Amor Imposible – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Los Acosta
• Album: Volando En Una Nave Triste

Lyrics & Translation

Los Acosta’s "Amor Imposible" is a classic of the romantic Grupero genre, offering a powerful look into the Spanish vocabulary of heartache, metaphor, and final farewells. Users will learn expressive phrases for loss and separation, such as describing a lost love as 'una estrella en alta mar' (a star on the high seas), making it an excellent song for grasping deeply emotional and poetic Spanish.

[English]

Goodbye

Forever, my love

So we’ll never return

Woman of my soul and being

I wish you

All the best in your life

I must say goodbye

I hold no grudge against you

You were impossible for me

Be happy

May you find love again

Our love could never be

What we had is over now (between us two)

It did me no good

To give myself to you

Your love was to me

A star in the open sea (too hard to reach)

On this dark night

I’m leaving, leaving you

...

I’ll never forget you

For you’ll live on in my soul

My heart will weep

It will cry

When it realizes

You’ll no longer be with me

Our love could never be

What we had is over now (between us two)

It did me no good

To give myself to you

Your love was to me

A star in the open sea (too hard to reach)

On this dark night

I’m leaving, leaving you

...

[Spanish]

Adiós

Para siempre, amor

Para ya no volver

Mujer de mi alma y mi ser

Te deseo

En tu vida lo mejor

Debo decirte adiós

No te guardo rencor

Tú has sido imposible para mí

Sé feliz

Y que encuentres el amor

Nuestro amor no pudo ser

Ya lo nuestro terminó (entre los dos)

De nada me sirvió

Entregarme a ti

Tu amor fue para mí

Una estrella en alta mar (difícil de alcanzar)

En esta noche obscura

Yo me voy, me voy de ti

No te podré olvidar

Pues, en mi alma vivirás

Mi corazón llorará

Llorará

Al saber

Que conmigo no estarás

Nuestro amor no pudo ser

Ya lo nuestro terminó (entre los dos)

De nada me sirvió

Entregarme a ti

Tu amor fue para mí

Una estrella en alta mar (difícil de alcanzar)

En esta noche obscura

Yo me voy, me voy de ti

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
adiós /aˈðjos/ A1	noun - farewell; goodbye
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
mujer /muˈxeɾ/ A1	noun - woman
alma /ˈalma/ A2	noun - soul
vida /ˈbiða/ A1	noun - life
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ (Spain) | /koɾaˈson/ (Latin America) A1	noun - heart
estrella /esˈtɾeʎa/ A2	noun - star
noche /ˈnoʧe/ A1	noun - night
volver /bolˈβeɾ/ A2	verb - to return, to come back
desear /deˈse.aɾ/ B1	verb - to desire, to wish
olvidar /olβiˈðaɾ/ B1	verb - to forget
llorar /ʝoˈɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to cry
encontrar /enkonˈtɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to find, to meet
imposible /impoˈsiβle/ B2	adjective - impossible
feliz /feˈlis/ A1	adjective - happy, glad
obscuro /obˈskuɾo/ B1	adjective - dark, obscure
difícil /diˈfiθil/ (Spain) | /diˈfisil/ (Latin America) B1	adjective - difficult, hard
servir /seɾˈβiɾ/ B1	verb - to serve
entregar /entɾeˈgaɾ/ B1	verb - to deliver, to hand over
terminar /teɾmiˈnaɾ/ B1	verb - to finish, to end

Key Grammar Structures

• [translate:Para ya no volver]

  ➔ Infinitive phrase with 'para' expressing purpose or intent.

  ➔ The phrase 'para ya no volver' uses 'para' + infinitive 'volver' to show purpose — 'so as not to return.'

• [translate:Te deseo en tu vida lo mejor]

  ➔ Verb 'desear' used with indirect object pronoun 'te' to express a wish.

  ➔ The pronoun 'te' shows that the action 'to wish' is directed toward 'you.'

• [translate:No te guardo rencor]

  ➔ Negative form with direct object pronoun and present tense verb.

  ➔ The 'no' precedes 'te guardo' to negate the verb, forming 'I don’t hold (a grudge) against you.'

• [translate:Tú has sido imposible para mí]

  ➔ Present perfect tense using 'haber' + past participle.

  ➔ ‘Has sido’ translates as ‘you have been,’ emphasizing a completed state that affects the present.

• [translate:Sé feliz]

  ➔ Imperative form of the verb 'ser' (to be).

  ➔ The command 'sé' (from 'ser') means 'be' — telling someone to be happy.

• [translate:Nuestro amor no pudo ser]

  ➔ Past tense (preterite) of 'poder' used to express impossibility.

  ➔ ‘No pudo ser’ means ‘it could not be,’ describing something that failed to happen.

• [translate:De nada me sirvió]

  ➔ Prepositional phrase with indirect object pronoun and past tense verb.

  ➔ Means 'it was of no use to me' — literally 'of nothing served me.'

• [translate:Tu amor fue para mí una estrella en alta mar]

  ➔ Simple past of 'ser' used for a metaphorical comparison.

  ➔ ‘Fue’ (was) links ‘tu amor’ and ‘una estrella’ in a metaphor: ‘Your love was like a star at sea.’

• [translate:En esta noche obscura]

  ➔ Prepositional phrase expressing time using 'en' + demonstrative + noun + adjective.

  ➔ Used as a time reference: ‘In this dark night.’

• [translate:Mi corazón llorará]

  ➔ Future tense used to express certainty or emotional prediction.

  ➔ ‘Llorará’ means ‘will cry,’ projecting an emotional reaction into the future.