Arabian Nights
Letra:
[English]
Oh, imagine a land, it's a faraway place
Where the caravan camels roam
Where you wander among every culture and tongue
It's chaotic, but, hey, it's home
When the wind's from the East
And the sun's from the West
And the sand in the glass is right
Come on down, stop on by
Hop a carpet and fly
To another Arabian night
As you wind through the streets
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At the fabled bazaars
With the cardamom-cluttered stalls
You can smell every spice
While you haggle the price
Of the silks and the satin shawls
Oh, the music that plays as you move through a maze
In the haze of your pure delight
You are caught in a dance
You are lost in the trance
Of another Arabian night
Arabian nights
Like Arabian days
More often than not are hotter than hot
In a lot of good ways
Arabian nights
Like Arabian dreams
This mystical land of magic and sand
Is more than it seems
There's a road that may lead you
To good or to greed through
The power your wishing commands
Let the darkness unfold or find fortunes untold
Well, your destiny lies in your hands
Only one may enter here
One whose worth lies far within
A diamond in the rough
Arabian nights
Like Arabian days
They seem to excite, take off and take flight
To shock and amaze
Arabian nights
'Neath Arabian moons
A fool off his guard could fall and fall hard
Out there on the dunes
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Vocabulario en esta canción:
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imagine /ɪˈmædʒɪn/ B1 |
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roam /roʊm/ B2 |
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wander /ˈwɑːndər/ B1 |
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chaotic /keɪˈɑːtɪk/ B2 |
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wind /wɪnd/ A2 |
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fabled /ˈfeɪbld/ C1 |
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bazaar /bəˈzɑːr/ B2 |
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cluttered /ˈklʌtərd/ B2 |
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haggle /ˈhæɡəl/ B2 |
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spice /spaɪs/ B1 |
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delight /dɪˈlaɪt/ B2 |
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trance /træns/ B2 |
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mystical /ˈmɪstɪkəl/ C1 |
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greed /ɡriːd/ B2 |
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commands /kəˈmændz/ B2 |
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fortunes /ˈfɔːrtʃənz/ B2 |
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shock /ʃɑːk/ B2 |
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Gramática:
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Oh, imagine a land, it's a faraway place
➔ Imperativo para sugerencia/invitación
➔ La palabra "imagine" se usa como un imperativo, invitando al oyente a considerar o visualizar una escena. Aunque gramaticalmente es una orden, funciona más como una sugerencia o un incentivo.
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Where the caravan camels roam
➔ Cláusula relativa con "where"
➔ "Where" introduce una cláusula relativa que modifica "a faraway place". Especifica la característica del lugar: es un lugar donde deambulan los camellos de la caravana.
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When the wind's from the East
➔ Elipsis (omisión de "is")
➔ La frase "the wind's" es una contracción de "the wind is". El verbo "is" a menudo se omite en el habla informal o en la letra de las canciones por brevedad y ritmo.
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More often than not are hotter than hot
➔ Inversión Sujeto-Verbo (no estándar)
➔ El orden de las palabras estándar sería "Arabian nights are more often than not hotter than hot". La inversión enfatiza la intensidad del calor. Esto se hace a menudo con fines estilísticos en la poesía y las canciones, aunque gramaticalmente no sea convencional.
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This mystical land of magic and sand Is more than it seems
➔ Concordancia Sujeto-Verbo con una Frase Nominal Compuesta
➔ "This mystical land of magic and sand" actúa como un sujeto singular. Aunque contiene múltiples elementos (magia y arena), la frase en su conjunto se considera una sola cosa, por lo que se usa el verbo singular "is".
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There's a road that may lead you To good or to greed through The power your wishing commands
➔ Verbo modal "may" que expresa posibilidad, cláusula relativa con "that", preposición "through" que expresa medio.
➔ "May" sugiere una posibilidad, no una certeza, de que el camino conduzca al bien o a la codicia. "That may lead you" es una cláusula relativa que define el camino. "Through the power..." indica los medios por los cuales se determina el resultado.
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A fool off his guard could fall and fall hard
➔ Oración condicional con "if" implícito, verbo modal "could"
➔ Esta oración implica "If a fool is off his guard, he could fall and fall hard." ("Si un tonto baja la guardia, podría caer y caer con fuerza"). "Could" indica una posibilidad o una consecuencia potencial.
