O Quizás Simplemente Le Regale una Rosa – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Leonardo Favio
• Album: Fuiste Mía un Verano

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the heartfelt world of Leonardo Favio's "O Quizás Simplemente Le Regale una Rosa." This beloved Latin Ballad offers a beautiful exploration of love, memory, and the power of simple gestures. Learn Spanish through its evocative lyrics and understand how a single rose can convey profound emotions, making it a special piece of Latin American musical heritage.

[English]

Today I picked a flower (and it rained and it rained)

Waiting for my love (and it rained and it rained)

The people hurried

Passed by, ran

And the city was left deserted, for it rained

I started to think of so many beautiful things

Like the day at the beach when I met you

How the wind played

With your girl-like hair

Oh what luck, what luck

Your gaze and mine

When you arrive my love

I will tell you so many things

Or maybe simply

I will give you a rose

Because I picked a flower

And it rained and it rained

Waiting for my love

And it rained and it rained

That your song brings me joy

That your laughter brings me joy

That in silence it rejoices

Your gaze and mine

We will go chatting through the empty streets

We will go kissing through the empty streets

And they will know that I love you

Those empty streets

And I will tell you

So many beautiful things

Like the day at the beach when I met you

How the wind played

With your girl-like hair

Oh what luck, what luck...

Your gaze and mine

When you arrive my love

I will tell you so many things

Or maybe simply

I will give you a rose

Or maybe simply I will give myself the rose

Or maybe simply I will give the rose

We will go chatting through the empty streets

We will go kissing through the empty streets

And they will know that I love you those empty streets

...

And I will tell you so many beautiful things

Like the day at the beach

When I met you

How the wind played

With your girl-like hair

Oh what luck, what luck...

Your gaze and mine

When you arrive my love

I will tell you so many things

Or maybe simply

I will give you a rose

Or maybe simply I will give myself the rose

Surely the best is the rose

Or maybe simply I will give myself the rose

No, no, we will go chatting, we will go kissing

Or maybe simply I will give myself the rose

Or maybe simply I will give you the rose

Or maybe simply I will give myself the rose

That's how it is

...

[Spanish]

Hoy corté un flor (y llovía y llovía)

Esperando a mi amor (y llovía y llovía)

Presurosa la gente

Pasaba, corría

Y desierta quedó la ciudad, pues llovía

Yo me puse a pensar tantas cosas bonitas

Como el día en la playa cuando te conocía

Como jugaba el viento

Con tu pelo de niña

Ay que suerte, que suerte

Tu mirada y la mía

Cuando llegues mi amor

Te diré tantas cosas

O quizás simplemente

Te regale una rosa

Porque yo corte una flor

Y llovía y llovía

Esperando mi amor

Y llovía y llovía

Que me alegre tu canto

Que me alegre tu risa

Que se alegre en silencio

Tu mirada y en la mía

Nos iremos charlando por las calles vacías

Nos iremos besando por las calles vacías

Y sabrán que te quiero

Esas calle vacías

Y yo te iré contando

Tantas cosas bonitas

Como el día en la playa cuando te conocía

Como jugaba el viento

Con tu pelo de niña

Ay que suerte, que suerte...

Tu mirada y la mía

Cuando llegues mi amor

Te diré tantas cosas

O quizás simplemente

Te regale una rosa

O quizás simplemente me regale la rosa

O quizas simplemente le regale la rosa

Nos iremos charlando por las calles vacías

Nos iremos iremos besando por las calles vacías

Y sabrán que te quiero esas calles vacías

Y yo te iré contando tantas cosas bonitas

Como el día en la playa

Cuando te conocía

Como jugaba el viento

Con tu pelo de niña

Ay que suerte, que suerte...

Tu mirada y la mía

Cuando llegues mi amor

Te diré tantas cosas

O quizás simplemente

Te regale una rosa

O quizás simplemente me regale la rosa

Seguramente lo mejor es la rosa

O quizas simplemente me regale la rosa

No, no, nos iremos charlando, nos iremos besando

O quizás simplemente me regale la rosa

O quizás simplemente te regale la rosa

O quizas simplemente me regale la rosa

Así es

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
corté /korˈte/ A2	verb - I cut
flor /fLor/ A1	noun - flower
esperando /espeˈɾando/ A2	verb - waiting
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
llovía /ʝoˈβi.a/ A2	verb - was raining
gente /ˈxente/ A1	noun - people
pasaba /paˈsa.βa/ A2	verb - was passing
ciudad /θjuˈðað/ A1	noun - city
pensar /penˈsaɾ/ A2	verb - to think
bonitas /boˈnitas/ A2	adjective - pretty, beautiful
jugaba /xuˈβa.βa/ B1	verb - played
viento /ˈbjen.to/ A2	noun - wind
mirada /miˈɾa.ða/ A2	noun - look, gaze
regale /reˈɣa.le/ B2	verb - to gift, to present

Key Grammar Structures

• Hoy corté una flor (y llovía y llovía)

  ➔ Past tense (pretérito perfecto simple) to indicate a completed action.

  ➔ The phrase "Hoy corté" uses the past tense to express that the action of cutting a flower happened today.

• Cuando llegues mi amor

  ➔ Subjunctive mood to express a wish or hope.

  ➔ The phrase "Cuando llegues" uses the subjunctive to express a hope that the person will arrive.

• Te diré tantas cosas

  ➔ Future tense to indicate an action that will happen.

  ➔ The phrase "Te diré" uses the future tense to express that the speaker will tell the listener many things.

• O quizás simplemente te regale una rosa

  ➔ Conditional mood to express a possibility.

  ➔ The phrase "O quizás simplemente te regale" uses the conditional to suggest that giving a rose is a possibility.

• Nos iremos charlando por las calles vacías

  ➔ Future progressive tense to indicate an ongoing action in the future.

  ➔ The phrase "Nos iremos charlando" uses the future progressive to express that they will be chatting as they walk.

• Ay que suerte, que suerte

  ➔ Exclamatory sentences to express strong feelings.

  ➔ The phrase "Ay que suerte" is an exclamatory expression showing the speaker's joy or relief.

• Que se alegre en silencio tu mirada y en la mía

  ➔ Subjunctive mood to express a desire for something to happen.

  ➔ The phrase "Que se alegre" uses the subjunctive to express a wish that the listener's gaze will be joyful.