Las Puertas del Cielo – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Saratoga
• Album: Agotarás

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the power of the Spanish language through this heavy metal classic! 'Las Puertas del Cielo' is perfect for learning poetic, dramatic vocabulary and understanding how Spanish rock uses vivid metaphors to express complex emotions, making it both a musical and linguistic challenge.

[English]

To feel freedom

Like a bird returning to its home

Searching within yourself

Is being able to give life another color

I will open the gates of heaven

I will burn for you

I'll melt your ice with fire

I will give you peace

To be able to express

The silence written on a piece of paper

To be able to sense

When you simply must stay silent

I will open the gates of heaven

I will burn for you

I'll melt your ice with fire

I will give you peace

...

Feel where you are going

You froze my heart

...

I will open the gates of heaven

I will burn for you

I'll melt your ice with fire

I will give you peace

I will open the gates of heaven

I will burn for you

I'll 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
ave ave B2	noun - bird
hogar oɣar A2	noun - home
abrir abriɾ A1	verb - to open
cielo θjelo A1	noun - sky / heaven
arder ardeɾ B2	verb - to burn
quemar kemaɾ A2	verb - to burn
fuego fweɣo A1	noun - fire
hielo jelo A2	noun - ice
paz paθ A2	noun - peace
silencio silensjo A2	noun - silence
papel papel A1	noun - paper
adivinar adinaɾ B1	verb - to guess / to predict
callar kaʝaɾ B1	verb - to be silent
congelar konxelaɾ B1	verb - to freeze

Key Grammar Structures

• Como un ave que regresa hacia su hogar

  ➔ Relative clause with 'que'

  ➔ The relative pronoun 'que' introduces a clause that modifies the noun 'ave'.

• Es poder darle a la vida otro color

  ➔ Indirect object pronoun 'le'

  ➔ The 'le' stands for 'la vida', showing who receives the action of 'dar'.

• Abriré las puertas del cielo

  ➔ Future tense (Futuro simple)

  ➔ The verb 'abrir' is conjugated in the first person singular future tense.

• Quemaré con fuego tu hielo

  ➔ Instrumental 'con'

  ➔ The preposition 'con' indicates the tool or means used to perform the action.

• Poder expresar el silencio que se escribe

  ➔ Passive 'se' (Pasciva refleja)

  ➔ The 'se' makes the verb 'escribir' passive; the silence is being written.

• Cuando simplemente debes de callar

  ➔ Modal verb construction

  ➔ The structure 'debes de' expresses obligation or necessity.

• Sentir dónde vas

  ➔ Interrogative pronoun in indirect question

  ➔ The word 'dónde' acts as an interrogative adverb introducing a subordinate clause.

• Congelaste mi corazón

  ➔ Preterite tense (Pretérito indefinido)

  ➔ The verb 'congelar' is in the preterite tense, denoting a completed action in the past.