El Último Vals La Oreja de Van Gogh Translation Meaning and Lyrics

Song Meaning

'El Último Vals' means 'The Last Waltz' in English. It is a name of a song by 'La Oreja de Van Gogh' human translated here by a native speaker.

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Original Lyrics: Como casi siempre

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como	casi	siempre
as (introducing a basis of comparison or equality)	almost	always

as	almost	always

Aligned Translation: As almost always

Free Translation: As so often

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Original Lyrics: Cuando algo se muere

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cuando	algo	se	muere
when	something, anything	Third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object, oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another	to die
			3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb morir
when	something	itself	dies

Aligned Translation: When something dies

Free Translation: When something dies

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Original Lyrics: Nace la nostalgia

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Verb	Determiner	Noun
nace	la	nostalgia
to grow; to rise, to have its source (river); to rise (sun); to have its roots; to arise	the	nostalgia
3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb nacer
arises	the	nostalgia

Aligned Translation: Nostalgia is born

Free Translation: you get nostalgic

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Original Lyrics: Buscando un corazón

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buscando	un	corazón
to seek, search for, look for, try to find	a	emotions, kindness, spirit
Simple Gerund of the verb buscar
Looking	a	love

Aligned Translation: Looking for a heart

Free Translation: Looking for love

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Original Lyrics: Pero el mío es raro

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pero	el	mío	es	raro
but	Masculine singular definite article; the.	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	to be (essentially or identified as).	strange or odd
			3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser
but	the	mine	it is	strange

Aligned Translation: But mine is weird

Free Translation: But mine is weird

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Original Lyrics: Y aunque esté desordenado

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y	aunque ²	esté ³	desordenado ⁴
and	even if, irrespective of (followed by subjunctive verb form)	to be (Auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect) (precedes the gerund of the verb)	transitive to mess up; to make less tidy
		3rd Person Singular Subjunctive Present of the verb estar	Pastparticiple Singular Masculine of the verb desordenar
and	even if	it is	messed up
^2,3,4 Interesting construction here. When you encounter `Aunque` + subjunctive verb form it means "even if" as `esté` is subjunctive auxiliary form, and that combined with the gerund has the meaning "continues to be + verb". Desordenado as a verb (rather than adjective) has the meaning "messed up"

Aligned Translation: And even though it's messed up

Free Translation: And even though it's a bit messed up

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Original Lyrics: Es impermeable al dolor

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es	impermeable	a	el	dolor
to be (essentially or identified as).	impermeable, waterproof	to	Masculine singular definite article; the.	heartache
3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser
It is	impermeable	to	the	heartache

Aligned Translation: It is impervious to heartache

Free Translation: It is impervious to heartache

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Original Lyrics: La felicidad es un maquillaje

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Determiner	Noun	Verb	Determiner	Noun
la	felicidad	es	un ⁴	maquillaje ⁵
the	felicity, happiness	to be (essentially or identified as).	a	makeup
		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser
the	felicity	it is	a	makeup
^4,5 I'm not certain what she means here: I've found "a un maquillaje contable" lit. "an accounting make-up" which has been translated to "an accountancy trick". Possibly she means one can disguise or trick themselves to appear happy with a smile.

Aligned Translation: Happiness is make up

Free Translation: Happiness is a trick

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Original Lyrics: De sonrisa amable

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de	sonrisa	amable
from (with the source or provenance of or at)	smile	kind, amiable

from	smile	kind

Aligned Translation: With a friendly smile

Free Translation: With a kind smile

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Original Lyrics: Desde que no estás

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desde	que	no	estás
since	that	not	to be (Denotes a copula, in a transient fashion). Compare ser.
			2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb estar
since	that	not	you are

Aligned Translation: Since you're not

Free Translation: Since you're not here

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Original Lyrics: Siempre serás

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Aligned Translation: You will always be

Free Translation: You will always be

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Original Lyrics: Bienvenido a este lugar

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bienvenido	a	este	lugar
welcome	to	this	place

welcome	to	this	place

Aligned Translation: Welcome to this place

Free Translation: Welcome to this place

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Original Lyrics: A mi lista de obsesiones

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a	mío	lista	de	obsesión
to	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	list, roll	of (expressing composition, substance)	obsession

to	mine	list	of	obsession

Aligned Translation: To my list of obsessions

Free Translation: To my list of obsessions

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Original Lyrics: Que no vas a olvidar

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que	no	vas	a	olvidar
that	not	auxiliary (with a followed by the infinitive) to be going to (near future), to go	to	to forget; to elude, escape (be forgotten by)
		2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb ir		Infinitive
that	not	you going	to	forget

Aligned Translation: That you won't forget

Free Translation: That you won't forget

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Original Lyrics: Cómo recordarte, sin mirar atrás

