Ayer – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Enrique Iglesias
• Album: Final Vol.1

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the heartfelt emotions in Enrique Iglesias's "Ayer," a song that beautifully encapsulates the pain of lost love and the hope for reconciliation. By exploring the Spanish lyrics, you'll gain insight into the nuances of expressing longing and the poetic ways of questioning destiny in love, making it a poignant lesson in both language and emotion .

[English]

Hey

Tell me where you're going and if you know your destination

...

Hey

Where will you hide your dreams?

Look how the moon left us

Illuminated, close up

And despite that farewell

My door has always been open

Like before

Yesterday you fit in my heart

And you hid in a corner

On the other side

I know life left us

Knowing that our love

Is not over

Is not over

Hey

Your gaze says you're sorry

...

Hey

Tell me if it's true or just my imagination

Say it's not madness or obsession

That it’s not a whim, simply

Tell him you’re sorry and that I

Have never stopped loving you

Like before

Yesterday you fit in my heart

And you hid in a corner

On the other side

I know life left us

Knowing that our love

Is not over

Yesterday you fit in my heart

And you hid in a corner

On the other side

I know life left us

Knowing that our love

Is not over

Is not over

Hey

Tell me where you're going and if you know your destination

...

[Spanish]

Hey

Dime a dónde vas y si sabes tu destino

Hey

¿Dónde dejarás tus sueños escondidos?

Mira que la luna nos dejó

Iluminados, bien de cerca

Y a pesar de aquel adiós

Mi puerta siempre estuvo abierta

Como antes

Ayer cabías en mi corazón

Y te escondiste en un rincón

Del otro lado

Yo sé que la vida nos dejó

Saber que nuestro amor

No esta acabado

No esta acabado

Hey

Tu mirada, dice estar arrepentida

Hey

¡Dime si es verdad o es solo idea mía!

Di que no es locura ni obsesión

Que no es capricho, simplemente

Dile que lo sientes y que yo

Nunca he dejado de quererte

Como antes

Ayer cabías en mi corazón

Y te escondiste en un rincón

Del otro lado

Yo sé que la vida nos dejó

Saber que nuestro amor

No esta acabado

Ayer cabías en mi corazón

Y te escondiste en un rincón

Del otro lado

Yo sé que la vida nos dejó

Saber que nuestro amor

No esta acabado

No esta acabado

Hey

Dime a dónde vas y si sabes tu destino

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
destino /desˈtino/ B1	noun - destiny, fate
sueños /ˈsweɲos/ B1	noun - dreams
luna /ˈluna/ A2	noun - moon
vida /ˈβiða/ A2	noun - life
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A2	noun - heart
caminar /kamiˈnaɾ/ A2	verb - to walk
quererte /keˈɾeɾ.te/ B1	verb - to love you
reír /reˈiɾ/ A2	verb - to laugh
cerca /ˈseɾka/ A2	adjective/adverb - near, close
esconderse /es.koɱˈdeɾ.se/ B1	verb - to hide oneself
volver /βolˈβeɾ/ A2	verb - to return
dejar /deˈxaɾ/ A2	verb - to leave

Key Grammar Structures

• Dime a dónde vas y si sabes tu destino

  ➔ Imperative mood for giving commands or requests.

  ➔ The phrase "Dime" is an imperative form of the verb "decir" (to say), asking someone to tell you something.

• ¿Dónde dejarás tus sueños escondidos?

  ➔ Future tense to indicate an action that will happen.

  ➔ The verb "dejarás" is in the future tense, indicating that the action of leaving dreams hidden will occur.

• Ayer cabías en mi corazón

  ➔ Imperfect tense to describe past actions or states.

  ➔ The verb "cabías" is in the imperfect tense, indicating a past state of fitting in the heart.

• Yo sé que la vida nos dejó

  ➔ Present tense to express current knowledge or beliefs.

  ➔ The verb "sé" is in the present tense, indicating current knowledge about life leaving something.

• No está acabado

  ➔ Present tense to express a current state or condition.

  ➔ The phrase "está acabado" is in the present tense, indicating that something is currently not finished.

• Tu mirada, dice estar arrepentida

  ➔ Present tense to express a current action or state.

  ➔ The verb "dice" is in the present tense, indicating that the gaze currently expresses regret.

• Nunca he dejado de quererte

  ➔ Present perfect tense to express an action that started in the past and continues to the present.

  ➔ The phrase "he dejado" is in the present perfect tense, indicating that the action of not stopping to love has been ongoing.