Casa – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Silvana Estrada
• Album: Marchita

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic world of Silvana Estrada with 'Casa.' This song is a beautiful gateway to learning Spanish through its lyrical intimacy and emotive storytelling, offering learners a chance to master soulful, expressive vocabulary and rhythmic phrasing.

[English]

My home is a springtime memory

Of pale prayers without a God

My home is what’s left of the summer

Of that unbearable flood

And I understand that life reproaches me

For this unusual oldness of my heart

My home is a star that’s fading

How sadly it bids farewell to my voice

How sadly it bids farewell to my voice

My home is a garden deeply in love

...

That grows unbearably under the sun

My home is three laughs embracing

Spoken by those who know what love is

And I understand that life reproaches me

For this unusual oldness of my heart

My home is a star that’s fading

How sadly it bids farewell to my voice

How sadly it bids farewell to my voice

...

[Spanish]

Mi casa es un recuerdo primavera

De pálidas plegarias sin Dios

Mi casa es lo que queda del verano

De aquella insoportable inundación

Y entiendo que la vida me reproche

Mi insólita vejez del corazón

Mi casa es una estrella que se apaga

Que triste se despide de mi voz

Que triste se despide de mi voz

Mi casa es un jardín enamorado

Que crece insoportable bajo el sol

Mi casa son tres risas que se abrazan

Que dicen los que saben que es amor

Y entiendo que la vida me reproche

Mi insólita vejez del corazón

Mi casa es una estrella que se apaga

Que triste se despide de mi voz

Que triste se despide de mi voz

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
recuerdo reˈkweɾðo A2	noun - memory, recollection
primavera pɾiˈmaβeɾa A1	noun - spring
pálidas ˈpalidas A2	adjective - pale
plegarias pleˈɣaɾjas B1	noun - prayers
insoportable insopɔɾˈtable B1	adjective - unbearable
inundación inundaˈθjon B1	noun - flood
reproche reˈprotʃe B2	noun - reproach
insólita insˈolita C1	adjective - unusual
vejez beˈxes A2	noun - old age
apaga aˈpaɣa A2	verb - to turn off, to extinguish
jardín χarˈðin A1	noun - garden
enamorado enamɔˈɾaðo A2	adjective - in love
crece ˈkɾeθe A1	verb - to grow
abrazan aβɾaˈθan A2	verb - to hug
saben ˈsaben A1	verb - to know

Key Grammar Structures

• Mi casa es un recuerdo primavera

  ➔ Present tense used to describe a metaphorical state

  ➔ The verb 'es' (is) is in the present tense, describing 'casa' as a metaphorical 'recuerdo primavera' (spring memory).

• De pálidas plegarias sin Dios

  ➔ Prepositional phrase modifying a noun

  ➔ The phrase 'De pálidas plegarias sin Dios' uses the preposition 'de' to modify 'recuerdo primavera', providing additional detail.

• Mi insólita vejez del corazón

  ➔ Possessive structure with 'del'

  ➔ The phrase 'vejez del corazón' uses 'del' to indicate possession, meaning 'the old age of the heart'.

• Que triste se despide de mi voz

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in dependent clause

  ➔ The verb 'despide' is in the subjunctive mood, expressing emotion or subjectivity in the dependent clause.

• Mi casa es una estrella que se apaga

  ➔ Relative pronoun 'que' introducing a relative clause

  ➔ The relative pronoun 'que' introduces a relative clause describing 'estrella', providing more information about it.