Si Tú Supieras Compañero – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: ROSALÍA
• Album: Los Ángeles

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the passionate world of Spanish through 'Si Tú Supieras Compañero'. This track is perfect for learners to explore poetic Spanish vocabulary, the rhythmic nuances of the Andalusian influence, and the emotional depth of flamenco-inspired lyrics.

[English]

Take this golden dagger

And stand in the four corners

And stab me, stab me, stab me (with stabs)

And don't say that you're for-forgetting me

Because with the breeze you take from me

When you go to wal-, to walk

Down to the street lamp at the end of the line

That you're going to put it out for me

The world, leagues and leagues away

Even though my body has run

...

The world, leagues and leagues away

As my soul leaves me here

And has come here for it

Even though my body has run

The world, leagues and leagues away

...

Take this golden dagger

And stand in the four corners

And stab me with your daggers

And don't say that you're forgetting me

Because with the breeze you carry

When you go to walk

Down to the street lamp at the end of the line

Oh, that you're going to put it out for me

...

Because it offends you when it rises

If only I knew, my love

That the rising sun offends you

I would fight against it

Even if they gave me death

I would fight against it

Even if they gave me death

Mother, the queen of my heart

Has two black fans for eyelashes

For eyelashes, child, for eyelashes

There is no girl in all of Spain who has them

And I keep painting you and painting you

Right beside the brazier

And at the same time, I am burning

Because of how much I love you

Good heavens, Saint Raphael

To have water so close and not be able to drink it

...

[Spanish]

Toma este puñal dorado

Y ponte tú en las cuatro esquinas

Y dame tú de puñala-, puña-, puñala- (puñaladas)

Y no digas que me ol-olvidas

Que con el aire que tú me llevas

Cuando vas a cami-, caminar

Hasta el farol de la cola

Que me lo vas a apagar

El mundo, leguas y leguas

Aunque mi cuerpo ha corrido

El mundo, leguas y leguas

Como aquí me deja el alma

Y aquí ha venido por ella

Aunque mi cuerpo ha corrido

El mundo, leguas y leguas

Toma este puñal dora'o

Y ponte tú en las cuatro esquinas

Y dame tú de puñaladas

Y no digas que me olvidas

Que con el aire que tú llevas

Que cuando vas a caminar

Hasta el farol de la cola

Ay, que me lo vas a apagar

Porque sale te ofende

Si yo supiera, compañero

Que el sol que sale, te ofende

Con eso me peleara

Que yo aunque me dieran la muerte

Con eso me peleara

Que yo aunque me dieran la muerte

Madre, tiene la reina de mis entrañas

Dos abanicos negros que por pestañas

Que por pestaña', niña, que por pestañas

No hay niña que las tenga por to'a la España

Y te voy pintando y pintando

Al ladico del brasero

Y a la vez me voy quemando

Por lo mucho que te quiero

Válgame San Rafael

Tener el agua tan cerca y no poderla beber

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
puñal puˈɲal B2	noun - dagger
dorado doˈɾaðo A2	adjective - golden
puñaladas puɲaˈlaðas B2	noun - stab wounds
esquinas esˈkinas A2	noun - corners
lejanas leˈxanas A2	adjective - distant
farol faˈɾol B1	noun - streetlight / lantern
apagar apaˈɣaɾ A2	verb - to turn off / extinguish
alma ˈalma B1	noun - soul
muerte ˈmweɾte A1	noun - death
entrañas enˈtɾaɲas C1	noun - innermost being / bowels
abanicos aβaˈnikos B1	noun - fans
pestañas pesˈtaɲas B1	noun - eyelashes
pintando pinˈtando A1	verb - painting
brasero bɾaˈseɾo B2	noun - brazier
quemando keˈmando A2	verb - burning

Key Grammar Structures

• Si yo supiera, compañero, que el sol que sale te ofende

  ➔ Conditional Subjunctive (Imperfecto de Subjuntivo)

  ➔ The use of "supiera" follows 'si' to express a hypothetical or contrary-to-fact condition.

• Que yo aunque me dieran la muerte

  ➔ Concessive clause with Subjunctive

  ➔ The phrase "aunque me dieran" uses the subjunctive to show that the action of dying is a hypothetical possibility.

• Que me lo vas a apagar

  ➔ Periphrastic future (Ir + a + infinitive)

  ➔ The structure "vas a apagar" indicates an imminent or intended action in the near future.

• Tener el agua tan cerca y no poderla beber

  ➔ Infinitive as a noun / Subject or object complement

  ➔ Here, "Tener" and "poder" act as nouns to describe the situation of having and not being able to drink.

• Toma este puñal dorado

  ➔ Imperative (Tú form)

  ➔ The verb "toma" is the affirmative imperative of "tomar" directed at a second-person singular subject.

• Que con el aire que tú llevas

  ➔ Relative clause with 'que'

  ➔ "Que" acts as a relative pronoun connecting the noun "aire" to the action of the subject.

• Y a la vez me voy quemando

  ➔ Gerund construction (Ir + gerundio)

  ➔ The structure "voy quemando" expresses a progressive, gradual action.

• Por lo mucho que te quiero

  ➔ Noun phrase with 'lo' + adjective + 'que'

  ➔ "Lo mucho" acts as a neuter noun phrase meaning "the much that..." or "how much..."