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Adverb	Verb	Pronoun	Preposition	Verb	Adverb
cómo	recordar	tú	sin	mirar	atrás
interrogative how?	transitive to remember, to recollect	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).	without	transitive to look at (to try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes)	back in time, ago
	Infinitive			Infinitive
how	to remember	you	without	to look	back

Aligned Translation: how to remember you without looking back

Free Translation: How to remember you, without looking back

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Original Lyrics: Yo nunca olvidaré el último vals

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yo	nunca	olvidaré	el	último	vals
(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	never	to forget; to elude, escape (be forgotten by)	Masculine singular definite article; the.	final; last	waltz
		1st Person Singular Indicative Future of the verb olvidar
I	never	will forget	the	final	waltz

Aligned Translation: I'll never forget the last waltz

Free Translation: I'll never forget the last waltz

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Original Lyrics: Cuando todo acabe

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cuando	todo	acabe
when	everything	pronominal to come to an end, to be over, to be done, to be finished, to be it, to be no more, to be up
		3rd Person Singular Subjunctive Present of the verb acabar
when	everything	it has come to an end

Aligned Translation: When it's all over

Free Translation: When it's all over

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Original Lyrics: Y el silencio hable

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y	el	silencio	hable
and	Masculine singular definite article; the.	silence	intransitive to talk; to speak; to communicate using words
			3rd Person Singular Subjunctive Present of the verb hablar
and	the	silence	it speaks

Aligned Translation: And the silence speaks

Free Translation: And the silence speaks

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Original Lyrics: Sólo tus pupilas sabrán que fue verdad

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sólo	tu	pupila	sabrán	que	fue	verdad
Superseded spelling of solo	(before the noun) Apocopic form of tuyo, your	anatomy pupil of the eye	to know (a fact)	that	to exist; to occur	truth
			3rd Person Plural Indicative Future of the verb saber		3rd Person Singular Indicative Preterite of the verb ser
Only	your	pupil	will know	that	what occurred	truth

Aligned Translation: Only your pupils will know it was true

Free Translation: Only your eyes will know that is was true

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Original Lyrics: Y entre los cristales

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y	entre	los	cristal
and	between	the	glass, glassware

and	between	the	glass

Aligned Translation: And between the glass

Free Translation: And between the glasses

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Original Lyrics: Pedacitos de esa tarde

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pedacitos	de		tarde
{{diminutive plural of\|es\|pedazo}}	of; ’s; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)		evening

bits	of	that	evening

Aligned Translation: Bits and pieces from that afternoon

Free Translation: Bits and pieces from that afternoon

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Original Lyrics: Donde comenzamos a soñar

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donde	comenzamos	a	soñar
relative where, in what place	to begin	to	{{indtr\|es\|con\|en\|intr=1}} to dream (of/about)
	1st Person Plural Indicative Preterite of the verb comenzar		Infinitive
where	we began	to	dream

Aligned Translation: Where we started to dream

Free Translation: Where we started to dream

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Original Lyrics: La felicidad es un maquillaje

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Determiner	Noun	Verb	Determiner	Noun
la	felicidad	es	un ⁴	maquillaje ⁵
the	felicity, happiness	to be (essentially or identified as).	a	makeup
		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser
the	felicity	it is	a	makeup
^4,5 I'm not certain what she means here: I've found "a un maquillaje contable" lit. "an accounting make-up" which has been translated to "an accountancy trick". Possibly she means one can disguise or trick themselves to appear happy with a smile.

Aligned Translation: Happiness is make up

Free Translation: Happiness is a trick

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Original Lyrics: De sonrisa amable

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de	sonrisa	amable
from (with the source or provenance of or at)	smile	kind, amiable

from	smile	kind

Aligned Translation: With a friendly smile

Free Translation: With a kind smile

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Original Lyrics: Desde que no estás

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desde	que	no	estás
since	that	not	to be (Denotes a copula, in a transient fashion). Compare ser.
			2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb estar
since	that	not	you are

Aligned Translation: Since you're not

Free Translation: Since you're not here

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Original Lyrics: Siempre serás

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Aligned Translation: You will always be

Free Translation: You will always be

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Original Lyrics: Bienvenido a este lugar

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bienvenido	a	este	lugar
welcome	to	this	place

welcome	to	this	place

Aligned Translation: Welcome to this place

Free Translation: Welcome to this place

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Original Lyrics: A mi lista de obsesiones

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a	mío	lista	de	obsesión
to	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	list, roll	of (expressing composition, substance)	obsession

to	mine	list	of	obsession

Aligned Translation: To my list of obsessions

Free Translation: To my list of obsessions

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Original Lyrics: Que no vas a olvidar

