VOLVERÉ – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: DIEGO VERDAGUER
• Album: 1976 (RM)

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the heartfelt Spanish lyrics of Diego Verdaguer's classic "Volveré." This song offers a profound look at love, loss, and the enduring hope of return, making it a beautiful piece to connect with the nuances of the Spanish language and enduring romantic themes.

[English]

I can still see the train depart

And your sad gaze

Hides those tears

I will return

How can I live

A year without your love?

The letter says: "wait for me"

Time will pass

A year is not a century, and I

I will return

Oh, how difficult it is

To live without your love

Oh

Come back, my love

Give strength to my days

With your love

You will return

You will return

...

Since you have left

Darkness has begun for me

Around me

Lives the memory of the beautiful days of our love

The rose you left me has already dried

But I keep it in a book

That I can never finish reading

Soon we will be together

I love you so much, my love

Time passes, wait for me

I will return

Always think of me this way

For time will pass

...

Love, love, love

A year is not a century, and I

I will return

Always think of me this way

I will return

Oh

Come back, my love

Love, love, love (give strength to my days)

A year is not a century, and I (with your love)

I will return (will return)

What a strange feeling

I will return

...

[Spanish]

Aún puedo ver el tren partir

Y tu triste mirar

Esconde aquellas lágrimas

Volveré

¿Cómo podré vivir

Un año sin tu amor?

La carta dice: "espérame"

El tiempo pasará

Un año no es un siglo, y yo

Volveré

Oh, qué difícil es

Vivir sin tu amor

Oh

Vuelve, vida mía

Da fuerza a mis días

Con tu amor

Volverás

Volverás

Desde que tú has partido

Ha comenzado para mí la oscuridad

En torno a mí

Vive el recuerdo de los días bellos de nuestro amor

La rosa que me has dejado, ya se ha secado

Pero la guardo en un libro

Que no termino más de leer

Pronto estaremos juntos

Te quiero tanto, amor

El tiempo pasa, espérame

Volveré

Piensa en mí siempre así

Que el tiempo pasará

Amor, amor, amor

Un año no es un siglo, y yo

Volveré

Piensa en mí siempre así

Volveré

Oh

Vuelve, vida mía

Amor, amor, amor (da fuerza a mis días)

Un año no es un siglo, y yo (con tu amor)

Volveré (volverá)

Qué extraña sensación

Volveré

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
tren /tɾen/ A1	noun - train
mirar /miˈɾaɾ/ A2	verb - to look noun - look, gaze
triste /ˈtɾiste/ A2	adjective - sad
lágrimas /ˈla.ɣɾi.mas/ B1	noun - tears
vivir /biˈβiɾ/ A1	verb - to live
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
carta /ˈkaɾ.ta/ A2	noun - letter
año /ˈa.ɲo/ A1	noun - year
tiempo /ˈtjem.po/ A1	noun - time
difícil /diˈfi.θil/ B1	adjective - difficult
vida /ˈbi.ða/ A1	noun - life
fuerza /ˈfwer.θa/ B1	noun - strength
días /ˈdi.as/ A1	noun - days
oscuridad /os.ku.ɾiˈðað/ B2	noun - darkness
recuerdo /reˈkwer.ðo/ B1	noun - memory
bellos /ˈbe.ʎos/ B1	adjective - beautiful
rosa /ˈro.sa/ A1	noun - rose
extraña /eksˈtɾa.ɲa/ B1	adjective - strange
sensación /sen.saˈθjon/ B2	noun - sensation

Key Grammar Structures

• Aún puedo ver el tren partir

  ➔ Use of 'puedo ver' + infinitive for ability or possibility

  ➔ 'Puedo ver' means 'I can see', indicating ability or possibility to perceive

• ¿Cómo podré vivir un año sin tu amor?

  ➔ Use of 'podré' (future tense of 'poder') to express future ability or possibility

  ➔ 'Podré' is the future tense of 'poder', meaning 'I will be able to', indicating future ability

• La rosa que me has dejado, ya se ha secado

  ➔ Use of the present perfect 'se ha secado' to indicate a completed action with relevance to the present

  ➔ 'Se ha secado' is the present perfect tense of 'secado', meaning 'has dried', emphasizing the action's relevance to the present

• El tiempo pasa, espérame

  ➔ Use of the present tense 'pasa' for habitual or general truth, and imperative 'espérame' for a command or request

  ➔ 'Pasa' is the third person singular of 'pasar' in present tense, meaning 'passes' or 'happens', and 'espérame' is the imperative form of 'esperar' meaning 'wait for me'

• Qué extraña sensación

  ➔ Use of the interrogative 'Qué' to ask about the nature or description of something

  ➔ 'Qué' means 'what', used here to inquire about the feeling being described as 'strange sensation'