A la primera persona – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Alejandro Sanz

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

To the first person

Who helps me understand

I plan to give them my time

I plan to give them my faith

I don't ask for things to always go well for me

But I'm already tired of losing you unintentionally

...

To the first person who helps me get out

Of this hell I decided to live in myself

I'll give them any afternoon for us two

What I mean is that right now

I don't even have a place to be anymore

Gold for whoever wants it

But if we talk about yesterday

I've drunk so much

And I'm still thirsty

At least you knew it

At least I didn't tell you

That things weren't as they seemed

But to the first person

Who helps me feel again

I plan to give them my life

I plan to give them my faith

Although if you're not the person I dreamed of for

What am I going to do? Nothing

What will I do with the dreams?

What will I do with those kisses?

What can I do with all that?

That we dreamed of?

Tell me where we put it

Where do I keep the look you once gave me?

Where do I keep the promises?

Where do I keep yesterday?

Where do I keep, girl?

Your way of touching me

Where do I keep my faith?

Even if people say it

I don't want to hear it

There's no more fear than what you feel

When you don't feel anything anymore

Girl, you see it so easy

Oh love

But the simpler you see it

The harder it becomes for me

To the first person who helps me walk

I plan to give them my time

I plan to give them even the sea

I'm not saying it's easy, but girl

Right now I don't even have a place to be anymore

...

To the first person who won't judge me

I plan to give them caresses I had saved

I don't ask for things to always go well for me

But I'm already tired of losing you

And to the first person

Who leads me to the truth

I plan to give them my time

I don't want to wait anymore

I don't understand you when you talk to me

What bad luck!

And you say life has such tough things

I can tell you what a flame is like inside

I can tell you how much its fire weighs

And loving in solitude

Is like a bottomless well

Where neither God exists

Where no truths exist

Everything is so relative

Like we're here

We don't know, but love

Give me blood to live

At least you knew it

At least I didn't tell you

That things weren't as they seemed

And it's that

To the first person who won't judge me

I plan to give them caresses I had saved

Girl, you see it so easy

Oh love

But the simpler you see it

The harder it becomes for me

To the first person who won't judge me

I plan to give them caresses I had saved

I'm not saying it's easy, but girl

Right now I don't even have a place to be anymore

Not even a place to be anymore

...

[Spanish]

A la primera persona

Que me ayude a comprender

Pienso entregarle mi tiempo

Pienso entregarle mi fe

Yo no pido que las cosas me salgan siempre bien

Pero es que ya estoy harto de perderte sin querer

A la primera persona que me ayude a salir

De este infierno en el que yo mismo decidí vivir

Le regalo cualquier tarde pa' los dos

Lo que digo es que ahora mismo

Ya no tengo ni si quiera donde estar

El oro pa' quien lo quiera

Pero si hablamos de ayer

Es tanto lo que he bebido

Y sigo teniendo sed

Al menos tú lo sabías

Al menos no te decía

Que las cosas no eran como parecían

Pero es que a la primera persona

Que me ayude a sentir otra vez

Pienso entregarle mi vida

Pienso entregarle mi fe

Aunque si no eres la persona que soñaba para

¿Qué voy a hacer? Nada

¿Qué voy a hacer de los sueños?

¿Qué voy a hacer con aquellos besos?

¿Qué puedo hacer con todo aquello?

¿Que soñamos?

Dime dónde lo metemos

¿Dónde guardo la mirada que me diste alguna vez?

¿Dónde guardo las promesas?

¿Dónde guardo el ayer?

¿Dónde guardo niña?

Tu manera de tocarme

¿Dónde guardo mi fe?

Aunque lo diga la gente

Yo no lo quiero escuchar

No hay más miedo que el que se siente

Cuando ya no sientes na'

Niña tú lo ves tan fácil

Ay amor

Pero es que cuanto más sencillo tú lo ves

Más dificil se me hace

A la primera persona que me ayude a caminar

Pienso entregarle mi tiempo

Pienso entregarle hasta el mar

Yo no digo que sea fácil pero niña

Ahora mismo ya no tengo ni si quiera donde estar

A la primera persona que no me quiera juzgar

Pienso entregarle caricias que yo tenía guardas'

Yo no pido que las cosas me salgan siempre bien

Pero es que ya estoy harto de perderte

Y a la primera persona

Que me lleve a la verdad

Pienso entregarle mi tiempo

No quiero esperar más

Yo no te entiendo cuando me hablas

¡Qué mala suerte!

