Oleada – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Julieta Venegas
• Album: Los Momentos

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Spanish with Julieta Venegas's "Oleada" offers a poetic exploration of themes like change and new beginnings. The song's clear, melodic vocals and repetitive chorus make it excellent for language learners to pick up vocabulary related to journeys and emotions. Its special quality lies in its uplifting message of facing the future without fear, making the learning process both inspiring and memorable.

[English]

No

I wouldn't want to stop

This wave that carries me

Where?

To a place I don't know

I just move with it

And no one there will know me

And I won't recognize anyone there

But I'm not afraid

No

I wouldn't want to stop

This wave that carries me

And everything I've already lived

I keep carrying it

I carry it deep inside me

I've never forgotten it

I feel it so close from here

I carry it deep inside me

...

I go

Searching for a place

In this open world

Where

I can stay

To start again

And no one there will know me

And I won't recognize anyone there

But I'm not afraid

And everything I've already lived

I keep carrying it

I carry it deep inside me

I've never forgotten it

I feel it so close from here

I carry it deep inside me

...

And everything I've already lived

I keep carrying it

I carry it deep inside me

I've never forgotten it

I feel it so close from here

I carry it deep inside me

...

[Spanish]

No

Quisiera detener

Esta oleada que me lleva

¿A dónde?

A donde no lo sé

Solo me muevo con ella

Y nadie ahí me conocerá

Y a nadie ahí reconoceré

Pero no tengo miedo

No

Quisiera detener

Esta oleada que me lleva

Y todo lo que ya viví

Lo sigo cargando

Lo llevo muy dentro de mí

Nunca lo he olvidado

Lo siento tan cerca de aquí

Lo llevo muy dentro de mí

Voy

En busca de un lugar

En este mundo abierto

Donde

Me pueda yo quedar

Para empezar de nuevo

Y nadie ahí me conocerá

Y a nadie ahí reconoceré

Pero no tengo miedo

Y todo lo que ya viví

Lo sigo cargando

Lo llevo muy dentro de mí

Nunca lo he olvidado

Lo siento tan cerca de aquí

Lo llevo muy dentro de mí

Y todo lo que ya viví

Lo sigo cargando

Lo llevo muy dentro de mí

Nunca lo he olvidado

Lo siento tan cerca de aquí

Lo llevo muy dentro de mí

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
oleada /o.leˈa.ða/ B2	noun - wave, surge
lleva /ˈʝe.βa/ A2	verb - carries, takes
miedo /ˈmje.ðo/ A2	noun - fear
viví /biˈβi/ B1	verb - I lived
cargando /kaɾˈɣan.do/ B1	verb - carrying, bearing
dentro /ˈden.tɾo/ A2	adverb - inside
olvidado /ol.βiˈða.ðo/ B1	verb - forgotten
siento /ˈsjen.to/ A2	verb - I feel
cerca /ˈθeɾ.ka/ A1	adverb - near, close
busca /ˈbus.ka/ A2	noun - search, quest verb - he/she searches
lugar /luˈɣaɾ/ A1	noun - place, location
mundo /ˈmun.do/ A1	noun - world
abierto /aˈβjer.to/ B1	adjective - open
nuevo /ˈnwe.βo/ A1	adjective - new
conocerá /ko.no.θeˈɾa/ B1	verb - will know, will meet
reconoceré /re.ko.no.θeˈɾe/ B2	verb - will recognize

Key Grammar Structures

• Quisiera detener

  ➔ Conditional form with the verb 'quisiera' (I would like to)

  ➔ The verb **'quisi**era' is in the conditional tense, indicating a wish or hypothetical situation.

• Y nadie ahí me conocerá

  ➔ Future tense with the auxiliary 'conocerá' (will know)

  ➔ The **'conocerá'** is in the future tense, indicating that 'no one will know me'.

• Nunca lo he olvidado

  ➔ Present perfect tense to express an action that has been completed

  ➔ The phrase '**he olvidado**' is in the present perfect tense, emphasizing the action's relevance to the present moment.

• Lo llevo muy dentro de mí

  ➔ Use of direct object pronoun 'lo' + verb 'llevo' (I carry) + adverbial phrase

  ➔ The phrase '**lo llevo muy dentro de mí**' shows that 'I carry it deeply within me,' with 'lo' as the direct object pronoun.