Amor del Bueno – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Reyli
• Album: Bien Acompañado

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Como cuchillo

Like a knife

En la mantequilla

In the butter

Entraste a mi vida

You entered my life

Cuando me moría

When I was dying

Como la luna

Like the moon

Por la rendija

Through the crack

Así te metiste

That's how you got in

Entre mis pupilas

Between my pupils

Y así, te fui queriendo a diario

And so, I started loving you daily

Sin una ley, sin un horario (Uh-uh-uh)

Without a law, without a schedule (Uh-uh-uh)

...

...

Y así, me fuiste despertando

And so, you kept waking me up

De cada sueño donde estabas (Uh-uh-uh)

From every dream where you were (Uh-uh-uh)

...

...

Y nadie lo buscaba

And no one was looking for it

Y nadie lo planeó así

And no one planned it this way

En el destino estaba

It was in the destiny

Que fueras para mí

That you would be for me

Y nadie le apostaba

And no one bet on it

A que yo fuera tan feliz

That I would be so happy

Pero, Cupido se apiadó de mí

But Cupid took pity on me

Se apiadó de mí (Se apiadó de mí)

Took pity on me (Took pity on me)

Uoh-oh, se apiadó de mí

Uoh-oh, took pity on me

...

...

Como la lluvia

Like the rain

En pleno desierto (En pleno desierto)

In the middle of the desert (In the middle of the desert)

Mojaste de fe mi corazón

You soaked my heart with faith

Ahogaste mis miedos

Drowned my fears

Como una dulce voz (Como una dulce voz)

Like a sweet voice (Like a sweet voice)

En el silencio (En el silencio)

In the silence (In the silence)

Así, nos llegó el amor

That's how love came to us

Amor del bueno

True love

Y así, te fui queriendo a diario

And so, I started loving you daily

Sin una ley, sin un horario (Uh-uh-uh)

Without a law, without a schedule (Uh-uh-uh)

...

...

Y así, me fuiste despertando

And so, you kept waking me up

De cada sueño donde estabas (Uh-uh-uh)

From every dream where you were (Uh-uh-uh)

...

...

Y nadie lo buscaba

And no one was looking for it

Y nadie lo planeó así

And no one planned it this way

En el destino estaba

It was in the destiny

Que fueras para mí

That you would be for me

Y nadie le apostaba

And no one bet on it

A que yo fuera tan feliz

That I would be so happy

Pero, Cupido se apiadó de mí

But Cupid took pity on me

...

...

Y nadie le apostaba

And no one bet on it

A que yo fuera tan feliz

That I would be so happy

Pero, Cupido se apiadó de mí

But Cupid took pity on me

...

...

Se apiadó de mí (Se apiadó de mí)

Took pity on me (Took pity on me)

Oh, se apiadó de mí

Oh, took pity on me

(Uh-uh-uh)

(Uh-uh-uh)

Se apiadó de mí (Se apiadó de mí)

Took pity on me (Took pity on me)

Pero Cupido se apiadó de mí

But Cupid took pity on me

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cuchillo /kuˈtʃi.ʝo/ A2	noun - knife
mantequilla /man.teˈki.ʝa/ B2	noun - butter
vida /ˈbi.ða/ A2	noun - life
luna /ˈlu.na/ B1	noun - moon
rendir /renˈdiɾ/ B2	verb - to yield, to give up, to surrender
pupila /puˈpi.la/ B2	noun - pupil (of the eye)
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A2	verb - to want, to love
destino /desˈti.no/ B1	noun - destiny, fate
feliz /feˈliθ/ (Spain), /feˈlis/ (Latin America) A2	adjective - happy
lluvia /ˈʝu.βja/ B1	noun - rain
desierto /deˈsjeɾ.to/ B2	noun - desert
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ (Spain), /koɾaˈsjon/ (Latin America) A2	noun - heart
miedo /ˈmje.ðo/ A2	noun - fear
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love

Key Grammar Structures

• Entraste a mi vida

  ➔ Preterite tense of verb 'entrar' indicating completed action

  ➔ 'Entraste' is the second person singular past tense of 'entrar', meaning 'you entered'.

• Como cuchillo en la mantequilla

  ➔ Simile using 'como' (like/as) to compare two things

  ➔ 'Como' functions as 'like' or 'as' in a simile, showing similarity between two different things.

• Se apiadó de mí

  ➔ Preterite form of 'apiadarse' (to have mercy), reflexive verb indicating sympathizing or sparing someone

  ➔ 'Se apiadó' is the preterite form of the reflexive verb 'apiadarse,' meaning 'he/she/it had mercy' or 'took pity on me.'

• Sin una ley, sin un horario

  ➔ Use of 'sin' (without) + noun to indicate absence or lack of something

  ➔ 'Sin' is a preposition meaning 'without,' followed by a noun, indicating the absence of something.

• Y nadie lo buscaba

  ➔ Preterite tense of 'buscar' (to look for), third person singular with direct object pronoun

  ➔ 'Buscaba' is the preterite form of 'buscar,' meaning 'to look for,' and it is used here with 'lo' as the direct object pronoun, meaning 'it.'

• Y nadie le apostaba

  ➔ Imperfect tense of 'apostar' (to bet), third person singular with indirect object pronoun

  ➔ 'Apostaba' is the imperfect tense of 'apostar,' meaning 'to bet,' and 'le' is an indirect object pronoun meaning 'to him/her/you (formal)'.