Para tocar el cielo – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Tontxu, Antonio Vega
• Album: Basico

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

El calor de tu amor

The warmth of your love

Me da sed y, ¿dónde bebo yo?

Gives me thirst, and where do I drink?

Es donde quiero beber

It's where I want to drink

Y saciar allí mi sed

And quench my thirst there

El color de tus ojos

The color of your eyes

Se adivina entre tu pelo y yo

Is guessed among your hair and me

Los deseo más que ayer

I desire you more than yesterday

Y que la primera vez

And more than the first time

No preciso viajar lejos

I don’t need to travel far

Para hallar lo que deseo

To find what I desire

Si tropiezo en tu regazo

If I stumble into your lap

Ya me basta para tocar el cielo

That’s enough for me to touch the sky

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El sabor de tus labios

The taste of your lips

Ese selecto capricho que

That exclusive whim that

Sólo yo puedo probar

Only I can taste

Y a chincharse los demás

While others get jealous

El candor de tu abrazo

The softness of your embrace

Puro, fiel, eterno alagador

Pure, faithful, eternal comfort

Es mi fe y mi religión

It’s my faith and religion

Garantía del amor

A guarantee of love

No preciso viajar lejos

I don’t need to travel far

Para hallar lo que deseo

To find what I desire

Si tropiezo en tu regazo

If I stumble into your lap

Ya me basta para tocar el cielo

That’s enough for me to touch the sky

Uoh-uoh-uoh

Ooh-ooh-ooh

Na-ra-na-na-ra-na-ra-na

Na-ra-na-na-ra-na-ra-na

Na-ra-na-na-na-ra-ra

Na-ra-na-na-na-ra-ra

Da-ri-ru-ru-ra

Da-ri-ru-ru-ra

De-de-de-de, y

De-de-de-de, and

No preciso viajar lejos

I don’t need to travel far

Para hallar lo que deseo

To find what I desire

Si tropiezo en tu regazo

If I stumble into your lap

Ya me basta para tocar el cielo

That’s enough for me to touch the sky

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
calor /kaˈloɾ/ A2	noun - heat
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
sed /seð/ A2	noun - thirst
deseo /deˈseo/ B1	noun - desire
viajar /bjaˈxaɾ/ A2	verb - to travel
hallar /aˈʝaɾ/ B1	verb - to find
tropiezo /tɾoˈpjɛθo/ B2	noun - stumble
regazo /reˈɣaθo/ C1	noun - lap
abrazo /aˈβɾaθo/ A2	noun - hug
sabor /saˈβoɾ/ B1	noun - flavor
capricho /kaˈpɾitʃo/ B2	noun - whim
fiel /fjɛl/ B1	adjective - faithful
eterno /eˈteɾno/ B2	adjective - eternal
religión /reliˈxjon/ B2	noun - religion
garantía /ɡaɾanˈti.a/ C1	noun - guarantee
tocar /toˈkaɾ/ A1	verb - to touch

Key Grammar Structures

• Me da sed y, ¿dónde bebo yo?

  ➔ Indirect object pronoun + verb + direct object

  ➔ The phrase uses an **indirect object pronoun** 'Me' to indicate who is affected by the action 'da'.

• Para tocar el cielo

  ➔ Infinitive phrase indicating purpose

  ➔ The phrase 'Para tocar el cielo' uses the **infinitive form** 'tocar' preceded by 'Para' to express purpose or goal.

• No preciso viajar lejos

  ➔ No + present tense verb to express negation of obligation or necessity

  ➔ The phrase 'No preciso' uses **negation + present tense** verb to indicate the lack of necessity.

• Ya me basta para tocar el cielo

  ➔ Verb 'bastar' in the third person singular + 'para' + infinitive to indicate sufficiency or enough

  ➔ The phrase 'Ya me basta' uses **verb 'bastar'** to express sufficiency, with the pronoun 'me' indicating who is satisfied.