Seminare – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Serú Girán
• Album: Serú Girán

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Quiero ver, quiero entrar

I want to see, I want to come in

Nena, nadie te va a hacer mal

Baby, no one’s going to hurt you

Excepto amarte

Except loving you

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Vas aquí, vas allá

You go here, you go there

Pero nunca te encontrarás

But you'll never find yourself

Al escaparte

Running away

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No hay fuerza alrededor

There’s no strength around

No hay pociones para el amor

No potions for love

¿Dónde estás?, ¿dónde voy?

Where are you?, where am I?

Porque estamos en la calle de la sensación, uh

Because we are in the street of sensation, uh

Muy lejos del sol

Far from the sun

Que quema de amor

That burns with love

Te doy pan, quieres sal

I give you bread, you want salt

Nena, nunca te voy a dar

Baby, I’ll never give you

Lo que me pides

What you’re asking for

Te doy Dios, quieres más

I give you God, you want more

¿Es que nunca comprenderás

Won’t you ever understand

A un pobre pibe?

A poor kid?

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Esas motos que van a mil

Those motorcycles going a thousand

Solo el viento te harán sentir

Only the wind will make you feel

Nada más, nada más

Nothing else, nothing else

Si pudieras olvidar tu mente (frente a mí)

If only you could forget your mind (facing me)

Sé que tu corazón

I know your heart

Diría que sí

Would say yes

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No hay fuerza alrededor

There’s no strength around

No hay pociones para el amor

No potions for love

¿Dónde estás?, ¿dónde voy?

Where are you?, where am I?

Porque estamos en la calle de la sensación, uh

Because we are in the street of sensation, uh

Muy lejos del sol

Far from the sun

Que quema de amor

That burns with love

Uh, muy lejos del sol

Uh, far from the sun

Que quema de amor

That burns with love

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ver /beɾ/ A1	verb - to see
entrar /enˈtɾaɾ/ A1	verb - to enter
mal /mal/ A2	adjective - bad
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
fuerza /ˈfweɾθa/ B1	noun - strength
poción /poˈsjon/ B2	noun - potion
calle /ˈkaʎe/ A1	noun - street
sensación /sensaˈsjon/ B1	noun - sensation
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A2	noun - heart
sentir /senˈtiɾ/ A2	verb - to feel
olvidar /olβiˈðaɾ/ B1	verb - to forget
dios /dios/ A2	noun - god
pobre /ˈpoβɾe/ B1	adjective - poor
moto /ˈmoto/ A2	noun - motorcycle
viento /ˈbjen̪to/ A2	noun - wind

Key Grammar Structures

• Nadie te va a hacer mal

  ➔ Future tense with 'va a' + infinitive to express near future actions.

  ➔ The phrase 'va a hacer' indicates a planned or near-future action, similar to 'going to do' in English.

• ¿Dónde estás?

  ➔ Interrogative pronoun 'dónde' + present tense of 'estar' to ask about location.

  ➔ 'Dónde estás' is a question asking about someone's current location, using the interrogative 'dónde' and the verb 'estar' in present tense.

• No hay fuerza alrededor

  ➔ Negative phrase using 'no hay' (there is no) to indicate absence.

  ➔ 'No hay' is used to state that something does not exist or is absent, similar to 'there is no' in English.

• ¿Dónde voy?

  ➔ Interrogative pronoun 'dónde' + first person singular present tense of 'ir' to ask about destination.

  ➔ '¿Dónde voy?' asks about the speaker's direction or destination, using the interrogative 'dónde' and the verb 'ir' in present tense.

• Te doy pan, quieres sal

  ➔ Sequential present tense verbs 'doy' and 'quieres' to express giving and wanting.

  ➔ These verbs 'doy' (I give) and 'quieres' (you want) are in the present tense, used here to show current actions or desires.

• Nunca te voy a dar

  ➔ Negative future tense with 'nunca' + 'te voy a' + infinitive to express 'will never'.

  ➔ 'Nunca te voy a dar' means 'I will never give you', using the adverb 'nunca' (never) and the future construction.