Spanish song lyrics translated to English: side-by-side lyrics, song meanings, and translation notes for people learning Spanish.
“Siboney” or “Canto Siboney” Lyrics
Composer: Ernesto Lecuona, 1927
Style: Jazz, romance, love song to Siboney. Xiomara Alfaro’s version was the composer’s favorite.
Country: Cuba, with several covers from Spain
Listen: Xiomara Alfaro (Cuba, 1957); Plácido Domingo (Spain, opera, 2012); Concha Buika (Spain, jazz, 2013)
Siboney, yo te quiero,
Yo me muero por tu amor.
Siboney, I love you,
I am dying for your love.
“Cecilia” Lyrics
Album: Vida Cotidiana (Daily Life), 2023
Style: Tropical pop. Peace and love song, singing to Cecilia that they shouldn’t fight and that they should dance instead.
Country: Colombia, Dominican Republic
Listen: YouTube
Cuando hablamos y peleamos,
No vamos a ningún lado.
Nos lastimamos
Y más y más
Y más y más nos apartamos.
When we talk and fight,
We don’t go anywhere.
We hurt each other
And more and more
And more and more we distance ourselves.
“By Your Side”
Album: Siempre Pensando en Ti (Always Thinking of You), 2001
About: Country, romantic song telling a lover that they are your best friend, that life is good with them, and that you want to be with them forever.
Country: Mexico
Listen: YouTube
Cuando estoy a tu lado
Se detiene todo el tiempo,
Me entretengo con tus besos,
Despiertas mis sentimientos.
When I am by your side
All time stops,
I get distracted with your kisses,
You wake up my emotions.
“Diamonds”
Album: El Renacimiento (The Rebirth), 2022
Style: Indie/alternative. Love song with drums and great vocals about finding love and joy. I’m so happy for Carla Morrison. Compare this to her 2012 emo single, “Dejenme Llorar” (Everybody Let Me Cry). Her happy songs are so beautiful.
Country: Mexico, USA (Arizona)
Listen: YouTube
Despertar junto a ti es ya no tener miedo
A tanto desconsuelo
Que una vez tuve en mí.
Waking up next to you is no longer feeling fear
Of so much distress
That I once had in me.
“With You”
Album: El Renacimiento (The Rebirth), 2022
Style: Alterinative/indie. Love song about finding your soulmate, your true love. This would be a good wedding song. It can also be interpreted as a self-love song or the welcoming song for a newborn baby.
Country: Mexico, USA (Arizona)
Listen: YouTube
Hoy en ti brilla el sol,
La razón de mi vida llegó.
Veo en ti la ilusión,
Tu mirada me inunda en calor.
Today on you shines the sun,
The reason for my life has arrived.
I see in you hope and dreams,
Your eyes drown me in warmth.
“I Gift to You”
Album: Amor Supremo Desnudo (Supreme Naked Love), 2017
Style: Romantic indie pop with a slow melancholy tone. Love song about dedicating your life to someone. This would be good first dance song for a wedding reception.
Country: Mexico, USA (Arizona)
Listen: YouTube
Déjame tomarte de la mano,
Déjame mirarte a los ojos,
Déjame, a través de mi mirada,
Darte todo mi esplendor.
Let me take you by the hand,
Let me look you in the eyes,
Let me, through my gaze,
Give you all my splendor.
“Hopefully You Dare”
Album: Vive (Live), 2005
Style: Ranchera about pulling a crush out of their shyness to start a relationship.
Country: USA (Texas), with Mexican slang
Listen: YouTube
[Intro]
–Oye comp’re, hay una güerita que – no, hombre – me está cayendo, ‘ira. Aqui dentro del corazón.
-¿A poco? ¿En serio? Pues conquístala.
-Pero pues ¿cómo le hago?
-Flores, chocolates a veces.
–M’no, pues yo andaba pensando más una serenata.
-¿Una serenata?
–Una serenata.
-¡Pero tú no cantas!
-¡Pero TÚ sí!
[Intro translation]
-Hey compadre, there’s this blonde girl who – no, man – she catching on me, look. Here inside my heart.
-Really? Serious? Well, get her!
-But then, how do I do it?
-Flowers, chocolate sometimes.
-Uh no, see I was thinking more a serenade.
-A serenade?
-A serenade.
-But you don’t sing!
-But YOU do!
Continue reading ““Ojalá Te Animes” (Hopefully You Dare) by Bobby Pulido, English translation”“Drops of Sweet Water” or “Drops of Freshwater”
Album: La Vida… es un Ratico (Life… Is a Moment), 2007
Style: Pop/rock, love song about a person being a breath of fresh air and important for life, like freshwater, like rays of sunshine. This would be a good wedding song.
Country: Colombia
Listen: YouTube
Hace mucho tiempo no me enamoraba
De unos ojos tan bonitos,
Comunes de lozano brillo.
It has been a long time since I fell in love
With a pair of eyes so beautiful,
So ordinary, with healthy brightness.
Era lo que menos en mi plan estaba
Aunque te admito que a veces soñaba
Con la belleza de tu mirada.
It was what was least in my plans
Though I admit to you that sometimes I dreamed
With the beauty of your gaze.
“It Is You”
Album: Dejénme Llorar (Let Me Cry), 2012
Style: Alternative rock, pop, romantic song for The One. It would be a good wedding song.
Country: Mexico, USA (Arizona)
Listen: YouTube
Happy new year, everyone!
Hoy desperté con ganas de besarte.
Tengo una sed de acariciarte,
Enredarme a ti y no soltarte,
Eres tan embriagante.
Eres tú,
Eres tú~uh.
Today I woke up with the desire to kiss you.
I thirst to caress you,
To entangle myself with you and not let you go,
You are so intoxicating.
It is you,
It is you~uh.
“I Woke Up in Your Arms”
Genre: Ranchera, love song about waking up in your lover’s arms and spending the full day and night in bed together. One of Jose Alfredo Jimenez’s 100 Mexican classic songs.
Country: Mexico
Amanecí otra vez
Entre tus brazos
Y desperté llorando
De alegría.
I woke up again
In your arms
And I woke up crying
From joy.
“Pale Flower”
Album: 3.0, 2013
Genre: Pop, bachata, tropical music. Song about nurturing a flower and blossoming a relationship.
Country: Puerto Rico
Hallé una flor
Un día en el camino
Que apareció marchita y deshojada,
Ya casi pálida, ahogada en un suspiro.
Me la llevé a mi jardín para cuidarla.
I found a flower
One day walking
That appeared, wilted and leafless,
Already almost faded, drowning in a sigh.
I took it to my garden to take care of it.
“Down To My Skin”
Album: Dejénme Llorar (Let Me Cry), 2012
Genre: Alternative rock, romantic and melancholy, emo. About intense love and the fear of losing it.
Country: Mexico, USA (Arizona)
No te quiero perder,
Que la distancia se devore nuestra miel,
Y perdamos la fe.
I don’t want to lose you,
For the distance to devour our honey,
And for us to lose faith.
No te quiero tener,
Y cuando menos piense,
Perderte otra vez,
Me duele hasta la piel.
I don’t want to have you,
And when I least expect it,
Lose you again,
It hurts me to down my skin.
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