Los Cazahuates – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Vicente Fernández

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the heart of Mexican culture with 'Los Cazahuates'. This song is a perfect resource for learners to practice regional Mexican Spanish and explore the poetic language of nostalgia and landscape description, delivered by the legendary voice of Vicente Fernández.

[English]

♪

There

Where your illusions bloom

There

Hanging from your balcony

Are the hopes of the one who sings to you

This one who loves you and idolizes you unconditionally

There

Where your flowers release their scent

There

Because I have known your gardens

My soul peeks out, head over heels in love

And with a sigh, it tells you how it feels for you

Turn your eyes to the green fields

The cazahuates are already in bloom

If my voice is lost to oblivion

The cazahuates will tell you of my pure love

♪

They are cazahuates, not peanuts

♪

There

Where your pines kiss the sky

There

I realized how much I love you

That you are the soul I long for so much

Without you knowing, I believe God made you for me

Turn your eyes to the green fields

The cazahuates are already in bloom

If my voice is lost to oblivion

The cazahuates will tell you of my pure love

♪

[Spanish]

♪

Ahí

Donde florecen tus ilusiones

Ahí

Están colgando de tu balcón

Las esperanzas del que te canta

Éste que te ama y te idolatra sin condición

Ahí

Donde tus flores sueltan su aroma

Ahí

Porque tus jardines conocí

Enamorada mi alma se asoma

Y en un suspiro te dice lo que siente por ti

Vuelve los ojos al campo verde

Los cazahuates ya están en flor

Si en el olvido mi voz se pierde

Los cazahuates te contarán de mi blanco amor

♪

Son cazahuates, no cacahuates

♪

Ahí

Donde tus pinos besan el cielo

Ahí

Cuanto te quiero yo comprendí

Que eres el alma que tanto anhelo

Sin que lo sepas, creo que mi Dios te hizo para mí

Vuelve los ojos al campo verde

Los cazahuates ya están en flor

Si en el olvido mi voz se pierde

Los cazahuates te contarán de mi blanco amor

♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
florecen flo-re-sen B2	verb - to bloom
ilusiones i-lu-sjo-nes B1	noun - illusions/hopes
balcón bal-kon A2	noun - balcony
esperanzas es-pe-ran-sas A2	noun - hopes
idolatra i-do-la-tra C1	verb - to idolize
aroma a-ro-ma B2	noun - scent/aroma
suspiro sus-pi-ro B2	noun - sigh
cazahuates ka-sa-wa-tes C2	noun - cazahuate tree
olvido ol-bi-do B1	noun - oblivion/forgetfulness
anhelo an-e-lo C1	noun/verb - longing/desire
comprendí kom-pren-di A2	verb - to understand

Key Grammar Structures

• Donde florecen tus ilusiones

  ➔ Relative adverb 'donde'

  ➔ Used to introduce a subordinate clause indicating place.

• Están colgando de tu balcón

  ➔ Periphrastic continuous aspect (estar + gerund)

  ➔ Indicates an action in progress or a lasting state: "están "colgando".

• Éste que te ama y te idolatra

  ➔ Relative pronoun 'que'

  ➔ Links the subject 'Éste' to the actions 'ama' and 'idolatra'.

• Tus flores sueltan su aroma

  ➔ Possessive adjective 'tus/su'

  ➔ Indicates possession: 'tus' (your) and 'su' (its/their) for 'flores' and 'aroma'.

• Porque tus jardines conocí

  ➔ Causal conjunction 'porque'

  ➔ Introduces the reason for the previous statement.

• Enamorada mi alma se asoma

  ➔ Reflexive verb 'asomarse'

  ➔ Reflexive usage where the action affects the subject itself (mi alma).

• Los cazahuates ya están en flor

  ➔ Adverb of time 'ya'

  ➔ Used to denote that an event has already occurred or a state is currently true: "ya" están.

• Que eres el alma que tanto anhelo

  ➔ Substantive use of 'que'

  ➔ Highlights that the subject 'eres' is 'el alma', and 'tanto' is an adverb of degree modifying 'anhelo'.