Una Noche – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Alejandro Sanz, The Corrs
• Album: Una Noche con The Corrs

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Después de pensar, después de ver

After thinking, after seeing

A mi dolor andar

My pain walk

Sobre el agua del mar

On the ocean water

Tibia claridad, que vi por mi calle pasar

A warm clarity, that I saw pass by my street

Sin saber qué hacer

Without knowing what to do

Si sentir o pensar

Whether to feel or to think

Solo que aún hoy, sigo aún

Only that even today, I still

Aún hoy, sigo ata-atándome a ti

Even today, I keep tying myself to you

Aún hoy mi amor te doy

Even today, I give you my love

Mi cuerpo con alma se esconde del sol (del sol)

My body with soul hides from the sun (from the sun)

De noche se escapa

At night it escapes

Aún hoy, te doy

Even today, I give you

Mi cuerpo con alma

My body with soul

Aún hoy (aún hoy), aún hay

Even today (even today), there still is

Que esconde la noche en aguardar de nosotros dos

What the night hides while waiting for the two of us

O sentir o pensar

Or to feel or to think

Se me lleno de luz la noche

My night filled with light

Y es porque yo vi nadar

And it's because I saw swimming

Delfines en tu voz

Dolphins in your voice

Y sentir sin pensar

And to feel without thinking

Solo que aún hoy, sigo aún

Only that even today, I still

Aún hoy, sigo ama-amándote a ti

Even today, I'm still loving you

Aún hoy (aún hoy)

Even today (even today)

Mi amor (mi amor)

My love (my love)

Aún hay, aún hay

There still is, there still is

Dos cuerpos con alma se esconden del sol

Two bodies with soul hide from the sun

De noche se escapan

At night they escape

De noche se dan

At night they give themselves

Los cuerpos las almas

The bodies, the souls

Aún hoy (aún hoy), aún hay

Even today (even today), there still is

Solo que aún hoy, sigo aún

Only that even today, I still

Aún hoy sigo ama-amándote a ti (amándote a ti)

Even today, I'm still loving you (loving you)

Aún hoy (aún hoy)

Even today (even today)

Mi amor (mi amor)

My love (my love)

Aún hay, aún hay

There still is, there still is

Dos cuerpos con alma se esconden del sol (sol, sol)

Two bodies with soul hide from the sun (sun, sun)

De noche se escapan, de noche se dan (se dan)

At night they escape, at night they give themselves (they give themselves)

Los cuerpos, las almas

The bodies, the souls

Aún hoy (aún hay), aún hay (aún hay), aún hoy

Even today (there still is), there still is (there still is), even today

Aún hay (mi amor)

There still is (my love)

Eh-ey, e-eh, oh-oh-oh

Eh-ey, e-eh, oh-oh-oh

Aún hoy, aún hoy, e-eh-ey

Even today, even today, e-eh-ey

Los cuerpos, las almas

The bodies, the souls

Aún hoy (aún hoy)

Even today (even today)

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love, affection
cuerpo /ˈkweɾpo/ A1	noun - body
alma /ˈalma/ B1	noun - soul, spirit
noche /ˈnotʃe/ A1	noun - night
sol /sol/ A1	noun - sun
sentir /senˈtiɾ/ A2	verb - to feel
pensar /penˈsaɾ/ A1	verb - to think, to consider
esconder /eskonˈdeɾ/ B1	verb - to hide, to conceal
escapar /eskaˈpaɾ/ B1	verb - to escape, to flee
dar /daɾ/ A1	verb - to give, to provide
amar /aˈmaɾ/ A1	verb - to love
seguir /seˈɣiɾ/ A1	verb - to follow, to continue, to keep (doing)
atar /aˈtaɾ/ B2	verb - to tie, to bind, to attach
haber /ˈaβeɾ/ A1	verb - to have (auxiliary); there is/are (impersonal)
luz /luθ/ A1	noun - light
voz /boθ/ A1	noun - voice
claridad /klaɾiˈðað/ B1	noun - clarity, brightness, clearness
dolor /doˈloɾ/ A2	noun - pain, ache, sorrow

Key Grammar Structures

• Después de pensar, después de ver

  ➔ Prepositional phrase "Después de" + infinitive

  ➔ The structure "después de" followed by an infinitive verb (like "pensar" or "ver") is used to indicate an action that takes place subsequent to another, equivalent to "after doing something."

• que vi por mi calle pasar

  ➔ Relative pronoun "que" + verb of perception + infinitive

  ➔ The relative pronoun "que" introduces a subordinate clause. The phrase "vi ... pasar" uses a verb of perception ("ver") followed by an infinitive, indicating that the speaker witnessed an action (something "passing").

• Sin saber qué hacer

  ➔ Preposition "Sin" + infinitive / Indirect question ("qué" + infinitive)

  ➔ "Sin" followed by an infinitive verb ("saber") means "without doing something." Additionally, "qué hacer" is an indirect question, functioning as the object of "saber," meaning "what to do."

• Si sentir o pensar

  ➔ "Si" as "whether" (in an indirect question/alternative)

  ➔ Here, "si" introduces an alternative or an indirect question about a choice between two actions, meaning "whether to feel or to think." It is not a conditional "if."

• sigo ata-atándome a ti

  ➔ "Seguir" + gerund / Reflexive pronoun attached to gerund

  ➔ The construction "sigo ... -ándome" combines "seguir + gerund" to mean "to keep doing something." The reflexive pronoun "-me" is attached to the gerund, showing the action affects the subject.

• Mi cuerpo con alma se esconde del sol

  ➔ Reflexive verb "esconderse"

  ➔ "Esconderse" is a reflexive verb, indicated by the pronoun "se," meaning "to hide oneself." The subject performs the action upon itself.

• Se me lleno de luz la noche

  ➔ Impersonal/Accidental "se" with indirect object pronoun

  ➔ This construction, often called "se accidental," expresses an unplanned or accidental event. "me" indicates who is affected, and the verb "llenó" agrees with the grammatical subject "la noche."

• Que esconde la noche en aguardar de nosotros dos

  ➔ Preposition "en" + infinitive (expressing "in the act of" / "while doing something")

  ➔ The preposition "en" followed by an infinitive ("agardar") can express an action occurring concurrently or "in the act of" something. Here, "en aguardar" means "in waiting" or "while waiting."

• De noche se dan

  ➔ Reciprocal "se"

  ➔ The pronoun "se" here indicates a reciprocal action, meaning "they give to each other" or "they give themselves (to each other)." It implies that the action is exchanged between multiple subjects.