pasa ligera
Hola.
I've heard recently a song called "La maldita primavera" and I don't understand what "pasa ligera" means.
Here's a fragment of this song: "Si para enamorarme ahora Volverá a mi la maldita primavera Que sueño si Para enamorarme basta una hora Pasa ligera La maldita primavera Pasa ligera Me hace daño solo a mi"
5 Answers
I would say "....pass lightly hurting only me".
Songs and poetry are allowed to have bad grammar, so pasa ligera is allowed even though it´s incorrect. It should be pasa ligeramente, but then there would be no rhym with primavera and ligeramente might not fit the timing of the song. So for the artistic purpose, ligera works.
She is ordering to the spring that goes away fast.
Edited.
The original song is in Italian .
Se per innamorarmi ancora
Tornerai maledetta primavera
Che imbroglio se
Per innamorarmi basta un'ora
Che fretta c'era maledetta primavera
Che fretta c'era se fa male solo a me
English
If to fall in love again
you will return **** springtime
What a swindle if
an hour is enough to fall in love
What hurry was there **** Springtime?
What hurry was there if only hurts me?
But in the Spanish version the translation is diferent. It don't says "por que tanta prisa /que prisa había (en llegar) maldita primavera.
It says "(ya que has llegado) pasa ligera/vete cuanto antes maldita primavera
Go to musica.com, for all the lirics. You can then translate it. Sounds like a great song. Buena suarte. Pasa ligera, the passing light?
¡Hola!,
At one reference in Wikipedia there is this translation of "pasa ligera":
"The d a m n e d spring goes by quickly. It goes by fast, hurting only me."
I suggest it's as good an interpretation as is available. The problem with song lyrics is that they are poetry, and like poetry, they take advantage of poetic licence to transmit a feeling in non-standard ways.
