Caminar bonito – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Natalia Lafourcade

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the beauty of the Spanish language through 'Caminar bonito'. This song is perfect for learners to practice poetic descriptors and rhythmic phrasing while immersing themselves in the rich, acoustic traditions of Mexico.

[English]

How beautiful it is to know that, if I go far away

When I return

Waiting in the house

Will be all those songs we learned together

How beautiful it is to have such certainty

That, despite the distance

Even if you are far away

I feel you so close in the early morning hours

And I'm grateful to know that life, my love

Walking beautifully

Is something I desire

To always return home to be with you

And I'm grateful to understand a humble choice

Walking beautifully

Every day I choose

For life is a series of mountains that I want us to cross together

...

How beautiful it is to know that, if I go far away

When I return

A hug will be there

Waiting in silence until I wake up

Those bitter drinks

Those cloudy days, a few stumbles

Walking by your side

They turn into a wind embracing my body and we fly

And I'm grateful to know that life, my love

Walking beautifully

Is something I desire

To always return home to be with you

And I'm grateful to understand a humble choice

Walking beautifully

Every day I choose

For life is a series of mountains that I want us to cross together

Every day I choose

For life is a series of mountains that I want us to cross together

...

Every day I choose

For life is a series of mountains that I want us to cross together

...

[Spanish]

Qué bonito saber que, si lejos me voy

Cuando yo regrese

En la casa estarán

Todas esas canciones que nos aprendimos

Qué bonito es tener tanta seguridad

De que, en la distancia

Aunque lejos estés

Tan cerquita te siento en las madrugadas

Y agradezco saber que la vida, mi amor

Caminar bonito

Es algo que deseo

Regresar siempre a casa para estar contigo

Y agradezco entender una humilde elección

Caminar bonito

Cada día yo elijo

Pues la vida son montañas que yo quiero atravesar juntitos

Qué bonito es saber que, si lejos me voy

Cuando yo regrese

Un abrazo estará

Esperando en silencio hasta que despierte

Esos tragos amargos

Esos días nublados, algunos tropiezos

Caminando a tu lado

Se convierten en viento abrazando mi cuerpo y ahí volamos

Y agradezco saber que la vida, mi amor

Caminar bonito

Es algo que deseo

Regresar siempre a casa para estar contigo

Y agradezco entender una humilde elección

Caminar bonito

Cada día yo elijo

Pues la vida son montañas que yo quiero atravesar juntitos

Cada día yo elijo

Pues la vida son montañas que yo quiero atravesar juntitos

Cada día yo elijo

Pues la vida son montañas que yo quiero atravesar juntitos

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
caminar ka-mi-nar A1	verb - to walk
bonito bo-ni-to A1	adjective - pretty / beautiful
regresar re-gre-sar A2	verb - to return
seguridad se-gu-ri-dad B1	noun - security / certainty
madrugadas ma-dru-ga-das B2	noun - early morning
agradezco a-gra-des-ko B1	verb - I appreciate / I thank
deseo de-se-o A2	verb - to wish / desire
entender en-ten-der A2	verb - to understand
humilde u-mil-de B1	adjective - humble
elección e-lek-thyon B1	noun - choice
elijo e-li-ho B1	verb - I choose
montañas mon-ta-nyas A2	noun - mountains
atravesar a-tra-ve-sar B2	verb - to cross
abrazo a-bra-tho A2	noun - hug
silencio si-len-thyo A2	noun - silence
amargos a-mar-gos B1	adjective - bitter
tropiezos tro-pye-thos B2	noun - stumbles / setbacks
viento vyen-to A2	noun - wind

Key Grammar Structures

• Qué bonito saber que, si lejos me voy

  ➔ Conditional 'si' clause (First conditional)

  ➔ The use of 'si' + indicative ('voy') expresses a real or likely future condition.

• Todas esas canciones que nos aprendimos

  ➔ Preterite tense for completed actions

  ➔ The verb 'aprendimos' is in the preterite, indicating an action that was finished in the past.

• Tan cerquita te siento en las madrugadas

  ➔ Direct Object Pronoun (DOP)

  ➔ The 'te' refers to the person being felt/perceived as the direct object of the verb 'siento'.

• Caminar bonito es algo que deseo

  ➔ Infinitive as a noun / Subject of a sentence

  ➔ 'Caminar' functions as the subject of the sentence, acting like a noun.

• Regresar siempre a casa para estar contigo

  ➔ Prepositional phrase of purpose ('para' + infinitive)

  ➔ 'Para' plus an infinitive indicates the purpose of an action.

• Un abrazo estará esperando

  ➔ Periphrastic progressive (Estar + Gerund)

  ➔ The structure 'estará esperando' emphasizes the ongoing nature of the action in the future.

• Caminando a tu lado se convierten en viento

  ➔ Reflexive/Passive 'se' (Pronominal verb)

  ➔ 'Convertirse' is a pronominal verb indicating a change in state.

• Montañas que yo quiero atravesar juntitos

  ➔ Relative clause with 'que'

  ➔ The word 'que' connects 'montañas' to the following description.