Author: Cairaguas Gonzalez

I am the Spanish-English translator for songlations.com, where I post English translation of Spanish song lyrics. I am Mexican-American, grew up bilingual thanks to my immigrant parents and neighborhood, and love languages.

“Tierra Querida” (Beloved Earth) by Natalia Lafourcade, English translation and meaning

“Beloved Earth”
Album: Tierra Querida (Beloved Earth), 2022
Style: Soft acoustic pop. Natalia Lafourcade sings about love for her homeland’s natural beauty, and gratitude for everything she has received from the land.
Country: Mexico
Listen: YouTube

Lyrics Translation:

Tierra querida que tanto me has regalado,
De la mañana tus besos, mi dulce aliento,
He respirado tus aires y tu nostalgia,
He saboreado las aguas de tu rocío.

Beloved earth that has gifted me so much,
From morning, your kisses, (and) my sweet breath,
I have inhaled your airs and your nostalgia,
I have savored the waters of your dew.

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“Qué Será De Mí” (What Will Become of Me) by Julia Medina, English translation

“What Will Become of Me” Lyrics
Album: Epicentro (Epicenter), 2021
Style: Soft pop song about a being in a turbulent and hot/cold relationship with a bad boy. She loves him but he ignores her and that makes her mad.
Country: Spain
Listen: YouTube

Translation:

Jugamos a dejar las cosas claras,
No fue suficiente.
Ven y mírame de frente.
No despiertes a la fiera.

We played at making things clear,
It wasn’t enough.
Come and see me face to face.
Don’t wake up in a foul mood.

Dejémonos de hablar de forma rara,
No sé lo que sientes.
Yo sé que siempre fuiste un delincuente
Y aunque me digas que no soy cualquiera,
Me quema.

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“Todo Pasa” (Everything Happens) by Carla Morrison, English translation of lyrics

“Everything Happens” Lyrics Translation
Album: Amor Supremo (Supreme Love), 2015
Style: Pop/rock/emo with soft vocals. Melancholy love song to oneself about the struggle with depression, and about feeling awful when you think you should feel fine. It is a very personal song from Carla Morrison, and ultimately a hopeful song about wanting to fight through the darkness instead of giving up.
Country: USA (Arizona); Mexico
Listen: YouTube

Translation:

Mi vista es distinta,
Es muy triste y contamina.
Quiero dejar de creer,
Estarme sola y no ver.

My sight is different,
It is so sad and contaminated.
I want to stop believing,
To be alone and not see.

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“Déjate De Estar Sufriendo” (Stop Your Suffering) by Pio Treviño, La Movida, Lisa Lopez, English translation

“Stop Your Suffering” or “Stop Making Yourself Suffer” Lyrics Translation
Album: La Movida, 2006 (likely recorded in the 1980s)
Style: Romantica. Slow, melancholy, longing, romantic. It is a “come back” song to an ex-lover, declaring that they still love each other and breaking up was a mistake. Thanks to The Strachwitz Frontera Collection for preserving these historical recordings.
Country: USA (Texas)
Listen: La Movida; Lisa Lopez

Translation:

Mi amor sufre por ti
Porque te quiere.
Y tú, sin comprender,
Te alejaste.

My love suffers for you
Because it loves you.
And you, without understanding,
Distanced yourself.

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“Ya No Insistas Corazón” (Stop Insisting, Heart) by Juan Gabriel, Vicente Fernández, English translation

“Stop Insisting, Heart” Lyrics
Album: Juan Gabriel con Mariachi Vol. II (1976); Vicente Fernandez (1978)
Style: Mariachi serenade asking either for love to be reciprocated, or for one’s heart to stop feeling unrequited love. The song is directed at both the love interest and at one’s own heart. Composed by Alberto Aguilera Valadez.
Country: Mexico
Listen: YouTube

Translation:

Quiere el corazón, lo quieras como yo te quiero,
No seas cruel, no hagas más grande este sufrimiento,
Él para quererte solo está latiendo,
Quiérelo tan solo un poco, te lo está pidiendo.

The heart wants, for you to love it as I love you,
Don’t be cruel, don’t extend this suffering,
My heart, to love you, only needs a pulse,
Love it just a bit, it is pleading to you.

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“Supongo” (I Suppose) by Enrique Bunbury, English translation of lyrics

“I Suppose” Lyrics
Album: Expectativas (Expectations), 2017
Style: Slow rock and slow lyrics. Trippy song with dream-like visuals. Good for beginners learning to make out words.
Country: Spain
Listen: YouTube

Translation:

Caminando…
Sobre arenas movedizas,
Tus pies se hunden.

