Sólo por hoy – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Estelares
• Album: El Costado Izquierdo

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Supe amar a una

I knew how to love a

Chica del Barrio Oriental

Girl from the Eastern Neighborhood

Quién también solía amar

Who also used to love

A medio país

Half the country

Trenzas que olvidaban

Braids that forgot

Toda, toda novedad

All, all the novelty

Maratones de la fe

Marathons of faith

El vuelo sin fin

The endless flight

Puedo ser yo

I can be me

O lo que vos pedís

Or whatever you ask

O ser tu flor

Or be your flower

Sin raíz

Without roots

Soy tu jazmín

I am your jasmine

Del país

From the country

Y te digo

And I tell you

Sólo por hoy mis ojos te miran

Just for today my eyes look at you

Sólo por hoy mi amor no es mentira

Just for today my love is not a lie

Sólo por hoy vas a poder tener

Just for today you will be able to have

La vida de una niña feliz

The life of a happy girl

Sólo por hoy mis ojos te miran

Just for today my eyes look at you

Sólo por hoy mi amor no es mentira

Just for today my love is not a lie

Sólo por hoy vas a poder tener

Just for today you will be able to have

La vida de una niña feliz

The life of a happy girl

Supe amar a otra

I knew how to love another

Chica del Barrio Oriental

Girl from the Eastern Neighborhood

A la que supe pintar

Whom I knew how to paint

La hice canción

I made her a song

Supe que tenerla

I knew that having her

Solamente para mí

Only for myself

Me iba a hacer sufrir

Was going to make me suffer

Dulce vanidad

Sweet vanity

Puede ser sol

It can be sunshine

O ser un día gris

Or be a gray day

Yo soy tu flor

I am your flower

Sin raíz

Without roots

Vos mi jazmín

You, my jasmine

Del país

From the country

Y te digo

And I tell you

Sólo por hoy mis ojos te miran

Just for today my eyes look at you

Sólo por hoy mi amor no es mentira

Just for today my love is not a lie

Sólo por hoy vas a poder tener

Just for today you will be able to have

La vida de una niña feliz

The life of a happy girl

Sólo por hoy mis ojos te miran

Just for today my eyes look at you

Sólo por hoy mi amor no es mentira

Just for today my love is not a lie

Sólo por hoy vas a poder tener

Just for today you will be able to have

La vida de una niña feliz

The life of a happy girl

Sólo por hoy mis ojos te miran

Just for today my eyes look at you

Sólo por hoy mi amor no es mentira

Just for today my love is not a lie

Sólo por hoy vas a poder tener

Just for today you will be able to have

La vida de una niña feliz

The life of a happy girl

Sólo por hoy mis ojos te miran

Just for today my eyes look at you

Sólo por hoy mi amor no es mentira

Just for today my love is not a lie

Sólo por hoy vas a poder tener

Just for today you will be able to have

La vida de una niña feliz.

The life of a happy girl.

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amar /aˈmaɾ/ A2	verb - to love
igual /iˈɣwal/ B1	adjective - equal, same
puede /pweˈðe/ A2	verb - can, be able to
vida /ˈβi.ða/ A2	noun - life
niña /ˈni.ɲa/ A1	noun - girl, child
flor /ˈfloxɾ/ A2	noun - flower
raíces /ˈra.iz/ B2	noun - roots
canción /kanˈsjon/ A2	noun - song
sufrir /suˈfɾiɾ/ B1	verb - to suffer
feliz /feˈliθ/ A2	adjective - happy
sueño /sweˈɲo/ B1	noun - dream, sleep
mirar /miˈɾaɾ/ A2	verb - to look at, to watch

Key Grammar Structures

• puedo ser yo

  ➔ Use of 'puedo' (I can) + infinitive to express ability or possibility

  ➔ 'puedo' is the first person singular form of 'poder' (can, to be able to) in the present indicative tense.

• sólo por hoy

  ➔ Use of 'sólo por' + time expression to indicate a limited duration

  ➔ 'sólo por' means 'only for' and is used to specify a limited time frame in the present tense.

• mis ojos te miran

  ➔ Use of 'mis ojos' (my eyes) + verb in present tense to describe ongoing action

  ➔ 'mis ojos' means 'my eyes,' and 'te miran' is the third person plural of 'mirar' (to look), indicating that 'my eyes' are currently looking at 'you'.

• a la que supe pintar

  ➔ Use of 'supe' (I knew, learned) + infinitive 'pintar' to indicate past ability or mastery

  ➔ 'supe' is the preterite form of 'saber,' meaning 'I knew' or 'I learned,' used with an infinitive to express that someone knew how to do something in the past.

• una niña feliz

  ➔ Use of adjective 'feliz' (happy) to describe a noun, illustrating descriptive adjectives in noun phrases

  ➔ 'feliz' is an adjective meaning 'happy,' used here to describe 'una niña' (a girl), showing how adjectives modify nouns.