Un Mundo para Ti – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the golden age of the Latin Ballad with José José's “Un Mundo para Ti.” This masterpiece from the album *La Nave del Olvido* is a perfect gateway to learning Spanish through powerful, romantic language. You'll master vocabulary related to deep affection, desire, and natural elements used as metaphors for love. The song's composition by the legendary Armando Manzanero makes it a fundamental piece of Latin American romantic music, showcasing José José's unmatched vocal prowess and rich, poetic Spanish lyrics.

[English]

A world for you

I want to build

A world for you

Without people who know your name

Where there’s no place you recognize

Where everything you see

Feels strange and new to you

Where you never remember the one who first

kissed you.

There’s a sky for you

A morning that will rise

searching for light in your gaze

and it’s my love, my love for you.

A world for you,

I want to build

With valleys of fragrant grass

With a song that’s all yours

The wind that combs the pines

will be the one that caresses your face

The mountain’s echo

will be a good friend, for you.

No, let no one exist, only me.

Let me guess your dreams

and understand the wishes within you.

Only in you.

A world for you

I want to build

A world for you

I want to build

A world for you

I want to build

A world for you

I want to build...

[Spanish]

Un mundo para ti

Yo quiero construir

Un mundo para ti

Sin gentes que sepan tu nombre

Que no haya un lugar que conozcas

Que todas las cosas que mires

Te sean extrañas y nuevas

Que nunca te acuerdes de aquél que primero

te besó.

Hay un firmamento para ti

Una mañana que saldrá

buscando luz en tu mirada

y es mi amor, mi amor por ti.

Un mundo para ti,

yo quiero construir

Con valles de olorosa hierba

Con una canción que sea tuya

El viento que peina los pinos

será el que acaricie tu cara

El eco del monte

será un buen amigo, para ti.

No, que nadie exista, solo yo.

Que adivine tus anhelos

y comprenda los deseos que hay en ti.

Tan solo en ti.

Un mundo para ti

Yo quiero construir

Un mundo para ti

Yo quiero construir

Un mundo para ti

Yo quiero construir

Un mundo para ti

Yo quiero construir...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
construir kons.tru.ir A2	verb - to build
extrañas eks.tra.ɲas A2	adjective - strange
nuevas nwe.βas A1	adjective - new
firmamento fir.ma.men.to B1	noun - firmament
acaricie a.ka.ri.θe B1	verb - to caress
anhelos an.e.los B1	noun - longings
deseos de.se.os A2	noun - desires
valles ba.ʎes A2	noun - valleys
olorosa o.lo.ro.sa B1	adjective - fragrant
canción kan.θjon A1	noun - song
viento bjen.to A1	noun - wind
peina pe.i.na B1	verb - to comb
pinos pi.nos A2	noun - pines
eco e.ko A2	noun - echo
monte mon.te A2	noun - mountain

Key Grammar Structures

• Un mundo para ti

  ➔ Indefinite Article with Noun

  ➔ The use of 'Un' (a/an) before 'mundo' indicates an unspecified world, emphasizing the idea of creating a new, unique world.

• Yo quiero construir

  ➔ Present Tense of Verb 'Querer'

  ➔ The verb 'quiero' (I want) is in the present tense, expressing a current desire or intention to build a world.

• Sin gentes que sepan tu nombre

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase with Subjunctive Mood

  ➔ The phrase 'sin gentes que sepan' uses the subjunctive mood to express a condition or wish, indicating a world without people who know your name.

• Que todas las cosas que mires

  ➔ Relative Pronoun 'Que'

  ➔ The relative pronoun 'que' introduces a relative clause, referring to 'all the things' that you see, emphasizing strangeness and novelty.

• El viento que peina los pinos

  ➔ Relative Clause with Verb 'Peinar'

  ➔ The relative clause 'que peina los pinos' describes the wind, using the verb 'peinar' (to comb) metaphorically to depict the wind's action on the pines.