Spanish song lyrics translated to English: side-by-side lyrics, song meanings, and translation notes for people learning Spanish.
“Because You Leave” Lyrics
Album: Porque Te Vas (Because You Leave), 1974
Genre: Sad girl ballad. Yearning romantic ballad. She is sad about her lover leaving the city, worried that they will forget her.
Country: Spain
Hoy en mi ventana brilla el sol
Y el corazón se pone triste contemplando la ciudad,
Porque te vas.
Today into my window shines the sun
And the heart turns sad, contemplating the city,
Because you leave.
“I Am Getting Out of the Way” Lyrics
Album: Entre el Amor y Yo (Between Love and Me), 1998
Genre: Orchestral mariachi song about unrequited love during a breakup, asking the other person not to forget them.
Country: Mexico
Si nuestro amor se acaba,
Si nuestro amor termina,
Ya no me queda nada
Para vivir la vida.
If our love is at an end,
If our love is finished,
Now I have nothing left
To keep on living.
“He Died of Love” Lyrics
Album: Enséñame (Teach Me), 1996
Style: Romantic country song. Love song declaring that he wants to be with his sweetheart forever, that his sweetheart made him so happy, and that their absence makes him feel so alone. He wants to be with them forever, even if it leads to future pain. When the time comes, let them write on his tomb that he died of love.
Country: USA (Texas)
Llévame contigo,
Aunque tenga que sentir dolor,
Si en mi tumba yo quiero que diga,
Este hombre se murió de amor.
Take me with you,
Even if I will feel pain,
Because on my tomb, I want it to say,
This man died of love.
“Embrace Me” (“Hug Me”) Lyrics
Album: Abrázame (Embrace Me), 2025
Style: Alternative/indie love song for a shaky relationship, declaring love and asking forgiveness. Slow lyrics, well enunciated.
Country: Mexico
Abrázame
Como hace la luz del sol,
Llenándome de calor
Si el frío me hace mal.
Embrace me
Like the sunlight does,
Filling me with warmth
If the cold does me wrong.
“Flowers” Lyrics
Album: Vendrán Suaves Lluvias (Soft Rain Will Come), 2025
Style: Alternative/indie pop, slow soft pop. Bittersweet farewell song from a girl who was The Other Woman, understanding that the relationship was not serious for the one she loved, and that she was merely a soul passing briefly through their life.
Country: Mexico
Ya no puedo más con esta espera,
Viviendo a la sombra de otro amor.
Si yo para ti soy un problema,
Si escondes a la luna, no brilla el sol.
I can’t anymore, with this waiting,
Living in the shadow of another love.
If I, for you, am a problem,
If you hide the moon, the sun won’t shine.
“No Boy”, 1969
Style: Rock and Roll. This song is in the soundtrack for The Eternaut, a Netflix sci-fi series from Argentina. Not a sponsored post, I just liked the show.
Country: Argentina
No hay que tener un auto,
Ni relojes de medio millón,
Cuatro empleos bien pagados,
Ser un astro de televisión…
One need not have a car,
Nor watches worth half a million,
Four well paying jobs,
To be an television star…
“Accounts of the Soul”
Album: Escenas (Scenes), 1985
Style: Storytelling salsa, salsa consciente (socially conscious salsa). Story of a boy who watches his mother waste her life away pining for his father who left them.
Country: Panama
Siempre en la noche
Mi mamá buscaba el sueño
Frente a la televisión,
Y me pedía que por favor,
No la apagara.
Always at night
My mother sought sleep
In front of the television,
And she’d ask me please,
Don’t turn it off.
“Ask me for the moon”, 1993
About: Tejano romantica. Love song dedicated to a life partner or long-term sweetheart on the way to becoming a life partner.
Country: USA (Texas)
Listen: YouTube
Las horas más lindas,
Las paso contigo, sí.
No quiero ni pensar si un día me faltas tú,
No quiero ni pensarlo, amor.
The most beautiful hours,
I pass them with you, yes.
I don’t even want to think about a day when you’re gone,
I don’t even want to think about it, my love.
“Eyes of Night”
Album: Eres Diamante (You’re A Diamond), 2017
Style: Bittersweet pop song about a girl who fell in love and got ghosted.
Country: Colombia; Mexico; USA
Listen: YouTube
Él siempre me recogía
Con su mirada de amante
Y me llevaba a lugares
Que yo no conocía
Cuando me recogía.
He always picked me up
With his gaze of a lover
And he took me to places
That I didn’t know
When he picked me up.
“It Is My Pleasure“
Style: Regional Mexican, mariachi love song of the 20th century. The lyrics declare that love is a pleasure that none but God can take away. Sung by many including Antonio Aguilar, Vicente Fernández, and more.
Country: Mexico
Listen: YouTube
Mi gusto es,
¿Y quién me lo quitará?
Solamente Dios del cielo me lo quita.
Mi gusto es...
It is my pleasure,
And who will take it from me?
Only God in Heaven could take it.
It is my pleasure…
“Brown Eyes” Lyrics
Album: Eva, 2023
About: Pop song about a new relationship that seems perfect, but the singer can’t commit because he is not over his ex.
Country: Venezuela
Listen: YouTube
Es la primera vez
Que invito a alguien desde que te fuiste
Y estoy bien.
It’s the first time
That I ask someone out since you left
And I’m fine.
“Golden Times”
Album: Tiempos Dorados (Golden Times), 2025
Style: Nostalgic pop, reflective and sensual song.
Country: Mexico
Que vuelvan los tiempos dorados,
Los dulces futuros que tanto soñamos,
Que vuelva el misterio y el aburrimiento,
El no saber nada, el no saber nada.
Let them return, the golden times,
The sweet futures that we so dreamed of,
Let them return, the mystery and the boredom,
The not knowing anything, the not knowing anything.
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