Las Puertas del Cielo – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Saratoga
• Album: Cuarto de Siglo

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the soul-stirring sounds of 'Las Puertas del Cielo' to master expressive Spanish vocabulary and poetic phrasing. This song is a perfect gateway for learners to experience the passion of Flamenco-rock and the rhythmic beauty of the Spanish language.

[English]

To feel freedom

Like a bird returning to its home

To search within yourself

Is to be able to give life another color

...

I will open the gates of heaven

I will burn for you

I will melt your ice with fire

...

I will give you peace

To be able to express

The silence written down on paper

To be able to guess

When you simply must stay silent

I will open the gates of heaven

I will burn for you

I will melt your ice with fire

...

I will give you peace

...

To feel where you are going

You froze my heart

I will open the gates of heaven

I will burn for you

I will melt your ice with fire

I will give you peace

I will open the gates of heaven

I will burn for you

I will melt your ice with fire

I will give you peace

...

[Spanish]

Sentir la libertad

Como un ave que regresa hacia su hogar

Buscar dentro de ti

Es poder darle a la vida otro color

Abriré las puertas del cielo

Arderé por ti

Quemaré con fuego tu hielo

Te daré la paz

Poder expresar

El silencio que se escribe en un papel

Poder adivinar

Cuando simplemente debes de callar

Abriré las puertas del cielo

Arderé por ti

Quemaré con fuego tu hielo

Te daré la paz

Sentir dónde vas

Congelaste mi corazón

Abriré las puertas del cielo

Arderé por ti

Quemaré con fuego tu hielo

Te daré la paz

Abriré las puertas del cielo

Arderé por ti

Quemare con fuego tu hielo

Te daré la paz

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
libertad libertad A2	noun - freedom
regresa regresa A2	verb - to return
puertas puertas A1	noun - doors
arderé ardere B2	verb - I will burn
quema kema A2	verb - to burn
fuego fuego A1	noun - fire
hielo ielo A2	noun - ice
silencio silensio A2	noun - silence
adivinar adibinar B1	verb - to guess
callar kayar B1	verb - to be silent
congelaste konhelaste B1	verb - you froze
corazón korason A1	noun - heart
sentir sentir A2	verb - to feel
buscar buskar A2	verb - to look for
papel papel A1	noun - paper

Key Grammar Structures

• Como un ave que regresa hacia su hogar

  ➔ Relative Clause with 'que'

  ➔ The 'que' acts as a subject pronoun, replacing 'ave' to provide more information about it.

• Es poder darle a la vida otro color

  ➔ Infinitive construction with indirect object pronoun

  ➔ The verb 'dar' is in the infinitive form, and 'le' represents the indirect object (the life).

• Abriré las puertas del cielo

  ➔ Future Simple tense

  ➔ The verb 'abrir' is conjugated in the first person singular future to express a firm intention.

• Quemaré con fuego tu hielo

  ➔ Metaphorical usage of the Future tense

  ➔ Used metaphorically to describe a future transformation of the person's cold attitude.

• El silencio que se escribe en un papel

  ➔ Passive 'se' (Pasciva refleja)

  ➔ The 'se' makes the verb 'escribir' passive, implying silence is written by someone.

• Cuando simplemente debes de callar

  ➔ Periphrastic obligation 'deber de'

  ➔ It indicates a moral duty or a necessity to stay silent in certain contexts.

• Sentir dónde vas

  ➔ Interrogative adverb in an indirect question

  ➔ 'Dónde' retains the accent mark even though it's not a direct question.

• Congelaste mi corazón

  ➔ Preterite tense (Indefinido)

  ➔ Describes a completed action in the past: the freezing of the heart.