Y Las Mariposas – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Joan Sebastian
• Album: 15 Éxitos

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the poignant story of "Y Las Mariposas" by Joan Sebastian, a song that beautifully captures the essence of first love and nostalgia. Through its evocative lyrics, listeners can immerse themselves in a timeless tale of young romance, learning about the power of cherished memories.

[English]

It was a spring afternoon

When even the soul, is in bloom

I was seventeen and you were fifteen

You a schoolgirl and I a dreamer

And in that wheat field

The sun set first

Then a pair of denim pants

And a school skirt

And the butterflies

Flew from flower to flower

And we found out for the first time

What love is

And the butterflies

And the butterflies

And the butterflies

Were flying all around

And we found out for the first time

What love is

...

It was a spring afternoon

Today is winter and there are no more flowers

Time passes, who would have thought

You a housewife and I a troubadour

And the butterflies

Flew from flower to flower

And we found out for the first time

What love is

And the butterflies

And the butterflies

And the butterflies

Were flying all around

And we found out for the first time

What love is

And the butterflies

And the butterflies

And the butterflies

Were flying all around

And we found out for the first time

What love is

...

[Spanish]

Era una tarde de primavera

Cuando hasta el alma, se encuentra en flor

Yo diecisiete y tu quinceañera

Tú colegiala y yo soñador

Y en aquel trigal

El sol cayó primero

Después un pantalón vaquero

Y una falda escolar

Y las mariposas

Volaban de flor en flor

Y nos enteramos por primera vez

Lo que es el amor

Y las mariposas

Y las mariposas

Y las mariposas

Volaban en derredor

Y nos enteramos por primera vez

Lo que es el amor

Era una tarde de primavera

Hoy es invierno y ya no hay flor

El tiempo pasa, quien lo dijera

Tú ama de casa y yo trovador

Y las mariposas

Volaban de flor en flor

Y nos enteramos por primera vez

Lo que es el amor

Y las mariposas

Y las mariposas

Y las mariposas

Volaban en derredor

Y nos enteramos por primera vez

Lo que es el amor

Y las mariposas

Y las mariposas

Y las mariposas

Volaban en derredor

Y nos enteramos por primera vez

Lo que es el amor

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
mariposa /ma.ɾiˈpo.sa/ A2	noun - butterfly
flor /floɾ/ A1	noun - flower
volar /boˈlaɾ/ A1	verb - to fly
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
tarde /taɾ.ðe/ A1	noun - afternoon, evening
primavera /pɾi.maˈβe.ɾa/ A2	noun - spring (season)
invierno /imˈbjeɾ.no/ A2	noun - winter
tiempo /ˈtjem.po/ A1	noun - time
alma /ˈal.ma/ B1	noun - soul, spirit
soñador /so.ɲaˈðoɾ/ B1	noun - dreamer
quinceañera /kin.se.aˈɲe.ɾa/ B2	noun - girl celebrating her fifteenth birthday (Quinceañera)
colegiala /ko.leˈxja.la/ B1	noun - schoolgirl
trigal /tɾiˈɣal/ B2	noun - wheat field
sol /sol/ A1	noun - sun
caer /kaˈeɾ/ A1	verb - to fall, to drop
enterarse /en.teˈɾaɾ.se/ B1	verb - to find out, to learn (about)
ama /ˈa.ma/ B1	noun - mistress (of a house); housewife (in "ama de casa")
trovador /tɾo.βaˈðoɾ/ C1	noun - troubadour, minstrel