Quiero Ser Un Color – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Furland
• Album: Historia de la Luz

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the hopeful message of Furland's 'Quiero Ser Un Color' and learn Spanish through its poetic lyrics. This song offers a beautiful way to explore themes of love and new beginnings, with simple yet profound language that will inspire you to connect with the emotional side of Spanish.

[English]

By the river that feeds the truth

A forest grows

To the one we called home

Where you and I lived

Where time forgot to move forward

One afternoon, our forest collapsed

And a void replaced its heart

And as we lost faith

In love

We let ourselves be convinced by a mistake

I want to be a color

The light that reflects love

The combination of a color

And the perfect blend of love

Near the place where light is born

We rebuilt our home again

Where at last, you and I

A blue day

We quietly harvest the truth

...

I want to be a color

The combination of a color

The fragmentation of light

And the perfect blend of love

(Love, love, love)

...

[Spanish]

Junto al rio que alimenta la verdad

Crece un bosque

Al que llamabamos hogar

Donde tu y yo viviamos

Donde el tiempo se olvidaba de avanzar

Una tarde nuestro bosque colapso

Y un vacio remplazo su corazon

Y al perder la fe

En el amor

Nos dejamos convencersar por un error

Io quiero ser un color

La luz que proyecta el amor

La convinacion de un color

Y la mezcla perfecta de amor

Cerca del lugar donde nace la luz

Construimos nuevamente nuestro hogar

Donde al fin tu y yo

Un dia azul

Cocechamos en silencio la verdad

Io quiero ser un color

La convinacion de un color

La fragmentacion de la luz

Y la mezcla perfecta de amor

(Amor, amor, amor)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
rio /ˈri.o/ A1	noun - river
bosque /ˈbos.ke/ A2	noun - forest
hogar /oˈɣar/ A2	noun - home
tiempo /ˈtjempo/ A1	noun - time
vacío /baˈsi.o/ B1	adjective - empty
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A2	noun - heart
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
error /eˈroɾ/ B1	noun - error
color /koˈloɾ/ A1	noun - color
luz /luθ/ A1	noun - light
proyecta /pɾo.ʝekˈta/ B1	verb - to project
construimos /kons.tɾuˈimos/ B1	verb - we build
fragmentación /fɾaɡmen.taˈθjon/ B2	noun - fragmentation
mezcla /ˈmez.klɐ/ A2	noun - mixture
silencio /siˈlen.θjo/ B1	noun - silence
cerca /ˈseɾ.ka/ A2	adverb - near
nace /naθe/ A1	verb - to be born
día /ˈdi.a/ A1	noun - day
azul /aˈθul/ A1	adjective - blue

Key Grammar Structures

• Junto al rio que alimenta la verdad

  ➔ Relative clause using 'que'

  ➔ The word "que" introduces a relative clause that modifies 'rio'. 'que alimenta la verdad' means 'that feeds the truth'. This illustrates the use of 'que' to connect clauses and provide additional information about a noun.

• Al que llamabamos hogar

  ➔ Use of 'al que' as a relative pronoun with preposition

  ➔ 'Al que' is used because 'llamar' requires a preposition 'a' in this context (llamar *a* algo). 'Al que llamábamos hogar' means 'the one we called home'. This demonstrates the need for prepositional relative pronouns when the verb governs a preposition.

• Donde el tiempo se olvidaba de avanzar

  ➔ Impersonal 'se' with reflexive verb and infinitive

  ➔ The structure 'se + verb' in 'se olvidaba' indicates an impersonal construction, meaning it doesn't have a specific subject. 'El tiempo se olvidaba de avanzar' means 'time forgot to advance' or more naturally, 'time stood still'.

• Una tarde nuestro bosque colapso

  ➔ Preterite tense to describe a completed past action.

  ➔ The verb "colapso" (collapsed) is in the preterite tense (pretérito indefinido). It's used to indicate a completed action in the past: The forest collapsed at one specific point in time.

• Y al perder la fe

  ➔ 'Al + infinitive' construction expressing 'upon/when' doing something.

  ➔ The phrase 'Al perder la fe' translates to 'Upon losing faith' or 'When losing faith'. This construction 'Al + infinitive' is used to express a temporal relationship, meaning something happened at the moment of or immediately after another action.

• Nos dejamos convencersar por un error

  ➔ Reflexive passive construction with 'dejarse' + infinitive.

  ➔ 'Nos dejamos convencersar' is a reflexive passive construction that implies we *allowed ourselves* to be convinced. The reflexive pronoun 'nos' and the verb 'dejarse' combined with an infinitive create the sense of something being done *to us* because we were receptive to it.

• Io quiero ser un color

  ➔ Use of 'Io' instead of 'Yo'.

  ➔ 'Io' is a less common but potentially stylistic variation of 'Yo' (I). It could be used for emphasis or artistic effect within the song.

• La combinacion de un color

  ➔ Use of the definite article 'La' with a general noun.

  ➔ While 'un color' would mean 'a color,' 'La combinacion de un color' means 'The combination of a color', but it is talking about the combination in general not a single specific combination. This highlights the overall concept or essence of color combinations rather than a particular instance. The use of the definite article here gives a sense of universality.