Requiem – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Stravaganzza
• Album: Requiem-tercer acto

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the profound emotional depth of Stravaganzza's "Requiem," a symphonic metal epic that invites listeners to explore themes of loss and remembrance. This Spanish track offers a unique opportunity to engage with rich, poetic language while experiencing powerful orchestral arrangements and intense vocals. Through its evocative lyrics and grand musicality, you'll not only grasp the song's poignant tribute but also gain insight into the nuanced expressions of sorrow and tribute in Spanish. Its blend of heavy and melodic elements makes it a captivating piece for language learners seeking a dramatic and memorable cultural experience.

[English]

Death, why have you come to steal

An angel who hadn't yet learned to fly?

Death, why have you come to tear away

A light that still had to shine?

Where are you taking your plunder?

Don't you care about my pain?

Who decides when you must act?

Requiem

For the one whose light illuminated the path

For the one who gave everything

For the one who never asked for anything in return

Requiem

For the one who, embracing all my dreams

Taught me to believe in myself

For whom I feel an emptiness, an absence

That I still haven't managed to accept

Death, why do you arrive unannounced?

Don't you see you leave me bare without him?

Moon, why do you shine with a faint light?

Have you also been captivated?

Don't you understand the emotion

Of bodies made of crystal?

Forever is too long a time.

Requiem

For the one whose light illuminated the path

For the one who gave everything

For whom I feel an emptiness, an absence

That I still haven't managed to accept

Requiem

For the one whose light illuminated the path

For the one who gave everything

For the one who never asked for anything in return

Requiem

For the one who, embracing all my dreams

Taught me to believe in myself

For whom I feel an emptiness, an absence

That I still haven't managed to accept

[Spanish]

¿Muerte por qué has venido a robar

Un ángel que aún no ha aprendido a volar?

¿Muerte por qué has venido a arrancar

Una luz que aún tenía que brillar?

¿Dónde llevas tu botín?

¿No te importa mi dolor?

¿Quién decide cuando has de actuar?

Réquiem

Por aquel cuya luz alumbró el camino

Por aquel que todo lo daba

Por aquel que nunca pidió nada a cambio

Réquiem

Por aquel que arropando todos mis sueños

Me enseñó a creer en mí

Por quien noto un vacío, ausencia

Que aún no he logrado aceptar

¿Muerte por qué llegas sin avisar?

¿No ves que sin él me dejas desnudo?

¿Luna por qué brillas con tenue luz?

¿Es que también a ti te cautivó?

¿No comprendes la emoción

De unos cuerpos de cristal?

Para siempre es demasiado tiempo.

Réquiem

Por aquel cuya luz alumbró el camino

Por aquel que todo lo daba

Por quien noto un vacío, ausencia

Que aún no he logrado aceptar

Réquiem

Por aquel cuya luz alumbró el camino

Por aquel que todo lo daba

Por aquel que nunca pidió nada a cambio

Réquiem

Por aquel que arropando todos mis sueños

Me enseñó a creer en mí

Por quien noto un vacío, ausencia

Que aún no he logrado aceptar

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
muerte /ˈmweɾ.te/ A1	noun - death
robar /roˈβar/ A2	verb - to steal
ángel /ˈaŋ.xel/ A1	noun - angel
volar /boˈlar/ A1	verb - to fly
arrancar /a.rranˈkar/ B1	verb - to tear out
luz /luθ/ A1	noun - light
brillar /briˈʎar/ A2	verb - to shine
botín /boˈtin/ B1	noun - booty
dolor /doˈlor/ A2	noun - pain
vacío /baˈθi.o/ B1	noun - emptiness adjective - empty
ausencia /au̯.ˈsen.θja/ B1	noun - absence
desnudo /desˈnu.ðo/ B1	adjective - naked
luna /ˈlu.na/ A1	noun - moon
tenue /ˈten.we/ B2	adjective - soft
cautivó /kau̯.tiˈβo/ B2	verb - captivated
cristal /krisˈtal/ B1	noun - crystal
réquiem /ˈre.kjem/ B2	noun - requiem
arropando /a.roˈpan.do/ C1	verb - wrapping up
soledad /so.leˈðað/ B1	noun - loneliness

Key Grammar Structures

• Why have you come to take something pure before it could rise?

  ➔ Use of 'haber' + past participle in a subordinate question (perfect infinitive).

  ➔ The phrase 'has venido a robar' shows a completed action ('have come') combined with an infinitive ('to steal'), indicating purpose after motion.

• Where do you take your spoil?

  ➔ Use of interrogative pronoun 'dónde' + verb inversion for direct question.

  ➔ In Spanish, direct questions invert subject and verb: '¿Dónde llevas tu botín?' has 'llevas' before 'tu botín'.

• Who decides when you act?

  ➔ Use of embedded question ('quién decide') and subjunctive clause ('cuando has de actuar').

  ➔ 'Has de' means 'you must' or 'you have to,' an older modal form replaced by 'tienes que.'

• For the one whose light illuminated the path.

  ➔ Relative clause with 'cuyo' meaning 'whose,' agreeing in gender and number with the possessed noun.

  ➔ 'Cuyo' links 'aquel' and 'luz' in 'por aquel cuya luz…' to mean 'the one whose light…'.

• He gave everything and asked for nothing in return.

  ➔ Use of preterite for past completed actions and 'a cambio' for compensation.

  ➔ Past tense verbs ('daba', 'pidió') contrast generosity vs expectation, emphasizing selflessness.

• He wrapped all my dreams and taught me to believe in myself.

  ➔ Connected past verbs, both in preterite, showing sequential completed actions.

  ➔ The coordination 'arropó… enseñó…' links both actions, painting emotional continuity.

• Why do you come without warning?

  ➔ Present tense of motion verb used in rhetorical question with adverbial phrase 'sin avisar'.

  ➔ 'Llegas' ('you arrive') in present carries emotional immediacy — rhetorical rather than literal.

• Do you not see you leave me defenseless?

  ➔ Use of double verb construction 'no ves que + clause' introducing a statement.

  ➔ The clause after 'que' keeps the indicative because the speaker asserts it as real.

• The moon shines with faint light.

  ➔ Present tense descriptive statement with 'con' to express means or manner.

  ➔ Literal meaning but implies emotion; 'brillas con tenue luz' emphasizes delicacy.

• Forever is too long a time.

  ➔ Idiomatic use of 'para siempre' as temporal adverbial; metaphorical assertion with copula ser.

  ➔ The line 'Para siempre es demasiado tiempo' equates eternity with excess to denote grief.