Margarita

• By: Fito Paez
• Album: Yo Te Amo

Lyrics:

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[English]

Yo soy tan feliz cuando te despertás

I am so happy when you wake up

Vos me haces feliz, hacés el mundo brillar

You make me happy, you make the world shine

Yo me quiero ir a la luna con vos

I want to go to the moon with you

Vos me hacés feliz

You make me happy

Sabés amar y jugar

You know how to love and play

Vos me hacés reír

You make me laugh

Me hacés sentir fugaz

You make me feel fleeting

Yo me quiero ir a la luna con vos

I want to go to the moon with you

Hay que subirse a un caballo con alas

We need to ride a winged horse

Y creer fuerte con el corazón

And believe strongly with our hearts

Y las libélulas amarillas

And yellow dragonflies

Nos abrirán los laberintos que nos lleven al sol

Will open the labyrinths that take us to the sun

Yo quiero estar ahí con vos

I want to be there with you

Vos me hacés feliz

You make me happy

Margarita, mi amor

Margarita, my love

Vos me hacés reír

You make me laugh

Te hago reír a vos

I make you laugh

Si hay para comer lo dividimos en dos

If there’s food, we’ll share it in two

Vamos a vivir abrazados, mi amor

Let’s live embraced, my love

Que viva el mundo y viva la vida

Long live the world and long live life

Vivan las voces y la emoción

Long live the voices and the emotion

Ésto te quiero dejar, Margarita

This is what I want to leave you, Margarita

Y que vayas abriendo el mundo como una flor

And let you open the world like a flower

Yo voy estar ahí con vos

I will be there with you

Puedo ser feliz

I can be happy

Me hacés feliz

You make me happy

Me hacés reír

You make me laugh

Me hacés feliz

You make me happy

Totalmente feliz

Totally happy

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
feliz /feˈlis/ A2	adjective - happy
mundo /ˈmun.do/ A1	noun - world
brillar /bɾiˈʎaɾ/ B1	verb - to shine
luna /ˈlu.na/ A1	noun - moon
amar /aˈmaɾ/ A2	verb - to love
jugar /xuˈɣaɾ/ A1	verb - to play
reír /reˈiɾ/ A1	verb - to laugh
fugaz /fuˈɣas/ B2	adjective - fleeting
caballo /kaˈβa.ʎo/ A1	noun - horse
alas /ˈa.las/ A2	noun - wings
corazón /ko.raˈθon/ A2	noun - heart
libélulas /liˈβe.lu.las/ B2	noun - dragonflies
amarillas /a.maˈɾi.ʎas/ A1	adjective - yellow
laberintos /la.βeˈɾin.tos/ B2	noun - labyrinths
sol /sol/ A1	noun - sun
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
vida /ˈbi.ða/ A1	noun - life
voces /ˈbo.θes/ A2	noun - voices
emoción /e.moˈθjon/ B1	noun - emotion
flor /floɾ/ A1	noun - flower

Grammar:

• Yo soy tan feliz cuando te despertás

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood in Adverbial Clauses of Time

  ➔ Use of the subjunctive mood (“despertás”) after “cuando” expressing a future or uncertain action/state. In this case, it expresses a general or habitual action.

• Yo me quiero ir a la luna con vos

  ➔ Periphrastic future with 'ir a' + infinitive

  ➔ 'Quiero ir' means 'I want to go', and then the 'a' is used before the infinitive form of the verb. The combination 'ir a' + infinitive indicates a future action close to the present. it's softer than 'iré'.

• Hay que subirse a un caballo con alas

  ➔ Impersonal 'Hay que' + infinitive

  ➔ 'Hay que' + infinitive expresses necessity or obligation. It's like saying 'One must', 'It is necessary to', or 'You have to'.

• Y creer fuerte con el corazón

  ➔ Use of an Adverb to Modify a Verb

  ➔ The adverb "fuerte" modifies the verb "creer", indicating the manner in which the action of believing is performed. The adverb 'fuerte' modifies the verb 'creer'.

• Nos abrirán los laberintos que nos lleven al sol

  ➔ Subjunctive in Relative Clauses (Uncertainty)

  ➔ The subjunctive form "lleven" is used in the relative clause "que nos lleven al sol" because the labyrinths that lead to the sun are not a known or definite entity. It expresses uncertainty or a hypothetical situation.

• Si hay para comer lo dividimos en dos

  ➔ Conditional Sentence Type 1 (Real Condition)

  ➔ The structure 'Si + present indicative, future indicative' expresses a real or likely condition. 'Si hay para comer' (if there is food to eat), 'lo dividimos en dos' (we will divide it in two).

• Que viva el mundo y viva la vida

  ➔ Subjunctive for Wishes/Exclamations

  ➔ The subjunctive form 'viva' is used to express a wish or exclamation, similar to 'long live' in English.

• Ésto te quiero dejar, Margarita

  ➔ Object Pronoun Placement

  ➔ The placement of 'te' (you) before 'quiero dejar' (want to leave) is typical in Spanish when using object pronouns with verbs in compound tenses or verb phrases (in this case, a verb + infinitive).