Raíces – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Stravaganzza

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

A caress, a dream

look, the moon has started to shine again

In my memory, I can find

everything I was, everything I am.

I follow the steps I’ve already taken

and though I return to the start, I never go backward.

Connected to the ground, I place my feet

with tenderness and firmness, I nourish myself from it

I walk in the mud that saw me born.

Roots emerge, binding me to it

The sweet memory of a real dream.

It won’t let me forget what I once was.

Neither the storm, nor temptation

nor a million promises will make me change.

I walk in the mud that saw me born.

Roots emerge, binding me to it

The sweet memory of a real dream.

It won’t let me forget what I once was.

I walk in the mud that saw me born.

Roots emerge, binding me to it

The sweet memory of a real dream.

It won’t let me forget what I once was.

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[Spanish]

Una caricia, una ilusión

mira la luna ha vuelto a brillar

En mi memoria puedo encontrar

todo aquello que fui, todo aquello que soy.

Sigo los pasos que ya recorrí

y aunque vuelvo al principio nunca voy hacia atrás.

Unido al suelo apoyo mis pies

con ternura y firmeza me nutro de él

Camino en el barro que me vió nacer.

emergen raíces que me unen a él

El dulce recuerdo de un sueño real.

No deja que olvide aquello que fui.

Ni la tormenta, ni la tentación

ni un millón de promesas van a hacerme cambiar.

Camino en el barro que me vió nacer.

emergen raíces que me unen a él

El dulce recuerdo de un sueño real.

No deja que olvide aquello que fui.

Camino en el barro que me vió nacer.

emergen raíces que me unen a él

El dulce recuerdo de un sueño real.

No deja que olvide aquello que fui.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
raíces /ˈrai̯.θes/ B1	noun - roots
brillar /briˈʎar/ A2	verb - to shine
memoria /meˈmo.ɾja/ A2	noun - memory
ternura /terˈnu.ɾa/ B1	noun - tenderness
firmeza /fiɾˈme.θa/ B1	noun - firmness
barro /ˈbaro/ A2	noun - mud
nacer /naˈθer/ A2	verb - to be born
emergen /eˈmeɾ.xen/ B1	verb - emerge
dulce /ˈdul.θe/ A2	adjective - sweet
recuerdo /reˈkwer.do/ A2	noun - memory
tormenta /torˈmen.ta/ B1	noun - storm
tentación /ten.taˈθjon/ B1	noun - temptation
promesas /pɾoˈme.sas/ A2	noun - promises
cambiar /kam.biˈar/ A2	verb - to change
unir /uˈniɾ/ B1	verb - to unite

Key Grammar Structures

• mira la luna ha vuelto a brillar

  ➔ Imperative + present perfect + infinitive

  ➔ The word "mira" is an imperative telling someone to look, "ha vuelto" is the present perfect showing a completed action, and "brillar" is an infinitive that completes the perfect construction.

• En mi memoria puedo encontrar

  ➔ Modal verb "poder" + infinitive (ability)

  ➔ "puedo" is the first‑person singular present of the modal verb "poder", expressing ability, and it is followed by the infinitive "encontrar".

• todo aquello que fui, todo aquello que soy.

  ➔ Relative clause with past and present linking "que"

  ➔ "que" introduces two relative clauses: "que fui" (past – "that I was") and "que soy" (present – "that I am").

• y aunque vuelvo al principio nunca voy hacia atrás.

  ➔ Concessive conjunction "aunque" + present indicative

  ➔ "aunque" means “although”, and it is followed by the present indicative verb "vuelvo" indicating a factual action.

• con ternura y firmeza me nutro de él

  ➔ Reflexive verb "nutrirse" with indirect object pronoun

  ➔ "me" is the reflexive pronoun referring to the speaker, and "nutro" comes from the reflexive verb "nutrirse" meaning “to nourish oneself”.

• Camino en el barro que me vió nacer.

  ➔ Relative clause with past simple "vió" + infinitive

  ➔ "que" introduces a relative clause "que me vió nacer" where "vió" is the past simple of "ver" (to see) and "nacer" is an infinitive meaning “to be born”.

• emergen raíces que me unen a él

  ➔ Present tense third‑person plural + relative clause

  ➔ "emergen" is the third‑person plural present of "emerger" (to emerge), followed by the relative clause "que me unen a él" where "unen" is present plural of "unir" (to bind).

• No deja que olvide aquello que fui.

  ➔ Verb of influence + subjunctive "olvide"

  ➔ "deja" (from "dejar") is a verb of influence, so it triggers the subjunctive "olvide" (from "olvidar").

• ni un millón de promesas van a hacerme cambiar.

  ➔ Periphrastic future "van a + infinitive" + pronoun "me" as direct object

  ➔ "van a" (from "ir a") creates a near‑future meaning, followed by the infinitive "hacerme" (to make me) and the infinitive "cambiar" (to change).