Limonar – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Greeicy

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a heartfelt linguistic journey with Greeicy's "Limonar." This intimate ballad offers a beautiful opportunity to explore Spanish through its profound lyrics about personal growth, gratitude, and the rediscovery of life's true meaning. The song's vulnerability and reflective nature make it special, allowing you to connect with the language through universal themes of self-discovery and the impact of significant life events like motherhood.

[English]

I walked wherever my dreams took me

And I found new ones that I fulfilled

Until I forgot

Enjoy each step I've achieved

And why I started

How I miss that place

I used to dream of flying and now

All I want is to go back,

I'm the same, not someone else

But my reality has changed

And what truly matters.

How beautiful life is

It has fulfilled some dreams I had

And it broke me with a couple of goodbyes,

It was to teach me I'm far more capable

Than I believed.

How beautiful life is

It reminds me of what I sometimes forget

I lost things I thought would return

But if I sit and wait

The only thing that will happen

Today I don't want the days to slip by

Without being able to give them back to my own

Everything they've done

Everything they do

Even the moon can't compare

To all the magic when we're together

Because they're the force that moves my world

Having them with me, that's all I need.

And thanks because I never imagined,

That, through an angel in the form of a child

All your fears could be calmed

I now know you came to bring me luck

If, in all that haste, I never enjoyed the world as I should have

Now that I have you, I can discover it again.

How beautiful life is

It has fulfilled some dreams I had

And it broke me with a couple of goodbyes,

It was to teach me I'm far more capable

Than I believed.

How beautiful life is

It reminds me of what I sometimes forget

I lost things I thought would return

But if I sit and wait

The only thing that will happen is life

[Spanish]

Caminé, donde mis sueños me llevaron

Y encontré, otros nuevos que cumplí

Hasta que olvidé

Disfrutarme cada paso que logré

Y porqué empecé

Cómo extraño ese lugar

Soñaba con volar y ahora

Sólo quiero regresar,

Soy la misma no soy otra

Pero cambió mi realidad

Y lo que de verdad importa.

Qué bonita es la vida

Me ha cumplido algunos sueños que tenía

Y me ha roto con un par de despedidas,

Fue pa' enseñarme que soy mucho más capaz

De lo que creía.

Qué bonita es la vida

Que me recuerda lo que a veces se me olvida

Perdí cosas que pensé que volverían

Pero si me siento a esperar

Lo único que va a pasar

Hoy no quiero que los días se me pasen

Sin a los míos poder regresarles

Todo lo que han hecho

Todo lo que hacen

Aunque ni la luna se compare

Con toda la magia cuando estamos juntos

Porque son la fuerza que mueve mi mundo

Que estén conmigo, sólo eso necesito.

Y gracias porque nunca imaginé,

Que, a través de un ángel en forma de niño

Puedan calmarse todos tus miedos

Ya sé que llegaste pa' darme la suerte

Si por tanta prisa, nunca disfruté el mundo como debía

Ahora que te tengo, descubrirlo de nuevo.

Qué bonita es la vida

Me ha cumplido algunos sueños que tenía

Y me ha roto con un par de despedidas,

Fue pa' enseñarme que soy mucho más capaz

De lo que creía.

Qué bonita es la vida

Que me recuerda lo que a veces se me olvida

Perdí cosas que pensé que volverían

Pero si me siento a esperar

Lo único que va a pasar es, la vida

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
caminé /kamiˈne/ A2	verb - I walked
soñaba /soˈɲaba/ A2	verb - I used to dream
volar /boˈlar/ A1	verb - to fly
realidad /realiˈdad/ A2	noun - reality
bonita /boˈnita/ A1	adjective - pretty
vida /ˈbiða/ A1	noun - life
despedidas /despeˈðidas/ B1	noun - farewells
enseñarme /enseˈɲarme/ B1	verb - to teach me
capaz /kaˈpaθ/ B1	adjective - capable
olvida /olˈβiða/ A2	verb - forgets
fuerza /ˈfwerθa/ A2	noun - strength
mundo /ˈmundo/ A1	noun - world
ángél /ˈaŋxel/ A1	noun - angel
niño /ˈniɲo/ A1	noun - child
calmarse /kalˈmaɾse/ B1	verb - to calm down
miedos /ˈmjedos/ A2	noun - fears
suerte /ˈsweɾte/ A2	noun - luck
descubrirlo /deskuˈβɾirlo/ B1	verb - to discover it

Key Grammar Structures

• Caminé, donde mis sueños me llevaron

  ➔ Preterite (Indefinite Past)

  ➔ The verb "Caminé" and "llevaron" use the preterite to express completed actions in the past without ongoing relevance.

• Me ha roto con un par de despedidas

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ The verb "ha roto" uses the present perfect to express an action that has occurred and has current impact or relevance to the speaker's life.

• Fue pa' enseñarme que soy mucho más capaz

  ➔ Imperfect Past

  ➔ The verb "Fue" uses the imperfect past to describe a background or habitual action that set the stage for teaching something.

• Perdí cosas que pensé que volverían

  ➔ Pluperfect (Pluscuamperfecto)

  ➔ The verb "pensé" (implied sequence) uses pluperfect to refer to a thought that preceded the loss, with "volverían" indicating future condition in the past.

• Si me siento a esperar

  ➔ Conditional Sentence (Type II)

  ➔ The structure "Si me siento" introduces a hypothetical condition, implying that if the action happens, the result will follow as a real possibility.

• Aunque ni la luna se compare

  ➔ Present Subjunctive

  ➔ The verb "se compare" uses present subjunctive after "aunque" to express doubt or unreality in comparison, emphasizing concession.

• Que estén conmigo, sólo eso necesito.

  ➔ Present Subjunctive

  ➔ The verb "estén" uses present subjunctive after "necesito" (a verb of influence) to express a wish or desired state that is not yet real.

• Puedan calmarse todos tus miedos

  ➔ Present Subjunctive

  ➔ The verb "Puedan" uses present subjunctive in a relative clause to express possibility or potentiality in calming fears.