Noche de Ronda – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Eydie Gorme, Trio Los Panchos
• Album: Amor / More Amor

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the beauty of the Spanish language through 'Noche de Ronda.' This song is a perfect introduction for learners to practice romantic vocabulary and the poetic rhythm of the bolero, while experiencing the seamless cultural bridge between American and Latin music traditions.

[English]

Night of wandering

How sadly you pass

How sadly you cross

By my balcony

Night of wandering

How you wound me

How you hurt

My heart

Moon that breaks over the darkness of my solitude

Where are you going?

Tell me, are you wandering tonight just as he did when he left?

Who are you with?

Tell him that I love him, tell him I am dying from waiting so long

Tell him to come back now

For these wanderings are not good

They cause harm

They bring sorrow

And they end in tears

Moon that breaks over the darkness of my solitude

Where are you going?

Tell me, are you wandering tonight just as she did when she left?

Who are you with?

Tell him that I love him, tell him I am dying from waiting so long

Tell him to come back now

For these wanderings are not good

They cause harm

They bring sorrow

And they end in tears

...

[Spanish]

Noche de ronda

Qué triste pasas

Qué triste cruzas

Por mi balcón

Noche de ronda

Como me hieres

Como lastimas

Mi corazón

Luna que se quiebra sobre la tiniebla de mi soledad

¿A dónde vas?

Dime se esta noche tú te vas de ronda como él se fue

¿Con quién estás?

Dile que lo quiero, dile que me muero de tanto esperar

Qué vuelva ya

Que las rondas, no son buenas

Que hacen daño

Que dan penas

Y se acaba por llorar

Luna que se quiebra sobre la tiniebla de mi soledad

¿A dónde vas?

Dime se esta noche tú te vas de ronda como ella se fue

¿Con quién estás?

Dile que lo quiero, dile que me muero de tanto esperar

Qué vuelva ya

Que las rondas, no son buenas

Que hacen daño

Que dan penas

Y se acaba por llorar

Key Grammar Structures

• Qué triste pasas

  ➔ Exclamatory structure with 'Qué' + adjective

  ➔ The use of "Qué" followed by an adjective expresses an emotional exclamation, emphasizing how sadly the night passes.

• Luna que se quiebra

  ➔ Reflexive verb 'quebrarse'

  ➔ The reflexive form "se quiebra" suggests the moon breaking itself or fragmenting over the darkness, adding a poetic, self-contained action.

• ¿A dónde vas?

  ➔ Interrogative pronoun 'A dónde'

  ➔ The phrase "A dónde" is used to ask for the destination or direction of the moon's movement.

• Dime si esta noche tú te vas de ronda

  ➔ Conditional/Interrogative usage of 'si'

  ➔ Here, "si" introduces an indirect question, meaning 'whether' or 'if' the moon is going on patrol.

• Dile que lo quiero

  ➔ Direct Object Pronoun 'lo'

  ➔ "Lo" replaces the person (him) being referred to as the object of the verb "quiero" (to love).

• Me muero de tanto esperar

  ➔ Construction 'de' + noun for causality

  ➔ "De" here indicates the cause of the dying feeling: the act of waiting too much.

• Que las rondas no son buenas

  ➔ Subordinate conjunction 'que' introducing a belief

  ➔ The "que" here acts as a bridge for an assertive statement or opinion held by the speaker.

• Y se acaba por llorar

  ➔ Periphrastic construction 'acabarse por'

  ➔ This structure indicates the final outcome or the consequence of a situation, ending in tears.