Astrolábio – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Fernando Pessoa

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Tree, leaf, jump, light,

Furniture, wool, taste, foot,

and marks gazes.

Cloud, she-wolf of, touches,

gesticulator,

calamint son

hundred

King, end, sun

to my-

go

cross

to each-

of the sky

rail

is the tac-

tita looks-

pain

heart

woman

by

extreme-

dad

insolate-

tion

stop-

cer

of

nail co-

ito

God

tes

fear

[Spanish]

Arbol, hoja, salto, luz,

mueble, lana, gusto, pie,

y marcas miradas.

Nube, loba de, toca,

gesticulador,

hijo calaminta

cien

Rey, fin, sol

a mi-

go

cruz

al cada-

do cielo

riel

está el tác-

tita mira-

dor

corazón

mujer

por

extremi-

dad

insola-

ción

pare-

cer

de

clavo co-

ito

Dios

tes

temor

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
árbol ˈaɾ.bol A1	noun - tree
salto ˈsal.to A1	noun - jump
luz luθ A1	noun - light
mueble ˈmwe.βle A2	noun - furniture
lana ˈla.na A2	noun - wool
gusto ˈgus.to A1	noun - taste
nube ˈnu.βe A1	noun - cloud
toca ˈto.ka A2	verb - to touch
gesticulador ˌxes.ti.ku.laˈðor C1	noun - gesticulator
rey rei A1	noun - king
corazón ko.raˈθon A1	noun - heart
mujer muˈxer A1	noun - woman
extremidad eks.tre.miˈðað B1	noun - extremity
insolación in.so.laˈθjon B2	noun - sunstroke
clavo ˈkla.βo A2	noun - nail
temor teˈmoɾ A2	noun - fear

Key Grammar Structures

• Arbol, hoja, salto, luz,

  ➔ Noun enumeration

  ➔ The line lists nouns without conjunctions, a poetic style to create rhythm.

• Nube, loba de, toca,

  ➔ Prepositional phrase

  ➔ The phrase 'loba de' uses a preposition ('de') to create a descriptive fragment.

• gesticulador,

  ➔ Noun as adjective

  ➔ The noun 'gesticulador' functions as an adjective to describe a person.

• hijo calaminta

  ➔ Apposition

  ➔ 'Calaminta' is in apposition to 'hijo,' renaming or explaining it.

• Rey, fin, sol

  ➔ Noun fragmentation

  ➔ Nouns are fragmented to create a concise, poetic effect.

• a mi- go

  ➔ Hyphenated compound

  ➔ The word 'mi-go' uses a hyphen to combine two elements into a single unit.

• por extremidad

  ➔ Preposition with noun

  ➔ The preposition 'por' is used with the noun 'extremidad' to indicate cause or means.

• Dios tes

  ➔ Truncation

  ➔ The word 'tes' is a truncated form, likely from 'testamento' or another word.