Si Amaneciera – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Saratoga
• Album: Cuarto de Siglo

Lyrics & Translation

Delve into the poignant world of Spanish heavy metal with Saratoga's "Si Amaneciera." This powerful ballad offers a rich vocabulary for expressing deep emotions like grief, hope, and resilience, making it an excellent song to explore the expressive capabilities of the Spanish language through its evocative lyrics and melodic yet potent musicality.

[English]

Now that my voice has become barely a sigh

I must rest

Today, halfway through my journey, evidence has defeated me

And it has made me cry

I know time will heal

Even though nothing will be the same

I don't want to resign myself

I will not forget

I, who until now ignored the point where I was

That illness

I feel life is like a thread that suddenly snaps

And without warning

And in the dark room

I need to hear your voice

Now you lie beside me

I will wait

If I woke up without you, I don't know what would become of me

Today death has already shown me its cards

And I don't understand the play, I'm trying to get out

I don't want to admit my loneliness

...

I sleep barely five or six minutes, enough to sink

Into the storm

The demons under the bed, tonight they won't be silent

They won't leave me

The clock strikes six

The hardest part is the end

And the light will settle

On the glass

I sometimes run away, I think of something else, my brain reacts

It doesn't leave me alone

And again that unbearable cold shakes me

That is reality

The first ray of sun

Illuminates my heart

I see you by my side

My salvation

If I woke up without you, I don't know what would become of me

Today death has already shown me its cards

And I don't understand the play, I'm trying to get out

I don't want to admit my loneliness

...

And in the dark room

I need to hear your voice

Now you lie beside me

I will wait

The first ray of sun

Illuminates my heart

I see you by my side

My salvation

...

If I woke up without you, I don't know what would become of me

Today death has already shown me its cards

And I don't understand the play, I'm trying to get out

I don't want to admit

If I woke up without you, I don't know what would become of me

Today death has already shown me its cards

And I don't understand the play, I'm trying to get out

I don't want to admit my loneliness

...

[Spanish]

Ahora que mi voz se ha convertido en apenas un suspiro

Debo descansar

Hoy que en la mitad de mi camino la evidencia me ha vencido

Y me ha hecho llorar

Sé que el tiempo curará

Aunque nada siga igual

No me quiero resignar

No olvidaré

Yo que hasta el momento ignoraba en el punto en que se hallaba

Esa enfermedad

Siento que la vida es como un hilo, que se corta de improviso

Y sin avisar

Y en la oscura habitación

Necesito oir tu voz

Ahora duermes junto a mi

Esperaré

Si amaneciera sin ti yo no sé qué sería de mí

Hoy la muerte me ha mostrado ya sus cartas

Y no entiendo la jugada, trato de salir

No quiero admitir mi soledad

Duermo apenas cinco o seis minutos, suficientes para hundirme

En la tempestad

Los demonios que hay bajo la cama, esta noche no se callan

No me dejarán

El reloj marca las seis

Lo más duro es el final

Y la luz se posará

En el cristal

Huyo a veces pienso en otra cosa, mi cerebro reacciona

No me deja en paz

Y de nuevo vuelve a sacudirme ese frío incontenible

Que es la realidad

El primer rayo de sol

Me ilumina el corazón

Te distingo junto a mi

Mi salvación

Si amaneciera sin ti yo no sé qué sería de mí

Hoy la muerte me ha mostrado ya sus cartas

Y no entiendo la jugada, trato de salir

No quiero admitir mi soledad

Y en la oscura habitación

Necesito oir tu voz

Ahora duermes junto a mi

Esperaré

El primer rayo de sol

Me ilumina el corazón

Te distingo junto a mi

Mi salvación

Si amaneciera sin ti yo no sé qué sería de mí

Hoy la muerte me ha mostrado ya sus cartas

Y no entiendo la jugada, trato de salir

No quiero admitir

Si amaneciera sin ti yo no sé qué sería de mí

Hoy la muerte me ha mostrado ya sus cartas

Y no entiendo la jugada, trato de salir

No quiero admitir mi soledad

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amaneciera ah-mah-neh-see-eh-rah A2	verb - were to dawn
convertido kohn-vehr-tee-doh A2	verb - turned into
suspiro soos-pee-roh A1	noun - sigh
evidencia eh-veh-deen-see-ah A2	noun - evidence
vencido vehn-see-doh A2	verb - defeated
curará koo-rah-rah A2	verb - will heal
resignar reh-see-nyar B1	verb - to resign
ignoraba ee-goh-rah-bah A2	verb - ignored
enfermedad ehn-fehr-me-dahd A1	noun - illness
improviso eem-proh-vee-soh B1	noun - improvise
mostrado moh-strah-doh A2	verb - shown
jugada hoo-gah-dah B1	noun - move
tempestad tehm-peh-stahd B1	noun - storm
distingo dees-teen-goh A2	verb - distinguish
salvación sal-vah-see-ohn A2	noun - salvation

Key Grammar Structures

• Ahora que mi voz se ha convertido en apenas un suspiro

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ The phrase uses the present perfect ('se ha convertido') to describe a past action with present relevance, emphasizing the current state of the speaker's voice.

• Sé que el tiempo curará

  ➔ Future Tense

  ➔ The verb 'curará' is in the future tense, expressing a belief about a future action (time healing).

• No me quiero resignar

  ➔ Present Tense with Reflexive Verb

  ➔ The reflexive verb 'quiero resignar' (want to resign) is in the present tense, indicating a current desire or state.

• Si amaneciera sin ti yo no sé qué sería de mí

  ➔ Imperfect Subjunctive

  ➔ The verb 'amaneciera' is in the imperfect subjunctive, used in a conditional sentence to express a hypothetical situation.

• No quiero admitir mi soledad

  ➔ Present Tense with Direct Object Pronoun

  ➔ The direct object pronoun 'mi' is used with the present tense verb 'quiero admitir', referring directly to the speaker's loneliness.