Amor Eterno – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Juan Gabriel

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the soul of Mexican music with Juan Gabriel's 'Amor Eterno.' This iconic ballad offers a masterclass in expressive, poetic Spanish, rich with emotionally resonant vocabulary for love, loss, and longing. Learning the lyrics will not only enhance your language skills but also immerse you in a cultural phenomenon, as it's a staple at Latin American commemorations and showcases the power of the Mariachi and Ranchera tradition.

[English]

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I want to dedicate this song with much love and respect.

More than a song, it's a love prayer that I want to dedicate.

As always, with the same love, affection, and respect.

To all the mothers who visited me tonight.

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Above all, for those who are a little farther from me.

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You are the sorrow, oh, of my eyes.

That cry in silence because of your love.

I look at myself in the mirror and see on my face.

The time I have suffered because of your goodbye.

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I force my mind to forget you.

Because I'm always thinking of yesterday.

I prefer to be asleep than awake.

Because it hurts so much that you're not here.

How I wish.

That you were alive.

That your little eyes had never…

Never closed, and I could keep looking at them.

Eternal love

And unforgettable

But sooner or later I will be with you.

To continue

Loving each other

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I have suffered a lot because of your absence.

Since that day until now, I'm not happy.

And even though I have a very calm conscience

I know I could have done more for you.

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I see a dark loneliness.

The same loneliness of your tomb, Mom.

And it's that you are, it's that you are the love I have.

The saddest memory of Acapulco.

But how I wish

(That you were alive)

(That your little eyes had never)

(Never closed, and I could keep looking at them)

(Eternal love)

(And unforgettable)

(Sooner or later I will be with you)

(To keep loving each other)

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Eternal love

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Eternal

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Eternal love

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Eternal

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Eyes that have shed so many tears from sorrow

From pain

From love, from so many farewells and despairs

Loneliness, that's all I have now and your memories.

That make the anguish of living sadder, always thinking of you.

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Eyes that saw you so much and haven't seen you again until today’s sunrise.

Sad from missing you so much.

And from waiting for you so long since that goodbye.

Loneliness

That's all I have now

And that's all I have now and your memories

Thinking as always, forever

And forever in you

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Eternal love

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Eternal

Eternal love

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Eternal love

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Eternal

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Love, love, love, love, eternal love

[Spanish]

[música]

Claro

Quiero dedicar esta canción con mucho amor y respeto

Más que una canción, es una oración de amor que quiero dedicar

Como siempre, con el mismo amor, cariño y respeto

A todas las mamás que esta noche me han venido a visitar

[música]

Sobre todo, para aquella que estén un poquito más lejos de mí

[música]

Tú eres la tristeza, ay, de mis ojos

Que lloran en silencio por tu amor

Me miro en el espejo y veo en mi rostro

El tiempo que he sufrido por tu adiós

[música]

Obligo a que te olvide el pensamiento

Pues siempre estoy pensando en el ayer

Prefiero estar dormido que despierto

De tanto y tanto que me duele que no estés

Cómo quisiera

Que tú vivieras

Que tus ojitos jamás se hubieran

Cerrado nunca y estar mirándolos

Amor eterno

E inolvidable

Pero tarde o temprano yo voy a estar contigo

Para seguir

Amándonos

[música]

Yo he sufrido mucho por tu ausencia

Desde ese día hasta hoy, no soy feliz

Y aunque tengo, y muy tranquila mi conciencia

Yo sé que pude y sé que pude haber yo hecho más por ti

[música]

Oscura soledad estoy viendo yo

La misma soledad de tu sepulcro, mamá

Y es que tú eres, es que tú eres el amor de cual yo tengo

El más triste recuerdo de Acapulco

Pero cómo quisiera

(Que tú vivieras)

(Que tus ojitos jamás se hubieran)

(Cerrado nunca y estar mirándolos)

(Amor eterno)

(E inolvidable)

