A Puro Dolor – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Son By Four
• Album: Son By Four

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the emotional depth of "A Puro Dolor" by Son By Four. This iconic Latin pop and salsa ballad, with its themes of heartbreak and longing, offers a powerful way to connect with and learn Spanish through its poignant lyrics and universally relatable message of love and loss.

[English]

Sorry if I’m calling you right now

But I needed to hear again

Even if just for a moment, your breath

Sorry, I know I’m breaking our promise

I know you’re with someone else, and it’s not the right time

But I have something urgent to tell you today

That I’m dying, dying to see you (I’m dying)

Fading away, so slow and so strong

My life, give me back my fantasies

My desire to live life

Bring back my breath...

My love, without you I feel empty

Afternoons are a maze

And nights taste to me

Like pure pain...

...

I would like to tell you I’m doing great today

That your leaving hasn’t affected me

But you can’t cover the sun with just a finger

I’m dying, dying to see you... (I’m dying)

Fading away, so slow and so strong

My life, give me back my fantasies

My desire to live life

Bring back my breath...

My love, without you I feel empty

Afternoons are a maze

And nights taste to me

...

Like pure pain...

...

My life, give me back my fantasies (my fantasies)

My desire to live life (bring back my breath)

...

Bring back my breath...

My love, without you I feel empty

Afternoons are a maze

And nights taste to me

Like pure pain...

(My life, give me back my fantasies)

(My desire to live life)

(Bring back my breath...)

Sorry if I’m calling you right now

But I needed to hear again

Even if just for a moment, your breath...

...

[Spanish]

Perdona si te estoy llamando en este momento

Pero me hacía falta escuchar de nuevo

Aunque sea un instante tu respiración

Disculpa sé que te estoy violando nuestro juramento

Sé que estás con alguien que no es el momento

Pero hay algo urgente que decirte hoy

Que estoy muriendo, muriendo por verte (Estoy muriendo)

Agonizando, muy lento y muy fuerte

Vida, devuélveme mis fantasías

Mis ganas de vivir la vida

Devuélveme el aire...

Cariño mío, sin ti yo me siento vacio

Las tardes son un laberinto

Y las noches me saben

A puro dolor...

Quisiera decirte que hoy estoy de maravilla

Que no me ha afectado lo de tu partida

Pero con un dedo no se tapa el sol

Estoy muriendo, muriendo por verte... (Estoy muriendo)

Agonizando, muy lento y muy fuerte

Vida, devuélveme mis fantasías

Mis ganas de vivir la vida

Devuélveme el aire...

Cariño mío, sin ti yo me siento vacio

Las tardes son un laberinto

Y las noches me saben

A puro dolor...

Vida, devuélveme mis fantasías (Mis fantasías)

Mis ganas de vivir la vida (Devuélveme el aire)

Devuélveme el aire...

Cariño mío, sin ti yo me siento vacio

Las tardes son un laberinto

Y las noches me saben

A puro dolor...

(Vida, devuélveme mis fantasías)

(Mis ganas de vivir la vida)

(Devuélveme el aire...)

Perdona si te estoy llamando en este momento

Pero me hacía falta escuchar de nuevo

Aunque sea un instante tu respiración...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
llamando /ʝaˈmando/ A2	verb - calling (making a phone call or summoning)
escuchar /eskuˈtʃar/ A2	verb - to listen
respiración /respiɾaˈθjon/ B1	noun - breathing
juramento /xuˈɾaˈmen.to/ B2	noun - vow, oath
urgente /uɾˈxente/ B2	adjective - urgent, pressing
muriendo /muˈɾjendo/ A2	verb - dying
agonizando /aɣoniˈθando/ C1	verb - agonizing, struggling to survive
fantasías /fantaˈsi.as/ B2	noun - fantasies, illusions
vacío /baˈsjo/ A2	adjective - empty, vacant
laberinto /laβeˈɾinto/ B1	noun - maze
duele /ˈdwele/ A2	verb - hurts, pains
dolor /doˈloɾ/ A2	noun - pain, sorrow

Key Grammar Structures

• Perdona si te estoy llamando en este momento

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present continuous tense to indicate an action that is currently happening, as in "I am calling you right now."

• Disculpa sé que te estoy violando nuestro juramento

  ➔ Present indicative mood

  ➔ The use of the present indicative mood expresses certainty or factual statements, as in "I know that I am breaking our vow."

• Que estoy muriendo, muriendo por verte

  ➔ Gerund for emphasis

  ➔ The repetition of the gerund "muriendo" emphasizes the intensity of the feeling, as in "I am dying, dying to see you."

• Las tardes son un laberinto

  ➔ Metaphor

  ➔ The phrase uses a metaphor to describe the afternoons as a labyrinth, suggesting confusion or complexity in emotions.

• Las noches me saben a puro dolor

  ➔ Personification

  ➔ The phrase personifies the nights, suggesting they have the ability to evoke feelings, as in "The nights taste like pure pain."

• Quisiera decirte que hoy estoy de maravilla

  ➔ Conditional mood

  ➔ The use of the conditional mood "quisiera" expresses a wish or desire, as in "I would like to tell you that today I am wonderful."

• Devuélveme el aire...

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The imperative mood is used to give commands or requests, as in "Give me back the air..."