Molinos De Viento – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Mägo de Oz
• Album: La Leyenda De La Mancha

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the Spanish language through the passionate folk metal of Mägo de Oz's iconic song, "Molinos De Viento." This track, steeped in literary allusion to *Don Quixote*, offers powerful vocabulary related to emotion, perspective, and self-belief, encouraging listeners to embrace life fully and see beyond the obvious, making the learning experience as epic as the music itself.

[English]

If you can't see

Beyond the tip of your nose

You can't hear a flower laugh

If you can't speak

Without having to hear your own voice

Use your heart instead

My friend Sancho, listen to me

Not everything here has a reason

A path is made by your feet

There's a world to discover

And a life to seize

From the arms of the final script

Sometimes I feel when I wake up

That the dream is reality

Drink, dance, dream

Feel that the wind was made for you

Live, listen, and speak

Using your heart to do so

I feel the rain

Kissing your face when you make love

Shout with your soul, shout so loud

That in your life, my friend, you are the only actor

...

If your opinion

Fits into a yes or a no

And you don't know how to change your mind

If you can define

Hate or love

My friend, what a disappointment!

It's not all black and white, it's gray

Everything depends on the shade

Search and learn to distinguish

The moon can warm you

And the sun can cradle your nights

Trees die standing

I've seen a spring cry

Seeing its waters go to the sea

Drink, dance, dream

Feel that the wind was made for you

Live, listen, and speak

Using your heart to do so

I feel the rain

Kissing your face when you make love

Shout with your soul, shout so loud

That in your life, my friend, you are the only actor

...

Sometimes I feel when I wake up

That the dream is reality

Drink, dance, dream

Feel that the wind was made for you

Live, listen, and speak

Using your heart to do so

I feel the rain

Kissing your face when you make love

Shout with your soul, shout so loud

Drink, dance, dream

Feel that the wind was made for you

Live, listen, and speak

Using your heart to do so

I feel the rain

Kissing your face when you make love

Shout with your soul, shout so loud

That in your life, my friend, you are the only actor

...

[Spanish]

Si acaso tú no ves

Más allá de tu nariz

No oyes a una flor reír

Si no puedes hablar

Sin tener que oír tu voz

Utilizando el corazón

Amigo Sancho, escúchame

No todo tiene aquí un porqué

Un camino lo hacen los pies

Hay un mundo por descubrir

Y una vida que arrancar

De brazos del guion final

A veces siento al despertar

Que el sueño es la realidad

Bebe, danza, sueña

Siente que el viento ha sido hecho para ti

Vive, escucha y habla

Usando para ello el corazón

Siento que la lluvia

Besa tu cara cuando haces el amor

Grita con el alma, grita tan alto

Que de tu vida tú seas, amigo, el único actor

Si acaso tu opinión

Cabe en un sí o un no

Y no sabes rectificar

Si puedes definir

El odio o el amor

Amigo, ¡qué desilusión!

No todo es blanco y negro, es gris

Todo depende del matiz

Busca y aprende a distinguir

La luna puede calentar

Y el sol tus noches acunar

Los árboles mueren de pie

He visto un manantial llorar

Al ver sus aguas ir al mar

Bebe, danza, sueña

Siente que el viento ha sido hecho para ti

Vive, escucha y habla

Usando para ello el corazón

Siente que la lluvia

Besa tu cara cuando haces el amor

Grita con el alma, grita tan alto

Que de tu vida tú seas, amigo, el único actor

A veces siento al despertar

Que el sueño es la realidad

Bebe, danza, sueña

Siente que el viento ha sido hecho para ti

Vive, escucha y habla

Usando para ello el corazón

Siente que la lluvia

Besa tu cara cuando haces el amor

Grita con el alma, grita tan alto

Bebe, danza, sueña

Siente que el viento ha sido hecho para ti

Vive, escucha y habla

Usando para ello el corazón

Siente que la lluvia

Besa tu cara cuando haces el amor

Grita con el alma, grita tan alto

Que de tu vida tú seas, amigo, el único actor

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
camino /kaˈmino/ A2	noun - path or way
pies /pjes/ A1	noun - feet
mundo /ˈmundo/ A1	noun - world
vida /ˈbiða/ A1	noun - life
sueño /ˈsweɲo/ B1	noun - dream
realidad /realidad/ B1	noun - reality
vino /ˈbino/ A2	noun - wine
viento /ˈbjento/ B1	noun - wind
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ B1	noun - heart
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
odio /ˈodio/ B2	noun - hate
luna /ˈluna/ A1	noun - moon
sol /sol/ A1	noun - sun
árboles /ˈarβoles/ A2	noun - trees
agua /ˈaɣwa/ A1	noun - water
actor /akˈtoɾ/ B1	noun - actor; person playing a role
gris /ɡɾis/ B2	adjective - gray

Key Grammar Structures

• Si acaso tú no ves más allá de tu nariz

  ➔ Conditional clause with 'si acaso' (if by any chance).

  ➔ The phrase 'si acaso' introduces a hypothetical condition — it softens the clause, meaning 'if by chance you don’t see'.

• No oyes a una flor reír

  ➔ Use of infinitive after perception verb 'oir'.

  ➔ In Spanish, perception verbs like 'oir', 'ver', 'sentir' are followed by an infinitive to describe what is perceived happening.

• Un camino lo hacen los pies

  ➔ Passive-like structure using 'hacer' with subject inversion.

  ➔ Though active in form, the focus is on 'un camino' as if it were the receiver—this is stylistic inversion giving a passive sense.

• Hay un mundo por descubrir

  ➔ Impersonal 'hay' + infinitive phrase meaning obligation or possibility.

  ➔ ‘Hay’ introduces existence; followed by 'por + infinitive' it expresses something yet to be done.

• A veces siento al despertar que el sueño es la realidad

  ➔ Nominal clause introduced by ‘que’ after perception verb.

  ➔ ‘Siento que el sueño es la realidad’ embeds a full clause as the object of ‘siento’.

• Usando para ello el corazón

  ➔ Gerund form expressing manner ('using the heart').

  ➔ The gerund 'usando' qualifies how to perform the main action—'by using the heart'.

• Que de tu vida tú seas, amigo, el único actor

  ➔ Subjunctive form with expression of wish or exhortation.

  ➔ ‘Que seas’ introduces a wishful clause: 'May you be the only actor of your life'.

• No todo es blanco y negro, es gris

  ➔ Contrastive structure with omission and parallelism.

  ➔ The sentence omits repeated elements for brevity, contrasting absolutes ('black and white') with nuance ('grey').

• Los árboles mueren de pie

  ➔ Metaphorical use of present tense for timeless truth.

  ➔ The present tense 'mueren' expresses an always-true concept, giving the line a moral undertone.