Spanish songs translated to English with side-by-side lyrics and notes for Spanish learners
“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.
“Tie Me Up”
Album: La Trenza (The Braid), 2017
Style: Pop about the push and pull power play of a BDSM romance.
Country: Mexico
Listen: YouTube
Ay, quiéreme de a poco
Pero que no me dé cuenta y que nadie sepa.
Ven y cuídame
Pero que parezca que me estás haciendo daño.
Amárrame.
Ay, love me little by little
But make it so I don’t figure it out and no one knows.
Come and take care of me
But make it seem that you are harming me.
Tie me up.
“With Every Word” Lyrics
Style: Controlled slow pace, sultry, with string instruments, poetic lust song.
Country: United States (New York); Mexico
Listen: YouTube
Con toda palabra,
Con toda sonrisa,
Con toda mirada,
Con toda caricia.
With every word,
With every smile,
With every glance,
With every caress.
“What is Done is Done” Lyrics
Album: She Wolf, 2009
Style: Energetic lusty pop. The music video for this song has really interesting choreography that takes elements of martial arts and maybe ballet. The guy in the video is Daniel “Cloud” Campos.
Country: Colombia
Listen: YouTube
En la suite 16
Lo que empieza no termina.
Del mini bar al Edén
Y en muy mala compañía.
In suite 16
What starts does not end.
From the minibar to Eden
And in very bad company.
Hey!
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