Walking…
Over shifting sands,
Your feet sink in.

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“Mi Único Amor” (My Only Love) by Los Ángeles Azules, ft. Li Saumet & Marcela Moreno, English translation

“My Only Love” Lyrics
Album: Sin Pecado (Without Sin), 1996
Style: Cumbia, dance, love song about wanting to be together with your one special person, your only love, your true love.
Country: Mexico, Argentina
Listen: YouTube

Translation:

Bueno —
Nos vamos con música, vengan ya,
A ver, las manos arriba y aplaudiendo todos, venga,
¡Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
¡Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

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“Una Página Más” (Another Page) by Don Raul Ramírez García, Los Cadetes de Linares, English translation

“Another Page” Lyrics
Album: En Vivo (Live), 2005, Los Cadetes de Linares
Style: Regional Mexican song composed by Don Raul Ramírez García. It’s about starting a new chapter in life (another page) after ending a relationship. Happy new year! Updates will be less frequent this & next month due to the California fires. I’m ok but several people I know are affected by the smoke.
Country: Mexico
Listen: YouTube (Los Cadetes de Linares); also Ezequiel Peña, Ariel Camacho

Translation:

Ya es inútil que vuelvas, lo que fue, ya no es.
Es inútil que quieras comenzar otra vez.
No interrumpas mi vida, yo no te puedo amar.
Solo sé que, tu boca, no la vuelvo a besar.

It is pointless for you to return, what was, now isn’t.
It is pointless for you to want to start once again.
Don’t interrupt my life, I cannot love you.
I only know that — your mouth — I will not kiss again.

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“El Cuarto de Tula” (Tula’s Bedroom) by Buena Vista Social Club, English translation

“Tula’s Bedroom” Lyrics
Album: Buena Vista Social Club, 1997
Style: Iconic Cuban traditional music song about a fire started by a candle in Tula’s bedroom. She fell asleep and forgot to blow it out, now all the firefighters want to help her with that flame.
Country: Cuba
Listen: YouTube

Translation:

En el barrio La Cachimba, se ha formado la corredera,
En el barrio La Cachimba, se ha formado la corredera.
Allá fueron los bomberos con sus campanas, sus sirenas,
Allí fueron los bomberos con sus campanas, sus sirenas.

In the Cachimba neighborhood, a running line has formed,
In the Cachimba neighborhood, a running line has formed.
There went the firefighters with their bells, their sirens,
There went the firefighters with their bells, their sirens.

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“Te Veo A La Salida” (I’ll See You At The Exit) by Daniela Spalla, English translation of lyrics

“I’ll See You At the Exit” Lyrics
Album: Puro Teatro (Pure Theater), 2020
Style: 1980s-style pop/rock about a forbidden or unconventional relationship. The singer wants to end the secrecy and come out into the open.
Country: Argentina
Listen: YouTube

Translation:

No, ya no quiero soñar con tu sombra
Y tener que olvidarla de día.
Sé que es difícil, lo sé,
Que hay peligro también,
Que es historia prohibida.

No, I don’t want to dream of your shadow
And have to forget it by day.
I know it is difficult, I know,
That there’s danger also,
That it is a forbidden story.

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“Soledad y El Mar” (Solitude and the Sea) by Natalia Lafourcade ft. Los Macorinos, English translation

“Solitude and the Sea” Lyrics
Album: Musas (Muses), 2017
Style: Folk sentimental romantic, bolero song about being alone with the sea, feeling lonely but also relaxed, enjoying the ocean air. The music rises and falls like the waves.
Country: Mexico
Listen: YouTube

Lyrics Translation:

[Intro dialogue:]

¿Otra? ¿Nos echamos otra?

Another? Should we do another?

[Lyrics:]

En el canto de las olas,
Encontré un rumor de luz.
Por un canto de gaviotas
Supe que allí estabas tú.

In the song of the waves,
I found the rumor of a light.
By the cry of the seagulls
I knew you were there.

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“Las Maravillas de la Vida” (The Miracles of Life) by Los Ángeles Azules, ft. Carla Morrison, English translation of lyrics

“The Miracles of Life” Lyrics
Album: Sin Pecado (Without Sin), 1996
Style: Cumbia love song telling a partner to take it slow so the relationship has time to mature.
Country: Mexico, USA
Listen: YouTube

Translation:

Amor, no quisiera herirte,
Pues tú bien sabes cuánto te quiero.
Necesitamos darle tiempo al tiempo
Porque no quiero que empecemos mal.

Love, I would not want to hurt you,
After all, you know how much I love you.
We need to give time to time
Because I don’t want us to start off wrong.

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