La leyenda del hada y el mago – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Rata Blanca

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a captivating journey with Rata Blanca's "La leyenda del hada y el mago." This iconic Spanish heavy metal anthem offers a rich vocabulary through its fantastical narrative of love and resilience, featuring epic guitar solos and powerful vocals that make it a perfect gateway to understanding the passion and poetic depth of rock in Spanish. Immerse yourself in a tale where magic meets emotion, and discover the linguistic beauty that has captivated millions.

[English]

Story is told of a wizard

Who one day in his enchanted forest cried

Because despite his magic, he couldn't find love

The moon, his only friend, gave him strength to endure

All the pain he felt, due to his long loneliness

He knew very well... that in his existence

He should never leave his destiny

If someone is meant to love you, you'll know

You just have to know how to recognize it

One afternoon, as the wizard strolled through the woods, his gaze crossed

With the sweetest look, that he'd never known in his entire life

From that very moment, the fairy and the wizard wanted to be

Just the two of them in the forest, loving each other always and everywhere

And the evil that always existed couldn't bear to see such happiness between two beings

And with its hatred, it attacked, until the fairy fell into that fatal sleep of numbness

And in his castle, the wizard spent nights searching for the power

To bring back his fairy. His love, her gaze so sweet from yesterday

And he hasn't stopped since then, trying to find a way to recover

The woman he finally loved that day, deep in the forest

And now he knows what love is, and that he'll have the strength to withstand that spell

He knows that one day he will see his sweet fairy arrive and stay with him forever

[Spanish]

Cuenta la historia de un mago

Que un día en su bosque encantado lloró

Porque a pesar de su magia, no había podido encontrar el amor

La luna, su única amiga, le daba fuerzas para soportar

Todo el dolor que sentía, por culpa de su tan larga soledad

Es que él sabía muy bien... que en su existir

Nunca debía salir de su destino

Si alguien te tiene que amar, ya lo sabrás

Solo tendrás que saber reconocerlo

Fue en una tarde que el mago paseando en el bosque la vista cruzó

Con la más dulce mirada, que en toda su vida jamás conoció

Desde ese mismo momento, el hada y el mago quisieron estar

Sólos los dos en el bosque, amándose siempre y en todo lugar

Y el mal que siempre existió, no soportó ver tanta felicidad entre dos seres

Y con su odio atacó, hasta que el hada cayó en ese sueño fatal de no sentir

Y en su castillo pasaba, las noches el mago buscando el poder

Que devolviera a su hada. Su amor, su mirada tan dulce de ayer

Y no paró desde entonces, buscando la forma de recuperar

A la mujer que aquel día, en medio del bosque por fin pudo amar

Y hoy sabe qué es el amor, y que tendrá fuerzas para soportar aquel conjuro

Sabe que un día verá su dulce hada llegar y para siempre con él se quedará

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
mago /ˈmaɣo/ B1	noun - magician, wizard
encantado /en.kãnˈtaðo/ B2	adjective - enchanted, enchanted
magia /ˈmaʝi.a/ B1	noun - magic
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
luna /ˈluna/ A2	noun - moon
llorar /ʝoˈɾaɾ/ B2	verb - to cry, to weep
mente /ˈmente/ A1	noun - mind
destino /desˈtino/ B2	noun - destiny, fate
cielo /ˈsjel.o/ A2	noun - sky, heaven
sostener /sosteneˈɾe/ B2	verb - to support, to hold
poder /poˈðeɾ/ B1	noun - power, ability verb - can, to be able to
realidad /realiˈðað/ B2	noun - reality
viajar /bjaˈxaɾ/ B2	verb - to travel

Key Grammar Structures

• Que un día en su bosque encantado lloró

  ➔ Past simple tense with 'lloró' indicating a completed action

  ➔ 'Lloró' is the third person singular past tense of 'llorar' (to cry)

• Nunca debía salir de su destino

  ➔ Imperfect subjunctive expressing obligation or necessity in the past

  ➔ 'Debía' comes from 'deber' (should/must) in imperfect tense, expressing obligation or expectation in the past

• Desde ese mismo momento, el hada y el mago quisieron estar

  ➔ Preterite tense with 'quisieron' to express completed desire or intention

  ➔ 'Quisieron' is the third person plural preterite of 'querer' (to want), showing completed desire

• Sabe que un día verá su dulce hada llegar

  ➔ Future tense with 'verá' indicating an action that will happen

  ➔ 'Verá' is the third person singular future tense of 'ver' (to see), expressing an anticipated future event

• que en toda su vida jamás conoció

  ➔ Preterite tense with 'conoció' to indicate a completed act of knowing in the past

  ➔ 'Conoció' is the third person singular preterite tense of 'conocer' (to know), referring to a completed act of knowing in the past

• Y en su castillo pasaba, las noches el mago buscando el poder

  ➔ Imperfect continuous tense with 'pasaba' indicating ongoing action in the past

  ➔ 'Pasaba' is the imperfect form of 'pasar' (to pass/spend time), used to describe an ongoing action in the past