Aprendiz – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Alejandro Sanz

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the emotional depth of Alejandro Sanz's "Aprendiz." This song offers a powerful exploration of how relationships can shape us, teaching valuable, albeit sometimes painful, lessons about love and self-perception. It's a journey into vulnerability and reflection, encouraging listeners to connect with the complex emotions woven into its melody.

[English]

Your kisses taste so bitter

When you smudge your lips

With lies again

You say I’m hurting you

That over the years

I’m becoming colder

And I never thought I’d see

You mending my wounds

With patches of your skin

My heart learned from you (from you learned...)

My heart learned (from you...)

And now don’t blame me, girl

If I don’t know how to give love

You’ve taught me your...

You’ve been my teacher in suffering...

If I ever was bad

I learned it from you...

Don’t say you don’t understand

How I could be like this

If I’m hurting you

I learned it from you

You’ve taught me your...

I curse my innocence

And I curse you

Damn the teacher

And cursed the student

I curse what I love

And I owe it to you, I owe it to you

I owe it to you, I owe it to you, I owe it to you...

...

Now your caresses hurt me

Because I feel that your hands

Are broken glass under my feet

You say I’m hurting you

That over the years

I’m becoming colder...

But I never thought I’d see

You mending my wounds

With patches of your skin...

My heart learned from you (from you learned...)

My heart learned from you (from you...)

And now don’t blame me

If I don’t know how to give love...

If I don’t know how to give love...

You’ve taught me your...

You’ve been my teacher in suffering

If I ever was bad

I learned it from you

Don’t say you don’t understand how

I can be like this

If I’m hurting you, girl

I learned it from you

You’ve taught me your...

I curse my innocence

And I curse you

Damn the teacher

And cursed the student

I curse what I love

I curse what I love

And I owe it to you, I owe it to you, I owe it to you...

...

That’s not how it is

And that’s not how it is

That’s not how it is

And that’s not how it is

For a night, what does it matter

...

[Spanish]

Tus besos saben tan amargos

Cuando te ensucias los labios

Con mentiras otra vez

Dices que te estoy haciendo daño

Que con el paso de los años

Me estoy haciendo más cruel

Y es que yo nunca creí que te vería

Remendando mis heridas

Con jirones de tu piel

De ti aprendió mi corazón (de ti aprendió...)

De ti aprendió (mi corazón...)

Y ahora no me reproches niña

Que no sepa darte amor

Me has enseñado tu...

Tú has sido mi maestra para hacer sufrir...

Si alguna vez fui malo

Lo aprendí de ti...

No digas que no entiendes

Como puedo ser así

Si te estoy haciendo daño

Lo aprendí de ti

Me has enseñado tu...

Maldigo mi inocencia

Y te maldigo a ti

Maldita la maestra

Y maldito el aprendiz

Maldigo lo que amo

Y te lo debo, te lo debo

Te lo debo, te lo debo, te lo debo a ti...

Ahora me duelen tus caricias

Porque noto que tus manos

Son cristales rotos bajo mis pies

Dices que te estoy haciendo daño

Que con el paso de los años

Me estoy haciendo más cruel...

Pero es que nunca creí que te vería...

Remendando mis heridas

Con jirones de tu piel...

De ti aprendió mi corazón (de ti aprendió...)

De ti aprendió mi corazón (mi corazón...)

Y ahora no me reproches

Que no sepa darte amor...

Que no sepa darte amor...

Me has enseñado tu...

Tu has sido mi maestra para hacer sufrir

Si alguna vez fui malo

Lo aprendí de ti

No digas que no entiendes como

Puedo ser así

Si te estoy haciendo daño, niña

Lo aprendí de ti

Me has enseñado tu...

Maldigo mi inocencia

Y te maldigo a ti

Maldita la maestra

Y maldito el aprendiz

Maldigo lo que amo

Maldigo lo que amo

Y te lo debo, te lo debo, te lo debo a tí...

Eso no es así

Y eso no es así

Eso no es así

Y eso no es así

Por una noche que más da

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
besos /ˈbesos/ A2	noun - kisses
saben /ˈsaβen/ A2	verb - they know
amargos /aˈmaɾɣo/ B1	adjective - bitter
ensucias /ensuˈθjas/ B1	verb - you get dirty
labios /ˈlaβjos/ A2	noun - lips
mentiras /menˈtiɾas/ A2	noun - lies
daño /ˈdaɲo/ B1	noun - damage, harm
cruel /kɾuˈel/ B2	adjective - cruel
heridas /jeˈɾiðas/ B1	noun - wounds
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A2	noun - heart
aprendió /apɾenˈdjɔ/ B1	verb - learned
reproches /ɾepˈtʃes/ B2	noun - reproaches, reprovals
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
enseñado /enseˈɲaðo/ B2	verb - taught
sufrir /suˈfɾiɾ/ B1	verb - suffer

Key Grammar Structures

• Tus besos saben tan amargos

  ➔ Adjective + "tan" + Adjective

  ➔ The construction "tan amargos" emphasizes how bitter the kisses taste.

• Cuando te ensucias los labios Con mentiras otra vez

  ➔ Reflexive verb "ensuciarse" + Noun

  ➔ "Ensuciarse" means "to get dirty", "to make oneself dirty". In this context, the person is "dirtying" their lips with lies.

• Y es que yo nunca creí que te vería Remendando mis heridas Con jirones de tu piel

  ➔ "Que" introducing a dependent clause after a verb of perception/belief

  ➔ The phrase "que te vería" is a clause dependent on the verb "creí". It expresses what the speaker did not believe would happen.

• De ti aprendió mi corazón

  ➔ Preposition "de" indicating origin/source of learning

  ➔ "De ti" means "from you" and indicates that the heart learned from the other person.

• Y ahora no me reproches niña Que no sepa darte amor

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in "sepa" after "reprochar" expressing doubt/possibility

  ➔ The subjunctive mood "sepa" is used because "reprochar" implies a doubt or uncertainly about whether the speaker knows how to give love.

• Tú has sido mi maestra para hacer sufrir

  ➔ Present perfect tense "has sido" to express a past action that has relevance in the present

  ➔ The use of the present perfect emphasizes that the speaker's suffering is a result of the other person's actions in the past and continues to affect them.

• Si alguna vez fui malo Lo aprendí de ti

  ➔ Conditional sentence with "si" (if) + imperfect subjunctive

  ➔ The "si" clause introduces a hypothetical situation in the past, and the main clause expresses the consequence of that hypothetical situation.

• Maldigo lo que amo Y te lo debo, te lo debo...

  ➔ Use of the pronoun "lo" as a neuter pronoun

  ➔ Here, "lo" refers to "everything that I love." It's a neuter pronoun because it doesn't specifically refer to a masculine or feminine noun.