Navidad, Navidad – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Vazquez Sounds
• Album: New Album

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Campanas de metal

Metal bells

Canciones del ayer

Songs of yesterday

Todo suena campanas

Everything sounds like bells

Porque Dios quiso nacer

Because God chose to be born

No existe el bien y el mal

There is no good and evil

El mal se ha vuelto bien

Evil has become good

Las penas y alegrías van

Sorrow and joy go

Camino de Belén

Path to Bethlehem

Navidad, Navidad

Christmas, Christmas

Hoy es Navidad

Today is Christmas

Es un día de alegría y felicidad

It's a day of joy and happiness

Hey

Hey

Navidad, Navidad

Christmas, Christmas

Hoy es Navidad

Today is Christmas

Es un día de alegría y felicidad

It's a day of joy and happiness

La calle huele amor

The street smells of love

Aprisa por llegar

Hurry to arrive

Hay gente que viene y que va

There are people coming and going

A ver felicidad

To see happiness

Champán para brindar

Champagne to toast

Luces para el Belén

Lights for the nativity

Y leña para calentar

And firewood to keep warm

A los que se aman bien

For those who love each other well

Navidad, Navidad

Christmas, Christmas

Hoy es Navidad

Today is Christmas

Es un día de alegría y felicidad

It's a day of joy and happiness

Hey

Hey

Navidad, Navidad

Christmas, Christmas

Hoy es Navidad

Today is Christmas

Es un día de alegría y felicidad

It's a day of joy and happiness

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
campanas /kamˈpa.nas/ A2	noun - bells
metal /meˈtal/ A2	noun - metal
canciones /kanˈsjo.nes/ A2	noun - songs
nacer /naˈθeɾ/ B1	verb - to be born
existe /eksisˈte/ A2	verb - to exist
bien /bjen/ A1	adjective/adverb - good, well
mal /mal/ A1	noun/adjective - evil; bad
penas /ˈpe.nas/ A2	noun - sorrows, pains
alegrías /aleˈgɾi.as/ A2	noun - joys, happiness
camino /kaˈmi.no/ A2	noun - path, way
felicidad /feliθiˈðað/ B1	noun - happiness
felicidad /fe.li.θiˈðað/ B1	noun - happiness
brindar /bɾinˈdaɾ/ B2	verb - to toast, to celebrate with drinks
luces /ˈlu.θes/ A2	noun - lights
calentar /kaleŋˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to heat up

Key Grammar Structures

• Todo suena campanas

  ➔ Present tense of the verb 'suena' (to sound)

  ➔ 'Suena' is a third person singular form in the present tense, used to describe what something does.

• Hoy es Navidad

  ➔ Present tense of 'ser' (to be) in third person singular

  ➔ 'Es' is the third person singular form of 'ser' in the present tense, used here to identify the day.

• Las penas y alegrías van

  ➔ Present tense of the verb 'van' (to go) in plural form

  ➔ 'Van' is the third person plural form of 'ir' in the present tense, indicating multiple subjects moving or progressing.

• Todo suena campanas

  ➔ Present tense of the verb 'suena' (to sound) in third person singular

  ➔ 'Suena' is in the present tense, third person singular, describing how bells sound.

• Las calles huelen amor

  ➔ Present tense of the verb 'huelen' (to smell) in plural form

  ➔ 'Huelen' is in the present tense, third person plural, describing how the streets smell.

• A los que se aman bien

  ➔ Reflexive pronoun 'se' indicating reciprocal action

  ➔ 'Se' is a reflexive pronoun used to indicate that the subjects love each other mutually.