Y Las Mariposas – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Joan Sebastian
• Album: 15 Éxitos

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Era una tarde de primavera

It was a spring afternoon

Cuando hasta el alma, se encuentra en flor

When even the soul, is in bloom

Yo diecisiete y tu quinceañera

I was seventeen and you were fifteen

Tú colegiala y yo soñador

You a schoolgirl and I a dreamer

Y en aquel trigal

And in that wheat field

El sol cayó primero

The sun set first

Después un pantalón vaquero

Then a pair of denim pants

Y una falda escolar

And a school skirt

Y las mariposas

And the butterflies

Volaban de flor en flor

Flew from flower to flower

Y nos enteramos por primera vez

And we found out for the first time

Lo que es el amor

What love is

Y las mariposas

And the butterflies

Y las mariposas

And the butterflies

Y las mariposas

And the butterflies

Volaban en derredor

Were flying all around

Y nos enteramos por primera vez

And we found out for the first time

Lo que es el amor

What love is

...

...

Era una tarde de primavera

It was a spring afternoon

Hoy es invierno y ya no hay flor

Today is winter and there are no more flowers

El tiempo pasa, quien lo dijera

Time passes, who would have thought

Tú ama de casa y yo trovador

You a housewife and I a troubadour

Y las mariposas

And the butterflies

Volaban de flor en flor

Flew from flower to flower

Y nos enteramos por primera vez

And we found out for the first time

Lo que es el amor

What love is

Y las mariposas

And the butterflies

Y las mariposas

And the butterflies

Y las mariposas

And the butterflies

Volaban en derredor

Were flying all around

Y nos enteramos por primera vez

And we found out for the first time

Lo que es el amor

What love is

Y las mariposas

And the butterflies

Y las mariposas

And the butterflies

Y las mariposas

And the butterflies

Volaban en derredor

Were flying all around

Y nos enteramos por primera vez

And we found out for the first time

Lo que es el amor

What love is

...

...

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