Un Día de Estos – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Marwan

Lyrics & Translation

Delve into the heartfelt lyrics of Marwan's "Un Día de Estos" to explore the nuances of love, fear, and emotional courage in Spanish. This deeply personal and widely acclaimed song offers a beautiful poetic landscape, perfect for understanding authentic expressions of feeling in the language, and highlights how music can convey universal human experiences.

[English]

One of these days

I'll have to hold you tighter

In case you fly away from me

Just like sorrow in a bar

One of these days

We'll have to see each other in the dark

Skin knows no other way

To resolve the doubts

I know it's just fear, childhood ghosts

You try to throw your heart out the window

Fighting desire in the middle of the night

It's like waiting for God to answer a call

You give me your skin

The soul remains numbed

If you want, I’ll tell you what you're going through

When you open up to love leaving the chain behind

You'll see that all the things we don't do

Later become the things you'll miss

I want to make love to you slowly, looking into your eyes

Reading your body in braille with the lights off

I want you to understand this, if you don't understand anything anymore

"Love" is the word that solves the crossword

One of these days

You’ll have to lower your guard

Things others did to you

Are things that no longer happen to you

You don’t quite realize the wind that will move your skirt

Whether to take a step forward or fifty back

I tell you: "It's just fear, childhood ghosts"

Lovers who came, but weren't looking for anything

You give me your skin

The soul remains numbed

If you want, I’ll tell you what you're going through

When you open up to love leaving the chain behind

You'll see that all the things we don't do

Later become the things you'll miss

I want to make love to you slowly, looking into your eyes

Reading your body in braille with the lights off

I want you to understand this, if you don't understand anything anymore

“Love” is the word that solves the crossword

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

...

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

...

[Spanish]

Un día de estos

Tendré que abrazarte más fuerte

No vaya a ser que te me vueles

Igual que la pena en un bar

Un día de estos

Tendremos que vernos a oscuras

La piel no conoce otra forma

Para ir resolviendo las dudas

Yo sé que solo es miedo, fantasmas de la infancia

Tú intentas arrojar tu corazón por la ventana

Luchar contra el deseo en plena madrugada

Es como esperar que Dios conteste una llamada

Tu piel me la regalas

El alma continúa anestesiada

Si quieres, yo te cuento las cosas que te pasan

Cuando abres al amor dejando la cadena echada

Comprobarás que todas las cosas que no hacemos

Después son esas mismas cosas que echarás de menos

Quiero follarte lento, mirándote a la cara

Leer tu cuerpo en braille con las luces apagadas

Quiero que entiendas esto, si ya no entiendes nada

"Amor" es la palabra que resuelve el crucigrama

Un día de estos

Tendrás que ir bajando la guardia

Las cosas que otros te hicieron

Son cosas que ya no te pasan

No sabes bien el viento que ha de mover tu falda

Si dar un paso al frente o cincuenta hacia tu espalda

Te digo: "solo es miedo, fantasmas de la infancia"

Amantes que vinieron, pero no buscaban nada

Tu piel me la regalas

El alma continúa anestesiada

Si quieres, yo te cuento las cosas que te pasan

Cuando abres al amor dejando la cadena echada

Comprobarás que todas las cosas que no hacemos

Después son esas mismas cosas que echarás de menos

Quiero follarte lento, mirándote a la cara

Leer tu cuerpo en braille con las luces apagadas

Quiero que entiendas esto, si ya no entiendes nada

"Amor" es la palabra que resuelve el crucigrama

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
abrazarte /a.βɾaˈ θaɾ.te/ B1	verb - to hug you
vuelen /ˈbwe.le/ B1	verb - they fly
pena /ˈpe.na/ A2	noun - pain, sorrow
dudas /ˈdu.ðas/ B1	noun - doubts
fantasmas /fanˈtas.mas/ B2	noun - ghosts
arrojat /a.roˈxar/ B2	verb - to throw
miedo /ˈmje.ðo/ A2	noun - fear
fantasmas /fanˈtas.mas/ B2	noun - ghosts
corazón /ko.ɾaˈson/ B1	noun - heart
deseo /deˈse.o/ B1	noun - desire
pasar /paˈsaɾ/ A2	verb - to pass, to happen
amante /aˈman.te/ B2	noun - lover
rellenes /reˈʎe.ne/ C1	verb - to fill, to satisfy
enamorados /e.na.moˈɾa.ðos/ B2	noun - lovers

Key Grammar Structures

• Tendré que abrazarte más fuerte

  ➔ Future Simple + 'tener que' + infinitive (obligation/necessity)

  ➔ Expresses a future obligation or necessity. 'Tendré que' means 'I will have to'.

• No vaya a ser que te me vueles

  ➔ 'No vaya a ser que' + Subjunctive (expressing fear or apprehension)

  ➔ Introduces a clause expressing fear or apprehension that something might happen. The subjunctive 'vueles' is used because of 'no vaya a ser que'. The use of the reflexive pronoun 'te me' adds emphasis.

• Igual que la pena en un bar

  ➔ Comparison using 'igual que' (similar to)

  ➔ 'Igual que' is used to make a comparison, meaning 'just like' or 'similar to'.

• Tendremos que vernos a oscuras

  ➔ Future Simple + 'tener que' + infinitive + 'a' + adjective (manner)

  ➔ Expresses a future obligation to do something in a certain way. 'A oscuras' means 'in the dark'.

• La piel no conoce otra forma para ir resolviendo las dudas

  ➔ 'Ir + gerundio' (progressive action)

  ➔ 'Ir + gerundio' expresses an action in progress. Here, 'ir resolviendo' means 'gradually resolving' or 'going about resolving'.

• Es como esperar que Dios conteste una llamada

  ➔ 'Es como' + infinitive / clause with subjunctive (comparison of hypothetical situations)

  ➔ 'Es como' means 'It's like'. When followed by a clause indicating a hypothetical or unlikely situation, the subjunctive mood is often used ('conteste').

• Tu piel me la regalas

  ➔ Double Object Pronouns (indirect and direct)

  ➔ Here, 'me' is the indirect object pronoun (to whom is it given?) and 'la' (referring to 'piel') is the direct object pronoun (what is given?). The indirect object pronoun comes before the direct object pronoun.

• Si quieres, yo te cuento las cosas que te pasan

  ➔ Conditional Sentences (using 'si' + present indicative, followed by present indicative/imperative)

  ➔ This is a real or possible conditional sentence. If you want (present indicative), I'll tell you (present indicative).

• Comprobarás que todas las cosas que no hacemos después son esas mismas cosas que echarás de menos

  ➔ Relative clauses with 'que' + Future Tense to Express Speculation/Probability

  ➔ The sentence uses the future tense ('echarás de menos') within a relative clause to express what you are likely to miss in the future. The main clause 'Comprobarás que' sets up a future result of realizing something. 'Que no hacemos' is also a relative clause, defining 'todas las cosas'.