Adorado Tormento – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Vicente Fernández

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the deep emotional landscape of Mexican music through Vicente Fernández's "Adorado Tormento." As a classic Ranchera piece, learning its lyrics offers insight into passionate expressions of love and suffering common in Spanish romantic ballads, highlighted by the evocative phrase 'Adored Torment' itself.

[English]

How about I tell that ungrateful girl

that her indifference is killing me?

She could laugh, she'll make me suffer

It will make the pain even bigger

It's been so long, so long that I've kept this quiet

And even though my soul has become calloused

Telling her fills me with terror

...

She is my beloved torment

She has taken over my thoughts

She has taken over my thoughts

My will and my love

...

How about I tell her and she sighs

And with those huge eyes she looks at me

It gives me a glimpse of heaven

I don't care

I don't care if I mess up

I'll bring her a serenade

And through my singing she'll know

That she is my beloved torment

She has taken over my thoughts

She has taken over my thoughts

My love and my will

She is my beloved torment

She has taken over my thoughts

She has taken over my thoughts

My love and my will

...

[Spanish]

¿Y qué tal si le cuento a esa ingrata

Que con su indiferencia me mata?

Se puede reír, me va a hacer sufrir

Me hará mas grande el dolor

Hace tanto, hace tanto que esto lo calló

Y aunque mi alma ya tiene buen callo

Contarle me da pavor

Ella es mi adorado tormento

Se ha adueñado de mi pensamiento

Se ha adueñado de mi pensamiento

Mi voluntad y mi amor

¿Y qué tal si le cuento y suspira

Y con esos ojazos que mira?

Un pase al cielo me da

No me importa

No me importa si meto la pata

Yo le voy a llevar serenata

Y por mi canto sabra

Que ella es mi adorado tormento

Se ha adueñado de mi pensamiento

Se ha adueñado de mi pensamiento

Mi amor y mi voluntad

Ella es mi adorado tormento

Se ha adueñado de mi pensamiento

Se ha adueñado de mi pensamiento

Mi amor y mi voluntad

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ingrata ingrata B1	adjective - ungrateful (feminine)
indiferencia indiferencia B2	noun - indifference
tormento tormento B1	noun - torment, suffering
adueñado adueñado C1	verb (past participle) - taken possession of (of oneself)
pensamiento pensamiento A2	noun - thought
voluntad voluntad B1	noun - will, volition
sufrir sufrir B1	verb - to suffer
pavor pavor B2	noun - dread, terror
serenata serenata B2	noun - serenade
canto canto A2	noun - song, singing
ojazos ojazos B2	noun (plural) - big eyes, wide‑eyed look
cuento cuento B1	verb (first person present) - I tell
cielo cielo A1	noun - sky, heaven
pata pata B1	noun (idiomatic) - mistake (as in “meter la pata”)
alma alma A2	noun - soul
calló calló B1	verb (past) - fell silent, kept quiet
grande grande A2	adjective - big, great
dolor dolor B1	noun - pain, sorrow

Key Grammar Structures

• ¿Y qué tal si le cuento a esa ingrata?

  ➔ Conditional Sentence (Present)

  ➔ The phrase uses the conditional structure with '¿qué tal si...' to express a hypothetical situation.

• Se puede reír, me va a hacer sufrir

  ➔ Future Tense

  ➔ The verb 'va a hacer' is in the future tense, indicating a future action.

• Hace tanto, hace tanto que esto lo calló

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ The phrase 'hace tanto que' is used to express an action that started in the past and continues to the present.

• Ella es mi adorado tormento

  ➔ Present Tense

  ➔ The verb 'es' is in the present tense, describing a current state.

• Se ha adueñado de mi pensamiento

  ➔ Present Perfect

  ➔ The construction 'se ha adueñado' uses the present perfect to indicate an action that occurred in the past and has effects in the present.

• No me importa si meto la pata

  ➔ Present Tense with Subjunctive

  ➔ The phrase 'si meto la pata' uses the subjunctive mood after 'si' to express a hypothetical condition.

• Y por mi canto sabra

  ➔ Future Tense

  ➔ The verb 'sabra' is in the future tense, indicating a future action.