Amor, Amor – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Where is love?

Has anyone found it, please or no?

Where could it go?

It might be wounded, but it cannot die

It might be tired

It might be in chains

Perhaps it's asleep

In the shadow of a forgotten memory

Love, love

You who paint yourself in any color

As deep as the wind

As distant as time

And as certain as the sun

Love, love

If you hear me, if you can see me

Don't close your lair to me

Fill a little of my life

Fill a little of my being

Where can it be?

The love that one day took my peace away?

When will it return?

It might never come back again, perhaps

It might be lost

It might be faint

Perhaps it's sitting

At the door of the past

Love, love

You who paint yourself in any color

As deep as the wind

As distant as time

And as certain as the sun

Love, love

If you hear me, if you can see me

...

[Spanish]

¿Dónde está el amor?

¿Alguien lo ha encontrado, por favor o no?

¿Dónde puede ir?

Puede estar herido, pero no morir

Puede estar cansado

Puede estar encadenado

Quizás esté dormido

A la sombra de un olvido

Amor, amor

Que te pintas de cualquier color

Tan profundo como el viento

Tan lejano como el tiempo

Y tan cierto como el sol

Amor, amor

Si me escuchas si me puedes ver

No me cierres tu guarida

Llena un poco de mi vida

Llena un poco de mi ser

¿Dónde puede estar?

¿El amor que un día me llevó la paz?

¿Cuándo volverá?

Puede que no vuelva nunca más, quizás

Puede estar perdido

Puede estar desfallecido

Quizás esté sentado

A la puerta del pasado

Amor, amor

Que te pintas de cualquier color

Tan profundo como el viento

Tan lejano como el tiempo

Y tan cierto como el sol

Amor, amor

Si me escuchas, si me puedes ver

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amor aˈmoɾ A1	noun - love
encontrado enkonˈtɾaðo A2	verb - found
herido eˈɾiðo A2	adjective - wounded
cansado kanˈsaðo A2	adjective - tired
encadenado enkaðeˈnaðo B1	adjective - chained
olvido olˈβiðo A2	noun - oblivion
profundo pɾoˈfunðo A2	adjective - deep
lejano leˈxano A2	adjective - distant
cierto ˈθjerto A1	adjective - certain
guarida ɡwaˈɾiða B1	noun - lair
perdido peɾˈðiðo A2	adjective - lost
desfallecido desfaʎeˈθiðo B2	adjective - fainted
sentado senˈtaðo A1	adjective - seated
pasado paˈsaðo A1	noun - past
pintas ˈpintas A2	verb - you paint
llena ˈʎena A1	verb - fill

Key Grammar Structures

• ¿Dónde está el amor?

  ➔ Interrogative sentence with subject‑verb inversion

  ➔ The word "¿Dónde" introduces a question and the verb "está" comes before the subject "el amor".

• ¿Alguien lo ha encontrado, por favor o no?

  ➔ Present perfect tense in an indirect question

  ➔ The auxiliary "ha" + past participle "encontrado" forms the present perfect "ha encontrado" meaning "has found".

• Puede estar herido, pero no morir

  ➔ Modal verb + infinitive; adversative conjunction "pero"

  ➔ The modal "Puede" is followed by the infinitive "estar"; "pero" introduces a contrast with "no morir".

• Quizás esté dormido

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after the adverb "quizás"

  ➔ "Quizás" (perhaps) triggers the subjunctive, so the verb appears as "esté" instead of the indicative "está".

• Amor, amor Que te pintas de cualquier color

  ➔ Reflexive verb "pintarse" and relative clause introduced by "que"

  ➔ "te pintas" is the reflexive form meaning "you paint yourself"; "que" links the clause to the noun "Amor".

• Tan profundo como el viento

  ➔ Comparative structure "tan ... como"

  ➔ "Tan" intensifies the adjective "profundo" and "como" introduces the element of comparison "el viento".

• Si me escuchas, si me puedes ver

  ➔ Conditional clauses with "si" + present indicative

  ➔ "Si" introduces a real condition; both verbs "escuchas" and "puedes" are in the present indicative.

• Llena un poco de mi vida

  ➔ Imperative mood (affirmative) with direct object

  ➔ "Llena" is the second‑person singular imperative of "llenar" meaning "fill"; the phrase "un poco de mi vida" is the direct object.

• ¿Cuándo volverá?

  ➔ Future simple tense in a direct question

  ➔ "Volverá" is the third‑person singular of the verb "volver" in the future tense, asking "When will it return?"