| La Bohème (original) | La Bohème (translation) |
|---|---|
| Bohemia de París | Bohemia of Paris |
| Alegre, loca y gris | Cheerful, crazy and gray |
| De un tiempo ya pasado… | From a time long past... |
| En donde en un desván | Where in a loft |
| Con traje de Can-Can… | With a Can-Can suit… |
| Posabas para mí | you posed for me |
| Y yo con devoción… | And I with devotion... |
| Pintaba con pasión | painted with passion |
| Tu cuerpo fatigado… | Your tired body... |
| Hasta el amanecer | Until sunrise |
| A veces sin comer | sometimes without eating |
| Y siempre sin dormir | And always without sleep |
| La Bohemia, la Bohemia | Bohemia, Bohemia |
| Era el amor, felicidad… | It was love, happiness... |
| La Bohemia, la Bohemia | Bohemia, Bohemia |
| Era una flor de nuestra edad… | She was a flower of our age… |
| Debajo de un quinqué | under an oil lamp |
| La mesa de café… | The coffee table… |
| Feliz nos reunía | Happy we met |
| Hablando sin cesar… | Talking endlessly... |
| Soñando con llegar | dreaming of arriving |
| La Gloria conseguir… | The Glory to get… |
| Y cuando algún pintor | And when some painter |
| Hallaba un comprador | found a buyer |
| Y un lienzo le vendía… | And a canvas sold him... |
| Solíamos gritar, comer | We used to scream, eat |
| Y pasear alegres por París | And walk happily through Paris |
| La Bohemia, la Bohemia | Bohemia, Bohemia |
| Era jurar te vi y te amé… | It was to swear I saw you and I loved you... |
| La Bohemia, la Bohemia | Bohemia, Bohemia |
| Yo junto a ti triunfar podré… | Together with you, I will be able to succeed... |
| Teníamos salud | we had health |
| Sonrisa, juventud | smile, youth |
| Y nada en los bolsillos… | And nothing in the pockets... |
| Con frío o con calor | With cold or with heat |
| El mismo buen humor | the same good mood |
| Bailaba en nuestro ser… | It danced in our being… |
| Luchando siempre igual | always fighting the same |
| Con hambre hasta el final | Hungry to the end |
| Hacíamos castillos… | We made castles... |
| Y el ansia de vivir | And the desire to live |
| Nos hizo resistir | made us resist |
| Y no desfallecer… | And don't faint... |
| La Bohemia, la Bohemia | Bohemia, Bohemia |
| Era mirar amanecer… | It was watching sunrise... |
| La Bohemia, la Bohemia | Bohemia, Bohemia |
| Era soñar con un querer… | It was dreaming of a love… |
| Hoy regresé a París | Today I returned to Paris |
| Crucé su niebla gris | I crossed your gray mist |
| Y lo encantré cambiado | And I found it changed |
| Las lilas ya no están | The lilacs are gone |
| Ni suben al desván | They don't even go up to the attic |
| Moradas de pasión… | Abodes of passion… |
| Soñando como ayer | dreaming like yesterday |
| Ronder por mi taller | Ronder by my workshop |
| Mas ya lo han derrumbado… | But they have already demolished it... |
| Y ocupa su lugar | and takes its place |
| Un frío y gran hotel | A cold and great hotel |
| Que nos oculta el sol… | What hides the sun from us... |
| La Bohemia, la Bohemia | Bohemia, Bohemia |
| Que yo viví su luz perdió… | That I lived its light lost... |
| La Bohemia, la Bohemia | Bohemia, Bohemia |
| Era una flor y al fin murió | It was a flower and finally it died |
