Venecia Sin Ti – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Charles Aznavour

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Qué profunda emoción recordar el ayer

What a deep emotion to remember yesterday

Cuando todo en Venecia, me hablaba de amor

When everything in Venice spoke to me of love

Ante mi soledad en el atardecer

In my solitude at sunset

Tu lejano recuerdo me viene a buscar

Your distant memory comes to seek me

Qué callada quietud, qué tristeza sin fin

What a quiet stillness, what endless sadness

Qué distinta Venecia si me faltas tú

How different Venice is if you are not here

Una góndola va, cobijando un amor

A gondola goes by, sheltering a love

El que yo te entregué, dime tú, ¿dónde está?

The one I gave to you, tell me, where is it?

Qué tristeza hay en ti, no pareces igual

What sadness there is in you, you don't seem the same

Eres otra Venecia más fria y más gris

You are another Venice, colder and grayer

El sereno canal de romantica luz

The serene canal of romantic light

Y anoche en el encanto que hacía soñar

And last night in the charm that made me dream

Qué callada quietud, qué tristeza sin fin

What a quiet stillness, what endless sadness

Qué distinta Venecia si me faltas tú

How different Venice is if you are not here

Ni la luna al pasar tiene el mismo fulgor

Even the moon passing by doesn't have the same glow

Qué triste y sola está Venecia sin tu amor

How sad and lonely Venice is without your love

Como sufro al pensar que en Venecia murió

How I suffer to think that in Venice it died

El amor que jurabas eterno guardar

The love you swore to keep forever

Solo queda un adiós, que no puedo olvidar

Only a goodbye remains, which I cannot forget

Hoy Venecia sin ti, qué triste y sola está

Today Venice without you, how sad and lonely it is

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
emoción /emoˈθjon/ B1	noun - emotion
recordar /re.korˈðar/ B1	verb - to remember
profunda /pɾoˈfunða/ B2	adjective - deep
emocion /emoˈθjon/ B1	noun - emotion
recordar /re.korˈðar/ B1	verb - to remember
ayer /aˈjeɾ/ A2	noun - yesterday
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
soledad /so.leˈðað/ B2	noun - loneliness
tarde /taɾ.de/ A2	noun - afternoon
recuerdo /reˈkwerðo/ B1	noun - memory, reminder
lleno /ˈʝe.no/ B1	adjective - full
gris /ɡɾis/ A2	adjective - gray
góndola /ˈɡon.ðo.la/ B2	noun - gondola
luz /luθ/ A2	noun - light
anoche /aˈnotʃe/ A2	noun - last night
encanto /enˈkan.to/ B2	noun - charm, enchantment
fulgor /fuhlˈɣoɾ/ C1	noun - radiance, glow
mismo /ˈmismo/ A2	adjective/pronoun - same
sufro /ˈsufɾo/ B2	verb - suffer

Key Grammar Structures

• Qué profunda emoción recordar el ayer

  ➔ Use of the present tense to express a general or habitual feeling.

  ➔ The verb **recodar** is in the infinitive, but in Spanish, the phrase *recodar* can imply habitual or timeless feelings when used with this tense.

• Una góndola va, cobijando un amor

  ➔ Present tense of **va** (from *ir*) with a present participle to describe ongoing action.

  ➔ The verb **va** is the third person singular form of *ir* in the present tense, used here with a gerund to indicate ongoing movement.

• Qué callada quietud, qué tristeza sin fin

  ➔ Use of *qué* as an exclamatory particle to emphasize emotional intensity.

  ➔ The word **qué** functions as an exclamation to intensify the adjectives that follow, conveying strong feelings.

• El sereno canal de romantica luz

  ➔ Use of definite article **el** with nouns to specify particular objects.

  ➔ The **el** is the masculine singular definite article in Spanish, used here to specify **canal** and **luz** as particular objects.

• Qué triste y sola está Venecia sin tu amor

  ➔ Use of **está** (from *estar*) to indicate location or state.

  ➔ The **está** form of *estar* indicates the current emotional or physical state of Venice.