La Rosa de los Vientos – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Mägo de Oz
• Album: Gaia

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a lyrical journey with Mägo de Oz's "La Rosa de los Vientos," a song rich with poetic metaphors about life's navigation and self-discovery. By delving into its Spanish lyrics, you can learn common idioms related to growth, wisdom, and emotion, while appreciating the band's unique blend of folk and metal that makes this track a special and engaging way to connect with the language and its cultural expressions.

[English]

If you plant a dream and water it with your love

And the consistency of your care

A flower will bloom within you, its scent and warmth

Will comfort you when things go wrong

If you plant an ideal in the soil of "maybe"

And nourish it with envy

It will be hard to uproot

The evil from your soul, once it takes root

May my light guide you, for life is a garden

Where good and bad intertwine

And it’s human to confuse them

It’s not always about choosing right

And if you feel lost

Don’t rely on your eyes to see

Use the light of your soul, and you’ll find peace

I’ll be your compass rose

...

If you plant a friendship

Nurture it gently and fertilize it with patience

Prune it with truth and transplant it with faith

For it needs time to grow

If you’re consumed by passion and don’t cool your heart

Your senses will stumble, and perhaps

Only desire will speak, not reason

It’s wise to count to ten

May my light guide you, for life is a garden

Where good and bad intertwine

And it’s human to confuse them

It’s not always about choosing right

And if you feel lost

Don’t rely on your eyes to see

Use the light of your soul, and you’ll find peace

I’ll be your compass rose

...

[Spanish]

Si siembras una ilusión y la riegas con tu amor

Y el agua de la constancia

Brotará en ti una flor y su aroma y su calor

Te arroparán cuando algo vaya mal

Si siembras un ideal, en la tierra del quizás

Y lo abonas con la envidia

Será difícil arrancar

La maldad de tu alma, si echó raíz

Y que mi luz te acompañe, pues la vida es un jardín

Donde lo bueno y lo malo

Se confunden y es humano

No siempre es saber elegir

Y si te sientes perdido

Con tus ojos, no has de ver

Hazlo con luz de tu alma y encontrarás la calma

Tu rosa de los vientos, seré

Si siembras una amistad

Con mimo plántala y abónala con paciencia

Pódala con la verdad y trasplántala con fe

Pues necesita tiempo y crecer

Si te embriagas de pasión y no enfrías tu corazón

Tartamudearán tus sentidos y quizás

Hablará sólo el calor y no la razón

Es sabio contar hasta diez

Y que mi luz te acompañe, pues la vida es un jardín

Donde lo bueno y lo malo

Se confunden y es humano

No siempre es saber elegir

Y si te sientes perdido

Con tus ojos, no has de ver

Hazlo con luz de tu alma y encontrarás la calma

Tu rosa de los vientos, seré

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ilusión ilusión B2	noun - illusion; a false perception or hope
amor amor A1	noun - love
constancia constancia B2	noun - constancy; persistence
brotar brotar B1	verb - to sprout; to emerge
flor flor A1	noun - flower
aroma aroma B1	noun - aroma; scent
calor calor A2	noun - heat; warmth
arropar arropar B2	verb - to shelter; to cover
ideal ideal B1	noun - ideal; perfect example
envidia envidia B2	noun - envy; jealousy
difícil difícil A2	adjective - difficult; hard
maldad maldad B2	noun - evil; wickedness
alma alma B1	noun - soul
raíz raíz B1	noun - root; origin
luz luz A1	noun - light
jardín jardín A2	noun - garden
humano humano B1	adjective - human; relating to humans
amistad amistad A2	noun - friendship
paciencia paciencia B2	noun - patience
fe fe B1	noun - faith; belief

Key Grammar Structures

• Si siembras una ilusión y la riegas con tu amor

  ➔ Conditional Clause (Si) + Present Indicative

  ➔ The sentence uses a type 1 conditional. If you sow an illusion (siembras una ilusión), and water it with your love (la riegas con tu amor). The 'si' introduces the condition, and the main clause uses the present indicative to describe the likely result.

• Brotará en ti una flor y su aroma y su calor

  ➔ Future Tense (implied) + Personal 'en'

  ➔ The verb 'brotará' (will sprout) implies a future action. The 'en ti' indicates *where* the flower will sprout – *in you*. This is a common way to express internal growth or feeling.

• Si te sientes perdido con tus ojos, no has de ver

  ➔ Reflexive Verb + Conditional Perfect (has de ver)

  ➔ The verb 'sentirte' is reflexive, meaning the action reflects back on the subject ('you'). 'Has de ver' is a periphrastic conditional perfect, meaning 'you should not see' or 'you ought not to see'. It suggests a prohibition or advice.

• Hazlo con luz de tu alma y encontrarás la calma

  ➔ Imperative Mood + Prepositional Phrase + Future Tense

  ➔ The verb 'Hazlo' is in the imperative mood, giving a command ('Do it'). 'Con luz de tu alma' is a prepositional phrase indicating *how* to do it. 'Encontrarás' is the future tense, meaning 'you will find'.