Poema Del Alma – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Manolo Galván

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the profound emotions and philosophical musings within Manolo Galván's "Poema Del Alma." This song offers a beautiful journey into the human psyche, revealing how the soul interprets and expresses experiences that the external world may overlook. Learn to appreciate the depth of inner expression through its evocative lyrics.

[English]

The world is a poor poem

That only the soul recites

Give me the bread that's left on your table

Give me the wine that's left in your jug

If it comes from your white hands

They don't seem like crumbs to me

If one day, tired of kisses

Your steps bring you to my house

I will know how to understand your silence

And wait for your crumbs tomorrow

The world doesn't understand love

The world doesn't understand anything

The world is a poor poem

That only the soul recites

Lai-lai-lai, la-la-lai, la-la-la-la

Lai-lai-la, la-la-lai, la-la-la-la

The world is a poor poem

That only the soul recites

...

Loves like songs

Pains like sonatas

All float in the air

And are poems of the soul

And the soul doesn't understand my verses

It's sold if you want to buy it

The soul believed that kisses

Were preludes to calmness

And it's that the world doesn't understand verses

The world doesn't understand anything

The world is a poor poem

That only the soul recites

Lai-lai-la, la-la-la, la-la-lai-la

La-la-la, la-la-lai, la-la-la-la

The world is a poor poem

That only the soul recites

Sleeping I had two dreams

Dreaming I spoke aloud

And my voice was lost in the night

And my dreams died at dawn

And my dreams grew bigger

The night forgot my words, and

And my room painted black

Cried my poem of the soul

And it's that the world doesn't understand dreams

The world doesn't understand anything

The world is a poor poem

That only the soul recites

La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la-la

La-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la

The world is a poor poem

That only my soul recites

...

[Spanish]

El mundo es un pobre poema

Que solo recita el alma

Dame el pan que sobra en tu mesa

Dame el vino que sobra en tu jarra

Que si viene de tus manos tan blancas

No me parecen migajas

Si un día, cansada de besos

Tus pasos te traen a mi casa

Yo sabré comprender tu silencio

Y esperar tus migajas mañana

El mundo no entiende de amores

El mundo no entiende de nada

El mundo es un pobre poema

Que solo recita el alma

Lai-lai-lai, la-la-lai, la-la-la-la

Lai-lai-la, la-la-lai, la-la-la-la

El mundo es un pobre poema

Que solo recita el alma

Amores igual que canciones

Dolores igual que sonatas

Todos flotan en el aire

Y son poemas del alma

Y el alma no entiende mis versos

Se vende si quieres comprarla

El alma se creyó que los besos

Eran preludios de calmas

Y es que el mundo no entiende de versos

El mundo no entiende de nada

El mundo es un pobre poema

Que solo recita el alma

Lai-lai-la, la-la-la, la-la-lai-la

La-la-la, la-la-lai, la-la-la-la

El mundo es un pobre poema

Que solo recita el alma

Durmiendo yo tuve dos sueños

Soñando yo hablaba en voz alta

Y mi voz se perdió entre la noche

Y mis sueños murieron al alba

Y mis sueños se hicieron mayores

La noche olvidó mis palabras, y

Y mi cuarto pintado de negro

Lloró mi poema del alma

Y es que el mundo no entiende de sueños

El mundo no entiende de nada

El mundo es un pobre poema

Que solo recita el alma

La-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la-la

La-la-la, la-la-la-la, la-la-la

El mundo es un pobre poema

Que solo recita mi alma

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
poema /poˈema/ A2	noun - poem
alma /ˈalma/ A2	noun - soul
mundo /ˈmundo/ A2	noun - world
recitar /rekɪˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to recite
dame /ˈda.me/ A2	verb - give (imperative form)
sobra /ˈso.βɾa/ A2	verb - to remain, to be left over
mesa /ˈmesa/ A1	noun - table (furniture)
vino /ˈbi.no/ A1	noun - wine
blancas /ˈblaŋ.kas/ A2	adjective - white (feminine plural)
manos /ˈma.nos/ A2	noun - hands
bailar /baiˈlaɾ/ B1	verb - to dance
besos /ˈbe.βos/ A2	noun - kisses
pasos /ˈpa.sos/ A2	noun - steps

Key Grammar Structures

• Que solo recita el alma

  ➔ Use of the subjunctive mood with 'que' to express subjective or emotional statements.

  ➔ The phrase "que solo recita el alma" employs the subjunctive mood to convey the idea that the 'soul' is performing the action, emphasizing subjectivity.

• El mundo no entiende de amores

  ➔ Use of the verb 'entender' in the present tense with a prepositional phrase to indicate lack of understanding.

  ➔ The construction 'no entiende de amores' uses the verb in present tense with 'de' to specify what the world does not understand.

• Y mi voz se perdió entre la noche

  ➔ Use of the reflexive verb 'perderse' in the preterite tense to indicate a passive or lost state.

  ➔ The verb 'perderse' (to get lost) is used reflexively to express that the voice was lost amidst the night.

• Y mis sueños murieron al alba

  ➔ Use of the preterite tense of 'morir' to indicate completed actions in the past.

  ➔ The verb 'murieron' (died) is in past tense, showing that the dreams have come to an end in the past.

• El mundo es un pobre poema

  ➔ Use of 'ser' in the present tense to describe identity or characteristics.

  ➔ The verb 'es' is present tense of 'ser', indicating the world's fundamental nature or characteristic as a 'poor poem'.

• Que solo recita el alma

  ➔ Use of the subjunctive mood with 'que' to express a poetic or emotional statement.

  ➔ The phrase employs the subjunctive mood to emphasize the poetic nature of the 'soul' performing the action.