(Tarde o temprano estaré contigo)

(Para seguir amándonos)

[música]

Amor eterno

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Eterno

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Amor eterno

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Eterno

[música]

Ojos que hayan derramado tantas lágrimas por penas

De dolor

De amor, de tantas despedidas y despenas

Soledad, eso es todo lo que tengo ahora y tus recuerdos

Que hacen más triste la angustia de vivir pensando como siempre en ti

[música]

Nuevo subtítulo

[música]

Ojos que te vieron tanto y que no han vuelto a verte hasta el sol de hoy

Tristes de tanto extrañarte

Y de tanto esperarte desde aquel adiós

Soledad

Eso es todo lo que tengo ahora

Y eso es todo lo que tengo ahora y tus recuerdos

Pensando como siempre, para siempre

Y por siempre en ti

[música]

Amor eterno

[música]

Eterno

Amor eterno

[música]

Eterno amor

[música]

Eterno

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Amor, amor, amor, amor, amor eterno

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
eterno /eˈtɛɾno/ B1	adjective - eternal
tristeza /trisˈteθa/ A2	noun - sadness
sufrido /suˈfɾiðo/ A2	verb - suffered
recuerdo /reˈkweɾðo/ A2	noun - memory
soledad /soleˈðað/ A2	noun - loneliness
ojos /ˈoxos/ A1	noun - eyes
lágrimas /ˈlaɣɾimas/ A2	noun - tears
vivieras /biˈβjeɾas/ B1	verb - you lived (subjunctive)
cerrado /seˈɾaðo/ A2	verb - closed
pensando /penˈsanðo/ A2	verb - thinking
extrañarte /extraˈɲarte/ B1	verb - to miss you
despedidas /despeˈðiðas/ B1	noun - farewells
angustia /aŋˈɡustja/ B1	noun - anguish
inolvidable /intoˈβiðable/ B2	adjective - unforgettable

Key Grammar Structures

• Tú eres la tristeza de mis ojos

  ➔ Use of 'ser' to express inherent characteristics or identity.

  ➔ The word 'eres' is the second-person form of 'ser', meaning 'you are'. It defines a permanent or defining quality ('you are the sadness of my eyes').

• Me miro en el espejo

  ➔ Reflexive verb construction.

  ➔ The pronoun 'me' shows that the subject performs the action on themselves ('I look at myself').

• Prefiero estar dormido que despierto

  ➔ Comparative structure using 'que' (than).

  ➔ The word 'que' introduces the second element of comparison ('I prefer being asleep than awake').

• Cómo quisiera que tú vivieras

  ➔ Use of imperfect subjunctive after 'quisiera'.

  ➔ 'Quisiera' expresses a wish or unreality; the verb 'vivieras' takes the past subjunctive to match the hypothetical nature ('I wish you were alive').

• Yo he sufrido mucho por tu ausencia

  ➔ Use of present perfect (he sufrido).

  ➔ The auxiliary 'he' with the past participle 'sufrido' shows an action with current relevance ('I have suffered').

• Desde ese día hasta hoy no soy feliz

  ➔ Use of temporal prepositions 'desde' ... 'hasta'.

  ➔ The expression 'desde...hasta...' defines a time range ('from that day until today').

• Y aunque tengo tranquila mi conciencia

  ➔ Use of 'aunque' (although) for concession.

  ➔ 'Aunque' introduces a contrast or concession ('Although I have a clear conscience').

• Es que tú eres el amor

  ➔ Emphatic use of 'es que' construction.

  ➔ 'Es que' adds emphasis or justification ('It's that you are love itself').

• Ojos que te vieron tanto y que no han vuelto a verte

  ➔ Relative clause with 'que' as subject and object pronoun.

  ➔ 'Que' links the noun 'ojos' to the actions 'vieron' and 'no han vuelto a verte', forming relative clauses ('eyes that saw you and have not seen you again').