Twinkle, twinkle, so many to sing to…
How do I sing Twinkle twinkle little star in Spanish?
Here is Baby Listen’s video of Twinkle twinkle little star in Spanish with English translations – from our Spanish 0+ album for babies and young children. Sing along en español – we hope you like it!
What are the lyrics of Twinkle twinkle little star?
Here are the words of Twinkle twinkle in English and Spanish – we’re sure you’ll enjoy singing them with your little one! All the lyrics of the songs and all the other words on our Spanish 0+ album are laid out in the album booklet. Spanish 0+ on download comes with a beautifully-illustrated digital booklet.
Estrellita en el cielo
Estrellita en el cielo,
¿de qué eres – fuego o hielo?
Yo te veo tan brillante,
me pareces un diamante.
Estrellita en el cielo,
¿de qué eres – fuego o hielo?
Estrellita, me pregunto:
¿eres grande o sólo un punto?
Cada noche yo te miro
allí arriba, y suspiro.
Estrellita, me pregunto:
¿eres grande o sólo un punto?
Estrellita, ¿dónde estás?
Tan tranquila, ¿dónde vas?
De paseo, bien despacio,
por lo negro del espacio.
Estrellita, ¿dónde estás?
Tan tranquila, ¿dónde vas?
Little star in the sky (Twinkle, twinkle, little star)
Little star in the sky,
what are you made of – fire or ice?
You look so bright to me,
you seem like a diamond.
Little star in the sky,
what are you made of – fire or ice?
Little star, I wonder to myself:
are you big or just a dot?
Every night I look at you
high up there and I sigh.
Little star, I wonder to myself:
are you big or just a dot?
Little star, where are you?
So calm, where are you going?
Taking a walk, nice and slow,
through the blackness of space.
Little star, where are you?
So calm, where are you going?
More about Twinkle Twinkle…
So tell us about the Baby Listen version of Twinkle twinkle in Spanish
For us at Baby Listen, it’s crucial that the songs we feature from the English-speaking world sound great in Spanish. So in our version of Twinkle twinkle, the words really do fit in beautifully with the melody.
We love the instruments and how they work together, too. Ted Barnes has played some wonderfully gentle guitar and ukelele, with the tenderest touches of melodica. There’s lovely, liquid piano by Gill Sandell and Jose’s singing works so well with all the instrumentation.
It’s a song we’re really proud of – and we think you’d be hard pushed to hear a better version in Spanish!
Is Twinkle twinkle little star the most famous nursery song in English?
It could well be. Twinkle twinkle is certainly a favourite nursery song and lullaby all around the world, and it’s inspired plenty of versions in other languages over the two centuries it’s been around.
What’s the history of Twinkle twinkle?
The lyrics of Twinkle twinkle were first written as a poem called The Star – its author was Jane Taylor, a young woman living in Suffolk with her family in the early 19th century. Jane and her sister Ann published a book of poems called Rhymes for the Nursery in 1806, and that’s where The Star first appeared.
The tune we know today was first published as a melody in France (called ”Ah! vous dirai-je, maman”) in the 1760s and its popularity got a boost when Mozart arranged it 20 years later. It’s still a favourite children’s song in France today with the same name.
No-one knows quite who the original composer of the melody was. It seems so natural and universal, which is maybe why the alphabet song uses more or less the same tune. And if you think about it, Baa baa black sheep is pretty similar too.
What about variations?
Twinkle twinkle has inspired plenty of alternative versions and parodies. For example, primary-school children in the UK still come home singing versions passed round from child to child, like: Twinkle, twinkle, chocolate bar, my dad drives a rusty car…
But maybe the most famous is the version from 1865, where in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter recites it as a poem:
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat, how I wonder what you’re at!
Up above the world you fly, like a tea tray in the sky.
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