A Que No Me Dejas – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Alejandro Sanz

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Nosotros éramos los que éramos ayer y los que seremos mañana

We were who we were yesterday and who we will be tomorrow

Nosotros somos los de "me quedo, si te quedas"

We are the ones who say "I'll stay if you stay"

Nosotros éramos los que, quedábamos bajo la mesa

We were the ones who would stay under the table

Nosotros somos los de que de postre, mirábamos la puerta

We are the ones who, for dessert, would watch the door

Nosotros fuimos los primeros que de amor quedaron ciegos

We were the first ones who went blind from love

Y los que hicimos de una esquina, un recuerdo eterno

And we turned a corner into an eternal memory

Nosotros somos los que suplicábamos que estalle el mundo entero

We are the ones who begged for the whole world to explode

Sobreviviremos

We will survive

Hemos vivido nuestro sueño

We have lived our dream

Yo soy el tiempo que tú y yo hemos compartido

I am the time that you and I have shared

Ahora dime que no

Now tell me you won't

Perdemos los dos si te vas

We both lose if you leave

Y a que no me dejas

I bet you won't leave me

A que te enamoro una vez más antes de que llegues a la puerta

I bet I'll make you fall in love one more time before you reach the door

A que no... a que no me dejas

I bet you won't... I bet you won't leave me

A que hago que recuerdes y que aprendas a olvidar

I bet I'll make you remember and learn to forget

Y a que no me dejas

I bet you won't leave me

A que hago que se caigan las murallas de tu pena

I bet I'll make the walls of your sorrow fall

A que te ves, te entregas, que ni siquiera te des cuenta,

I bet you'll see yourself, surrender, without even realizing it

Si quieres apostamos, corazón

If you want, let's bet, sweetheart

...

...

Nosotros seremos lo que tú quieres que seamos

We will be whatever you want us to be

Yo soy lo que te dé la gana, échamelo todo en cara

I am whatever you want, throw it all in my face

También soy el que te acaricia en la mañana

I'm also the one who caresses you in the morning

Yo soy el que te ama, yo te he dado las ganas y desganas

I am the one who loves you, I have given you desire and disaffection

Yo soy el que te cuenta las pestañas

I'm the one who counts your eyelashes

Yo soy el que te arropa cuando estás durmiendo y te quedas helada

I'm the one who tucks you in when you're sleeping and you get cold

Soy el que navega contra el viento

I'm the one who sails against the wind

Ahora dime que no, perdemos los dos si te vas

Now tell me you won't, we both lose if you leave

A que no me dejas

I bet you won't leave me

A que te enamoro una vez más antes de que llegues a la puerta

I bet I'll make you fall in love one more time before you reach the door

A que no... a que no me dejas

I bet you won't... I bet you won't leave me

A que hago que recuerdes y que aprendas a olvidar

I bet I'll make you remember and learn to forget

Y a que no me dejas

I bet you won't leave me

A que hago que se caigan las murallas de tu pena

I bet I'll make the walls of your sorrow fall

A que te beso y te entregas, sin que ni siquiera te des cuenta

I bet I'll kiss you and you'll surrender, without even realizing it

No importa porque ya hemos perdido los dos

It doesn't matter because we have both already lost

...

...

Y a que no me dejas

I bet you won't leave me

A que te enamoro una vez más antes de que llegues a la puerta

I bet I'll make you fall in love one more time before you reach the door

A que no... a que no me dejas

I bet you won't... I bet you won't leave me

No importa, porque ya hemos perdido los dos

It doesn't matter, because we have both already lost

Y a que no me dejas

I bet you won't leave me

Y a qué hago que se caigan las murallas de tu pena

And I bet I'll make the walls of your sorrow fall

A que te beso y te entregas, sin ni siquiera te des cuenta

I bet I'll kiss you and you'll surrender, without even realizing it

Apuesta el corazón, apuéstale

Bet your heart, bet it

A que no me sueñas

I bet you won't dream of me

Te lo digo 43 veces, a que no me sueñas

I'm telling you 43 times, I bet you won't dream of me

A que te beso y te entregas

I bet I'll kiss you and you'll surrender

Que tú no puedes olvidarme, corazón

You can't forget me, sweetheart

Pero es que eso es así, a que no me dejas (a que no me dejas)

But that's how it is, I bet you won't leave me (I bet you won't leave me)

A que aunque tú quieras, mira niña, no me dejas

I bet that even if you want to, look girl, you won't leave me

Porque tenemos recuerdos para llenar las penas

Because we have memories to fill the sorrows

Si quieres apostamos, corazón

If you want, let's bet, sweetheart

...

...

A que no me dejas

I bet you won't leave me

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
puerta /ˈpweɾta/ A1	noun - door
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
mundo /ˈmundo/ A1	noun - world
sueño /ˈsweɲo/ A2	noun - dream
tiempo /ˈtjempo/ A1	noun - time
pena /ˈpena/ B1	noun - sorrow, pain
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A1	noun - heart
gana /ˈgana/ B1	noun - desire, will
viento /ˈbjento/ A2	noun - wind
beso /ˈbeso/ A2	noun - kiss verb - to kiss
recuerdos /reˈkwerðos/ B1	noun - memories
murallas /muˈɾaʎas/ B2	noun - walls (fortress)
eterno /eˈteɾno/ B2	adjective - eternal
ciegos /ˈθjeɣos/ B1	adjective - blind
acaricia /akaˈɾisia/ B2	verb - caresses

Key Grammar Structures

• Nosotros éramos los que éramos ayer y los que seremos mañana

  ➔ Imperfect tense (éramos) and relative clauses (los que)

  ➔ This sentence uses the imperfect tense to describe what 'we' used to be, both yesterday and what 'we' will be tomorrow. The relative clause "los que" refers back to 'nosotros', meaning 'the ones who'. It emphasizes continuity and identity.

• Nosotros somos los de "me quedo, si te quedas"

  ➔ Use of 'de' to define a group of people

  ➔ The phrase "los de" + [phrase] is a colloquial way to describe a group of people associated with that phrase. Here, it means 'we are the type of people who say, 'I'll stay if you stay''.

• Y a que no me dejas A que te enamoro una vez más antes de que llegues a la puerta

  ➔ Use of 'a que no' + present subjunctive and future subjunctive ('llegues' is technically subjunctive after 'antes de que' but acts almost like future in this usage)

  ➔ "A que no" is a challenge, a rhetorical question implying the opposite. Here, it's "I bet you won't leave me!". "Antes de que llegues a la puerta" uses the subjunctive because it's an action that hasn't happened yet and is uncertain, however the context implies the immediate future.

• A que hago que recuerdes y que aprendas a olvidar

  ➔ 'A que' + subjunctive. Indirect command

  ➔ The 'a que' structure, again, is a challenge. Here, 'A que hago que recuerdes' translates to 'I bet I'll make you remember.' The subjunctive is used because it is a potential, rather than a certain, outcome. 'Aprendas' is also subjunctive.

• Yo soy lo que te dé la gana, échamelo todo en cara

  ➔ Subjunctive after 'lo que'. Use of informal command 'échamelo'

  ➔ "Lo que te dé la gana" is a phrase meaning "whatever you want." 'Dé' is subjunctive because it refers to something desired or possible, but not concrete. "Échamelo todo en cara" is an informal command (tú form) meaning 'Throw everything in my face'.