Tumbado En Mi Moqueta Azul – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Anni B Sweet

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Si miro atrás y no estás ahí

If I look back and you're not there

Será que por delante vas

Is it that you're ahead

Aunque traté de discutir

Even though I tried to argue

Será que nunca te entendí

Is it that I never understood you

Será que nunca comprendí

Is it that I never comprehended

Que un reflejo de ti

That a reflection of you

Me llegará

Will reach me

Pasé toda la vida

I spent my whole life

Aprendiendo a entender que no estás

Learning to understand that you're not here

Y en silencio lloré

And in silence I cried

Hasta despertar

Until I woke up

Y saber que soy yo

And knew that it's me

Quien te tiene que salvar

Who has to save you

Un reflejo de ti

A reflection of you

Tan lejos estabas

You were so far away

Que envíaste un reflejo de ti

That you sent a reflection of you

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...

Tumbado en mi moqueta azul

Lying on my blue carpet

Prometes que me llevarás

You promise you'll take me

De viaje hasta el final del sur

On a journey to the end of the south

Será que nunca te expliqué

Is it that I never explained to you

Será que nunca te expliqué

Is it that I never explained to you

Que para mí el viaje eres tú

That for me the journey is you

Un reflejo de ti

A reflection of you

Me llegará

Will reach me

Pasé toda la vida

I spent my whole life

Intentando buscarte detrás

Trying to find you behind

Y en silencio lloré

And in silence I cried

Hasta despertar

Until I woke up

Y saber que soy yo

And knew that it's me

Quien te tiene que salvar

Who has to save you

Y saber que soy yo

And knew that it's me

Quien te tiene que salvar

Who has to save you

Un reflejo de ti

A reflection of you

Tanto me amabas

You loved me so much

Un reflejo de ti

A reflection of you

Tan lejos estabas

You were so far away

Que envíaste un reflejo de ti

That you sent a reflection of you

...

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Y aprender

And learn

Y entender

And understand

Y aprender y entender

And learn and understand

Que te tengo que salvar

That I have to save you

Que me tienes que salvar

That you have to save me

Un reflejo de ti

A reflection of you

Tanto me amabas, no

You loved me so much, no

Un reflejo de ti

A reflection of you

¡Tan lejos estabas!

You were so far away!

Que envíaste un reflejo de ti

That you sent a reflection of you

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
mirar /miˈɾaɾ/ A2	verb - to look at
atrás /aˈtɾas/ A2	adverb - back, behind
vida /ˈβi.ða/ A2	noun - life
entendí /en.tenˈdɾi/ A2	verb - to understand
reflejo /reˈflek.xo/ B1	noun - reflection
llegará /ʝe.ɣaˈɾa/ B1	verb - will arrive
lloré /ʝoˈɾe/ B2	verb - cried
saber /saˈβeɾ/ B1	verb - to know
salvar /salˈβaɾ/ B1	verb - to save
lejano /leˈxa.no/ B2	adjective - far away
enviaste /emˈβjaʃte/ B2	verb - you sent
moqueta /mokˈeta/ B2	noun - carpet, rug
azul /aˈθul/ (Spain), /aˈzul/ (Latin America) A1	adjective - blue

Key Grammar Structures

• Si miro atrás y no estás ahí

  ➔ Conditional clause (Si) with present tense.

  ➔ The phrase starts with "Si" indicating a condition, followed by the present tense verb "miro".

• Pasé toda la vida aprendiendo a entender que no estás

  ➔ Past tense with gerund (aprendiendo).

  ➔ The sentence uses the past tense "Pasé" and the gerund "aprendiendo" to express an ongoing action in the past.

• Y en silencio lloré hasta despertar

  ➔ Conjunction (Y) with past tense.

  ➔ The conjunction "Y" connects two actions in the past: "lloré" and "despertar".

• Quien te tiene que salvar

  ➔ Relative pronoun (Quien) with present tense.

  ➔ The word "Quien" introduces a clause that describes the subject who must save.

• Un reflejo de ti

  ➔ Noun phrase (Un reflejo de ti).

  ➔ This phrase serves as a subject or object in the sentence, referring to a reflection of someone.

• Tumbado en mi moqueta azul

  ➔ Past participle (Tumbado) used as an adjective.

  ➔ The word "Tumbado" describes a state of being, functioning as an adjective in the phrase.

• Que para mí el viaje eres tú

  ➔ Subordinate clause (Que) with present tense.

  ➔ The word "Que" introduces a subordinate clause that explains the subject of the main clause.