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Conjunction	Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Verb
que	no	vas	a	olvidar
that	not	auxiliary (with a followed by the infinitive) to be going to (near future), to go	to	to forget; to elude, escape (be forgotten by)
		2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb ir		Infinitive
that	not	you going	to	forget

Aligned Translation: That you won't forget

Free Translation: That you won't forget

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Original Lyrics: Cómo recordarte, sin mirar atrás

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cómo	recordar	tú	sin	mirar	atrás
interrogative how?	transitive to remember, to recollect	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).	without	transitive to look at (to try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes)	back in time, ago
	Infinitive			Infinitive
how	to remember	you	without	to look	back

Aligned Translation: how to remember you without looking back

Free Translation: How to remember you, without looking back

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Original Lyrics: Yo nunca olvidaré el último

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yo	nunca	olvidaré	el	último
(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	never	to forget; to elude, escape (be forgotten by)	Masculine singular definite article; the.	final; last
		1st Person Singular Indicative Future of the verb olvidar
I	never	will forget	the	final

Aligned Translation: I'll never forget the last one

Free Translation: I'll never forget the last one

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Original Lyrics: Siempre serás

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Aligned Translation: You will always be

Free Translation: You will always be

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Original Lyrics: Bienvenido a este lugar

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bienvenido	a	este	lugar
welcome	to	this	place

welcome	to	this	place

Aligned Translation: Welcome to this place

Free Translation: Welcome to this place

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Original Lyrics: A mi lista de obsesiones

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a	mío	lista	de	obsesión
to	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	list, roll	of (expressing composition, substance)	obsession

to	mine	list	of	obsession

Aligned Translation: To my list of obsessions

Free Translation: To my list of obsessions

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Original Lyrics: Que no vas a olvidar

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Conjunction	Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Verb
que	no	vas	a	olvidar
that	not	auxiliary (with a followed by the infinitive) to be going to (near future), to go	to	to forget; to elude, escape (be forgotten by)
		2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb ir		Infinitive
that	not	you going	to	forget

Aligned Translation: That you won't forget

Free Translation: That you won't forget

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Original Lyrics: Cómo recordarte, sin mirar atrás

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Adverb	Verb	Pronoun	Preposition	Verb	Adverb
cómo	recordar	tú	sin	mirar	atrás
interrogative how?	transitive to remember, to recollect	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).	without	transitive to look at (to try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes)	back in time, ago
	Infinitive			Infinitive
how	to remember	you	without	to look	back

Aligned Translation: how to remember you without looking back

Free Translation: How to remember you, without looking back

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Original Lyrics: Nunca olvidaré el último vals

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Adverb	Verb	Determiner	Adjective	Noun
nunca	olvidaré	el	último	vals
never	to forget; to elude, escape (be forgotten by)	Masculine singular definite article; the.	final; last	waltz
	1st Person Singular Indicative Future of the verb olvidar
never	will I forget	the	final	waltz

Aligned Translation: I'll never forget the last waltz

Free Translation: I'll never forget the last waltz

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Review

In La Oreja de Van Gogh (meaning Van Gogh's Ear) band's song The Last Waltz. Leire is saying a love has died, normally resulting in nostalgic feelings, but to her it's odd; and she doesn't feel the pain.

Whoever has left, is apparently always going to be welcome. She's saying that this person will know the truth inside of them.

She won't forget this person, adding the name to her list of obsessions, questioning how she's going to remember them - without looking back (in anger?)

This was the first song released by the band after the previous lead singer quit. Leire was the winner of a TV talent contest, and the previous singer and one of the guitarists had totally fallen out. I have some suspicions that there maybe a message here; or maybe not - it is not explicit. Leire is not listed in the list of song writers.

In the YouTube video Leire is depicted on a split screen, initially doing the same thing - walking down a road in Spain somewhere. But at some point she goes to cross the road at a crossing - one Leire (the top frame) crosses the road, but the other one hesitates and doesn't cross.

The top one bumps into someone and all they carrying goes flying, and the lower one get's hassled by a dude to do a survey (with a clipboard type guy) from which she extricates herself.

The top one goes to a recording studio where she meets the rest of her new band. The lower one goes to a normal place of work.

Later they both pictured walking down the same street but not in sync. The top one takes a phone call, while the lower one wanders off screen.

It goes full screen for the final few bars where Leire is in the recording studio with the rest of the band,

Whilst the video is nicely shot and Leire looks like a typical Spanish girl, there's a fair bit going on in the video; but nothing really ties into the lyrics.

Submitted by user: BENDECKO

Average Ratings

Most people find the song lyrics easy to understand lyrics, lyrics sung fast and it has hard to remember verbs and nouns

Most words used are in very common daily usage.^RAE

El Último Vals has 138 BPM (beats per minute)

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^RAE Based on a median word frequency of 79 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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