Camino sin cesar' means 'I walk without ceasing', emphasizing continuous action.

• canaliza mi lamento y mi pesar

  ➔ Present tense of 'canalizar' + direct object pronouns 'mi' + nouns 'lamento' and 'pesar'

  ➔ 'Canaliza' means 'to channel' or 'to direct', showing the action of expressing or managing feelings.

• Y puede al fin volar

  ➔ Modal verb 'puede' (can) + infinitive 'volar' (to fly) indicating possibility

  ➔ 'Puede' is a modal verb meaning 'can' or 'may', and combined with 'volar' it expresses the ability or possibility to fly.

• Estos ejemplos muestran el uso de la conjugación en presente

  ➔ Noun phrase 'Estos ejemplos' (these examples) + 'muestran' (they show) + 'el uso' (the use) + 'de la conjugación en presente' (of the present tense conjugation)

  ➔ This phrase demonstrates how to refer to examples that illustrate the use of a specific grammatical tense.

• la libertad

  ➔ Definite article 'la' + noun 'libertad' (freedom)

  ➔ 'La libertad' means 'the freedom', used as a noun phrase to refer to a state or concept.