LUZ DE LUNA – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Javier Solis
• Album: 20 Auténticos Éxitos Originales

Lyrics & Translation

Immerse yourself in the profound emotions of Javier Solís's "Luz de Luna." This classic bolero ranchero, rich with poetic lyrics and Solís's powerful vocal delivery, offers a window into the universal experience of love, loss, and longing. Learning this song allows you to connect with the expressive power of Spanish music and the enduring legacy of one of Mexico's most celebrated artists.

[English]

I want moonlight

For my lonely night

To sing divine the illusion you brought me

To feel you as mine

Mine, like no one else

Since you left

I haven't had moonlight

I feel your bonds like hooks, like claws

That drown me on the shore of joy and pain

And I feel your chains dragging in the quiet night

May it be full moon night, blue like no other

Since you left

I haven't had moonlight

Since you left

I haven't had moonlight

...

If you never come back again

My little hometown

To my dear cell that’s sad and cold

At least your memory

Brings light, over my haze

Since you left

I haven't had moonlight

I feel your bonds like hooks, like claws

That drown me on the shore of joy and pain

And I feel your chains dragging in the quiet night

May it be full moon night, blue like no other

Since you left

I haven't had moonlight

Since you left

I haven't had moonlight

...

[Spanish]

Yo quiero luz de luna

Para mi noche triste

Para cantar divina la ilusión que me trajiste

Para sentirte mía

Mía tú, como ninguna

Pues desde que te fuiste

No he tenido luz de luna

Yo siento tus amarras como garfios, como garras

Que me ahogan en la playa de la farra y del dolor

Y siento tus cadenas arrastrar en la noche callada

Que sea plenilunada, azul como ninguna

Pues desde que te fuiste

No he tenido luz de luna

Pues desde que te fuiste

No he tenido luz de luna

Si ya no vuelves nunca

Provincianita mía

A mi celda querida que está triste y está fría

Que al menos tu recuerdo

Ponga luz, sobre mi bruma

Pues desde que te fuiste

No he tenido luz de luna

Yo siento tus amarras como garfios, como garras

Que me ahogan en la playa de la farra y del dolor

Y siento tus cadenas arrastrar en la noche callada

Que sea plenilunada, azul como ninguna

Pues desde que te fuiste

No he tenido luz de luna

Pues desde que te fuiste

No he tenido luz de luna

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
luz /luθ/ A1	noun - light
noche /ˈno.tʃe/ A1	noun - night
triste /ˈtris.te/ A1	adjective - sad
cantar /kanˈtar/ A1	verb - to sing
ilusión /iluˈsjon/ B1	noun - illusion
sentir /senˈtir/ A2	verb - to feel
mía /ˈmi.a/ A1	adjective - mine
fuiste /ˈfwi.ste/ A2	verb - you went
ahogar /a.oˈɣar/ B1	verb - to drown
dolor /doˈloɾ/ A2	noun - pain
cadenas /kaˈðe.nas/ B1	noun - chains
playa /ˈpla.ja/ A1	noun - beach
recuerdo /reˈkweɾ.ðo/ B1	noun - memory
bruma /ˈbɾu.ma/ B2	noun - mist
plena /ˈple.na/ B2	adjective - full
azul /aˈθul/ A1	adjective - blue

Key Grammar Structures

• Yo quiero luz de luna

  ➔ Present tense for expressing desires.

  ➔ The phrase "Yo quiero" means "I want", indicating a desire.

• Para sentirte mía

  ➔ Infinitive form used to express purpose.

  ➔ The phrase "Para sentirte" means "To feel you", indicating the purpose of wanting the moonlight.

• No he tenido luz de luna

  ➔ Present perfect tense to express experiences.

  ➔ The phrase "No he tenido" means "I have not had", indicating a lack of experience.

• Que sea plenilunada

  ➔ Subjunctive mood to express wishes or desires.

  ➔ The phrase "Que sea" means "That it be", expressing a wish for the moonlight to be full.

• Si ya no vuelves nunca

  ➔ Conditional clause to express hypothetical situations.

  ➔ The phrase "Si ya no vuelves" means "If you never return", indicating a hypothetical situation.

• Que al menos tu recuerdo

  ➔ Subjunctive mood to express wishes or conditions.

  ➔ The phrase "Que al menos" means "That at least", indicating a wish for something minimal.

• Que ponga luz, sobre mi bruma

  ➔ Subjunctive mood to express wishes.

  ➔ The phrase "Que ponga" means "That it puts", expressing a wish for light to shine.