Y tú dices que la vida tiene cosas así de fuertes

Yo te puedo contar cómo es una llama por dentro

Yo puedo decirte cuánto es que pesa su fuego

Y es que amar en soledad

Es como un pozo sin fondo

Donde ni existe ni Dios

Donde no existen verdades

Es todo tan relativo

Como que estamos aquí

No sabemos pero amor

Dame sangre para vivir

Al menos tú lo sabías

Al menos no te decía

Que las cosas no eran como parecían

Y es que

A la primera persona que no me quiera juzgar

Pienso entregarle caricias que yo tenía guardás

Niña tú lo ves tan fácil

Ay amor

Pero es que cuanto más sencillo tú lo ves

Más difícil se me hace

A la primera persona que no me quiera juzgar

Pienso entregarle caricias que yo tenía guardás

Yo no digo que sea fácil pero niña

Ahora mismo ya no tengo ni si quiera donde estar

Ni si quiera donde estar

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
persona /peɾˈsona/ A1	noun - person
comprender /kompɾenˈdeɾ/ A2	verb - to understand, to comprehend
tiempo /ˈtjemplo/ A1	noun - time noun - weather
entregar /entɾeˈɣaɾ/ B1	verb - to hand over, to deliver, to give up (e.g., life, faith)
fe /fe/ B1	noun - faith, trust, belief
perder /peɾˈdeɾ/ A1	verb - to lose
infierno /inˈfjerno/ B2	noun - hell; a very difficult or unpleasant situation
vivir /biˈβiɾ/ A1	verb - to live
sentir /senˈtiɾ/ A1	verb - to feel verb - to regret
vida /ˈbiða/ A1	noun - life
sueño /ˈsweɲo/ A1	noun - dream noun - sleepiness, sleep
guardar /ɡwaɾˈðaɾ/ A1	verb - to keep, to save, to store
miedo /ˈmjedo/ A1	noun - fear
fácil /ˈfa.sil/ A1	adjective - easy
difícil /diˈfi.sil/ A1	adjective - difficult, hard
juzgar /xuzˈɣaɾ/ B1	verb - to judge, to pass judgment
caricia /kaˈɾi.sja/ B1	noun - caress, stroke, loving touch
verdad /beɾˈðað/ A2	noun - truth
soledad /soleˈðað/ B1	noun - solitude, loneliness
sangre /ˈsanɡɾe/ A2	noun - blood

Key Grammar Structures

• Pienso entregarle mi tiempo

  ➔ Verbal Periphrasis: "Pensar + Infinitive" (Intention)

  ➔ The phrase "Pienso entregarle" (I intend to give him/her/it) uses the periphrasis "pensar + infinitive" to express a future intention or plan.

• No pido que las cosas me salgan siempre bien

  ➔ Subjunctive in Noun Clauses (after verbs of desire/request)

  ➔ The verb "salgan" is in the subjunctive mood because it follows the verb "pedir" (to ask/request) in a negative construction, expressing a desire or condition the speaker does not request.

• Pero es que ya estoy harto de perderte sin querer

  ➔ Idiomatic Expression: "Estar harto de + Infinitive"

  ➔ The phrase "estoy harto de perderte" means "I'm tired/fed up with losing you." This structure expresses exasperation or annoyance with an ongoing situation or action.

• Ya no tengo ni si quiera donde estar

  ➔ Emphasis on Negation: "Ya no... ni siquiera"

  ➔ The construction "Ya no... ni siquiera" (no longer... not even) emphasizes the complete absence of something. "Ya no tengo" means "I no longer have," and "ni siquiera" further stresses the lack.

• Es tanto lo que he bebido y sigo teniendo sed

  ➔ Present Perfect ("he bebido") and Gerund of Continuity ("sigo teniendo")

  ➔ "He bebido" is the Present Perfect, indicating an action that started in the past and has relevance in the present (the amount drunk). "Sigo teniendo" uses the gerund to express that the action of "having thirst" continues.

• Al menos tú lo sabías

  ➔ Preterite Imperfect Tense

  ➔ "Sabías" is in the Imperfect tense, used here to describe a past state or condition (knowing something) that was ongoing or habitual, rather than a single completed action.

• Pero es que cuanto más sencillo tú lo ves, más dificil se me hace

  ➔ Comparative Structure: "Cuanto más... más..." and Pronominal Verb: "Hacerse"

  ➔ The structure "Cuanto más... más..." translates to "the more... the more...", showing a direct correlation. "Se me hace" (from hacerse) means "it becomes for me," indicating something becomes difficult *for the speaker*.

• Pienso entregarle caricias que yo tenía guardas'

  ➔ Preterite Imperfect ("tenía guardas'") and Colloquial/Informal Usage

  ➔ "Tenía guardas'" uses the Imperfect to describe a past state of possession or storage. The word "guardas'" is a colloquial or informal shortening of "guardadas" (kept/stored), demonstrating everyday speech.

• Y es que amar en soledad es como un pozo sin fondo

  ➔ Use of "Ser como" (for Comparisons and Similes)

  ➔ "Es como un pozo sin fondo" uses "ser como" to draw a comparison or simile, explaining that loving in solitude is *like* a bottomless pit, emphasizing its endless and frustrating nature.

• Donde ni existe ni Dios

  ➔ Double Negation: "Ni... ni..."

  ➔ The phrase "ni existe ni Dios" uses the double negation "ni... ni..." to express "neither... nor...", emphasizing the complete absence of two or more things (in this case, God and implicitly anything else that might exist).