Quiero Ser Un Color – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Furland
• Album: Historia de la Luz

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Junto al rio que alimenta la verdad

By the river that feeds the truth

Crece un bosque

A forest grows

Al que llamabamos hogar

To the one we called home

Donde tu y yo viviamos

Where you and I lived

Donde el tiempo se olvidaba de avanzar

Where time forgot to move forward

Una tarde nuestro bosque colapso

One afternoon, our forest collapsed

Y un vacio remplazo su corazon

And a void replaced its heart

Y al perder la fe

And as we lost faith

En el amor

In love

Nos dejamos convencersar por un error

We let ourselves be convinced by a mistake

Io quiero ser un color

I want to be a color

La luz que proyecta el amor

The light that reflects love

La convinacion de un color

The combination of a color

Y la mezcla perfecta de amor

And the perfect blend of love

Cerca del lugar donde nace la luz

Near the place where light is born

Construimos nuevamente nuestro hogar

We rebuilt our home again

Donde al fin tu y yo

Where at last, you and I

Un dia azul

A blue day

Cocechamos en silencio la verdad

We quietly harvest the truth

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Io quiero ser un color

I want to be a color

La convinacion de un color

The combination of a color

La fragmentacion de la luz

The fragmentation of light

Y la mezcla perfecta de amor

And the perfect blend of love

(Amor, amor, amor)

(Love, love, love)

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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.