Un Día Cualquiera – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Silvana Estrada
• Album: Marchita

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic beauty of the Spanish language with 'Un Día Cualquiera.' Through Silvana Estrada's evocative lyrics and crystalline vocals, learners can discover the nuance of emotive storytelling and the use of descriptive adjectives to paint vivid emotional landscapes in Spanish.

[English]

I want an ordinary day of rushing and arguments

Of nights that wait for me, cool and silent

I want to be, if anything, a beautiful echo of time

To spend my whole life looking into your eyes

I want to be nothing more than whispers from your mouth

...

Sometimes I kiss joyfully, and sometimes like a butterfly

I want to be the rival to the fear in your soul

...

And when the dawn falls

May your body be the first thing there

There, there, there, there

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

I want to be the rival to the fear in your soul

...

And when the dawn falls

To tell you that I love you there

...

[Spanish]

Quiero un día cualquiera de prisas y argumentos

De noches que me esperan fresquitas y en silencio

Quiero ser del tiempo si acaso un eco hermoso

Pasar la vida entera mirándote a los ojos

Quiero ser apenas murmullos de tu boca

A veces beso alegre y a veces mariposa

Quiero ser del miedo rival en tu alma

Y cuando caiga el alba

Tu cuerpo esté primero ahí

Ahí, ahí, ahí, ahí

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Quiero ser del miedo rival en tu alma

Y cuando caiga el alba

Decirte que te quiero ahí

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cualquiera kwalˈkjeɾa A2	adjective - any, ordinary, common
prisas ˈpɾisas A2	noun - rush, hurry
argumentos aɾɣuˈmentos B1	noun - arguments, reasoning
fresquitas fɾesˈkitas B1	adjective - cool (diminutive)
eco ˈeko B2	noun - echo
hermoso eɾˈmoso A1	adjective - beautiful
murmullos muɾˈmuʝos B2	noun - murmurs, whispers
beso ˈbeso A1	verb - I kiss
alegre aˈleɣɾe A2	adjective - happy, cheerful
mariposa maɾiˈposa A2	noun - butterfly
miedo ˈmjeðo A1	noun - fear
rival riˈβal B2	noun - rival, competitor
alba ˈalβa C1	noun - dawn

Key Grammar Structures

• Quiero un día cualquiera de prisas y argumentos

  ➔ Indefinite adjective 'cualquiera' (post-noun placement)

  ➔ When 'cualquiera' follows a noun, it means 'any' or 'ordinary', emphasizing the casual nature of the day.

• De noches que me esperan fresquitas y en silencio

  ➔ Diminutive suffix '-ita' for affective/descriptive use

  ➔ The suffix '-ita' attached to 'fresca' (fresquitas) adds a sense of comfort and pleasant coolness.

• Quiero ser del tiempo si acaso un eco hermoso

  ➔ Conditional 'si acaso' + subjunctive/indicative for hypothesis

  ➔ 'Si acaso' is used here to introduce a remote or modest possibility ('if by chance').

• Pasar la vida entera mirándote a los ojos

  ➔ Gerund '-ando' used to describe the manner of the action

  ➔ The gerund 'mirándote' describes how the speaker wants to spend their whole life.

• Quiero ser del miedo rival en tu alma

  ➔ Genitive construction 'del' (de + el) for belonging/relation

  ➔ 'Del miedo' functions as a complement indicating the thing the subject (the speaker) wants to compete against.

• Y cuando caiga el alba

  ➔ Subjunctive 'caiga' in temporal clause 'cuando'

  ➔ Subjunctive is used here because it refers to a future, non-experienced event (the arrival of dawn).

• Tu cuerpo esté primero ahí

  ➔ Subjunctive 'esté' for wish/desire (after 'quiero que')

  ➔ The verb 'estar' is in the subjunctive because it is part of the speaker's desire ('I want that...').

• Decirte que te quiero ahí

  ➔ Direct object pronoun placement (enclitic)

  ➔ The pronoun 'te' is attached to the infinitive 'decir' to form 'decirte'.