Rayando El Sol

• By: Maná

Lyrics:

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Rayando el Sol

Scratching the sun

Rayando por ti

Scratching for you

Esta pena me duele, me quema sin tu amor

This sorrow hurts, it burns me without your love

No me has llamado, estoy desesperado

You haven't called me, I'm desperate

Son muchas lunas las que te he llorado

Many moons I've cried for you

Rayando el sol (Oh-eh-oh)

Scratching the sun (Oh-eh-oh)

Desesperación

Desperation

Es más fácil llegar al Sol que a tu corazón

It's easier to reach the sun than your heart

Me muero por ti (Oh-eh-oh)

I'm dying for you (Oh-eh-oh)

Viviendo sin ti

Living without you

Y no aguanto, me duele tanto estar así

And I can't take it, it hurts so much to be like this

Rayando el Sol

Scratching the sun

A tu casa yo fui

I went to your house

Y no te encontré

And I didn't find you

En el parque, en la plaza, en el cine yo te busqué

In the park, in the square, at the cinema I looked for you

Te tengo atrapada entre mi piel y mi alma

I have you trapped between my skin and my soul

Mas ya no puedo tanto y quiero estar junto a ti

But I can't take it anymore and I want to be with you

Rayando el sol (Oh-eh-oh)

Scratching the sun (Oh-eh-oh)

Desesperación

Desperation

Es más fácil llegar al Sol que a tu corazón

It's easier to reach the sun than your heart

Oh, me muero por ti (Oh-eh-oh)

Oh, I'm dying for you (Oh-eh-oh)

Viviendo sin ti

Living without you

Y no aguanto, me duele tanto estar así

And I can't take it, it hurts so much to be like this

Rayando el Sol

Scratching the sun

...

...

Rayando el Sol (Oh-eh-oh)

Scratching the sun (Oh-eh-oh)

Deseperación

Desperation

Es más fácil llegar al Sol que a tu corazón

It's easier to reach the sun than your heart

Rayando por ti

Scratching for you

(Rayando)

(Scratching)

Uh, rayando, rayando el Sol (Rayando)

Uh, scratching, scratching the sun (Scratching)

(Rayando)

(Scratching)

Ay-ay, ay-ay-ay, ay-ay, rayando el sol (Rayando)

Ay-ay, ay-ay-ay, ay-ay, scratching the sun (Scratching)

(Rayando) Oh no

(Scratching) Oh no

(Rayando)

(Scratching)

Rayando por ti (Rayando)

Scratching for you (Scratching)

...

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
sol /sol/ A1	noun - sun
pena /ˈpena/ B1	noun - sorrow, pain
duele /ˈdwely/ A2	verb - hurts, pains
llama /ˈʝama/ B1	verb - call
desesperado /desespeˈɾaðo/ B2	adjective - desperate
lunas /ˈlunas/ A1	noun - moons
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A1	noun - heart
muero /ˈmweɾo/ B1	verb - I die
casa /ˈkasa/ A1	noun - house
parque /ˈpaɾke/ A1	noun - park
plaza /ˈplasa/ A2	noun - square, plaza
cine /ˈθine/ A1	noun - cinema
atrapada /atɾaˈpaða/ B2	adjective - trapped
piel /pjel/ A2	noun - skin
alma /ˈalma/ B1	noun - soul

Grammar:

• Rayando el Sol

  ➔ Gerund phrase used as a noun.

  ➔ "Rayando" (gerund of "rayar," meaning to scratch or to streak) is used here in a figurative way, meaning longing, reaching, or striving for something. It becomes a title so acts like a name. Literal translation, is 'streaking the sun', but means 'reaching for the sun'

• Esta pena me duele, me quema sin tu amor

  ➔ Use of reflexive verbs ("me duele," "me quema") to express feeling.

  ➔ Here, "me duele" (it hurts me) and "me quema" (it burns me) show how the pain and burning sensation are felt directly by the speaker. The reflexive pronoun "me" indicates that the action is directed back to the subject.

• Son muchas lunas las que te he llorado

  ➔ Use of a cleft sentence with relative pronoun "que" for emphasis.

  ➔ This sentence is structured to emphasize the length of time spent crying. Instead of saying "Te he llorado muchas lunas," the sentence is rearranged to "Son muchas lunas las que te he llorado," highlighting "muchas lunas".

• Es más fácil llegar al Sol que a tu corazón

  ➔ Comparative structure using "más fácil... que" to express a comparison.

  ➔ This line uses the comparative structure to say it's easier to reach the sun than to reach the person's heart, expressing the difficulty in getting close to them.

• Me muero por ti

  ➔ Idiomatic expression using "morir por" to express strong desire or love.

  ➔ "Me muero por ti" translates to "I'm dying for you." It expresses an intense longing or love for someone.