BOKeTE – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Bad Bunny

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Bad Bunny's "BOKeTE" to not only experience a profound story of love and resilience but also to connect with the richness of Puerto Rican Spanish. The song's layered meanings, from personal heartbreak to social commentary, offer a unique window into cultural nuances and the artist's distinct voice, making it an engaging way to learn and appreciate the language.

[English]

Eh, it's be-

6 p.m. facing the river

Our hearts seeing each other

The water keeps falling

I ask without getting answers

My feelings change like the seasons

And even though in PR it's always summer

I'm feeling cold, listening to these songs

Thinking of you, but don't get excited

'Cause I'm not gonna write to you

Which of us is gonna suffer the most?

I don't know, but I hope it's you, I hope it's you

I think it's gonna be you

I don't even wanna compete anymore

You're pretty, but you like to lie

Stay on your trip, 'cause when you land

Nobody's gonna clap, ay

One day you're gonna get old

You're gonna look back and regret it

You let go of the most real thing you've ever had in your life

...

Ay, ay, you're a sinkhole in PR, that's why I dodge you

There are no more poems for you, this is the last one I write

Sometimes the flashbacks come, you and I fuckin' hard

I was gonna take you to Maya and you didn't even make it to Arecibo

The invitation to the beach expired

Nobody saw the best of us

Or maybe life lied to us

And it was time to say goodbye

And live how I lived, before I met you

Looking at little photos of you, testing if I'm strong

The waves with the wind, the dogs, and the luck

I was afraid to lose you, but not more than death, and I'm alive

Thank God I'm alive, that's what matters

I've fallen in love 515 times, and with you it's 516

So, that's nothing new

It's time to move on, pitch, and forget

And later on if we have to fall in love again, we'll fall in love again

You know I like being like this, in love, but

I don't even wanna compete anymore

You're pretty, but you like to lie

Stay on your trip, 'cause when you land

Nobody's gonna clap, ay

One day you're gonna get old

You're gonna look back and regret it

You let go of the most real thing you've ever had in your life

...

[Spanish]

Eh, se-

6 p.m. frente al río

Viéndono' los corazones

El agua va cayendo

Pregunto sin contestaciones

Mis sentimientos cambian como estacione'

Y aunque en PR todo el tiempo es verano

Estoy pasando frío, escuchando estas canciones

Pensando en ti, pero no te emociones

Porque no te vo'a escribir

¿Cuál de los dos e' quien má' va a sufrir?

No sé, pero ojalá que seas tú, ojalá que seas tú

Pa mí que va' a ser tú

Ya ni quiero competir

Tú eres linda, pero te gusta mentir

Quédate en tu viaje, que cuando aterrices

Nadie va a aplaudir, ey

Un día va' a ponerte vieja

Va' a mirar pa atrá' y te va' a arrepentir

De to' lo más real que has tenido en tu vida, lo dejaste ir

Ey, ey, tú ere un boquete en PR, por eso es que te esquivo

Ya no hay má' poemas pa ti, éste e' el último que escribo

A veces vienen los flashback, tú y yo chingando agresivo

Te iba a llevar pa Maya y no llegaste ni a Arecibo

La invitación de la playita se venció

Lo mejor de nosotros nadie lo vio

O quizá fue que la vida nos mintió

Y tocó decir adiós

Y vivir como vivía, antes de conocerte

Viendo fotitos tuyas, probando si soy fuerte

Las olas con el viento, los perros y la suerte

Tenía miedo a perderte, pero no más que a la muerte, y estoy vivo

Gracias a Dios estoy vivo, eso es lo que importa

Yo me he enamorao' 515 veces, y contigo son 516

So, eso no es na' nuevo

Toca seguir, pichar y olvidar

Y má' adelante si hay que enamorarno de nuevo, nos volvemo' a enamorar

Tú sabes que a mí me gusta estar así, enamora'o, pero

Ya ni quiero competir

Tú eres linda, pero te gusta mentir

Quédate en tu viaje, que cuando aterrices

Nadie va a aplaudir, ey

Un día va' a ponerte vieja

Va' a mirar pa atrá y te va' a arrepentir

De to' lo más real que has tenido en tu vida, lo dejaste ir

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
río /ˈri.o/ A1	noun - river
agua /ˈa.ɣwa/ A1	noun - water
tiempo /ˈtjem.po/ A1	noun - time
frío /ˈfɾi.o/ A1	noun - cold adjective - cold
canciones /kanˈθjo.nes/ A2	noun - songs
escribir /es.kɾiˈβiɾ/ A2	verb - to write
sufrir /suˈfɾiɾ/ B1	verb - to suffer
viaje /ˈbja.xe/ B1	noun - trip, journey
vida /ˈbi.ða/ A1	noun - life
poemas /poˈe.mas/ B2	noun - poems
viento /ˈbjen.to/ A2	noun - wind
miedo /ˈmje.ðo/ A2	noun - fear
muerte /ˈmweɾ.te/ B1	noun - death
Dios /djos/ A1	noun - God
nuevo /ˈnwe.βo/ A1	adjective - new
fuerte /ˈfweɾ.te/ A2	adjective - strong
corazones /koɾaˈθo.nes/ A2	noun - hearts
sentimientos /sen.tiˈmjen.tos/ B1	noun - feelings
verano /beˈɾa.no/ A1	noun - summer

Key Grammar Structures

• Viéndono' los corazones

  ➔ Enclitic pronouns (nos)

  ➔ The pronoun "nos" is attached to the gerund "viendo" to form "viéndonos". This is common in informal Spanish, especially in Latin America.

• Mis sentimientos cambian como estacione'

  ➔ Simile using "como"

  ➔ The sentence uses "como" to compare the speaker's feelings to the changing seasons. "como" indicates a similarity.

• Y aunque en PR todo el tiempo es verano

  ➔ Conjunction "aunque" introducing a concessive clause

  ➔ "Aunque" introduces a clause that contrasts with the main clause. Here, it acknowledges that it's always summer in Puerto Rico, which contrasts with the feeling of coldness the speaker experiences.

• ¿Cuál de los dos e' quien má' va a sufrir?

  ➔ Interrogative sentence with relative pronoun "quien" and future periphrasis "ir a + infinitive"

  ➔ "Cuál de los dos" asks which of the two, and "quien má' va a sufrir" identifies the one who is going to suffer the most. "Ir a + infinitive" (va a sufrir) expresses a future action.

• Pa mí que va' a ser tú

  ➔ Informal expression "Pa mí que" + Future periphrasis "ir a + infinitive"

  ➔ "Pa mí que" is a colloquial way to say "I think that" or "It seems to me that". "Va' a ser tú" uses "ir a + infinitive" to express a prediction about the future: "It's going to be you."

• Tú eres linda, pero te gusta mentir

  ➔ Adversative conjunction "pero"

  ➔ "Pero" introduces a contrasting idea. It acknowledges that the person is beautiful, but contradicts it by saying she likes to lie.

• De to' lo más real que has tenido en tu vida, lo dejaste ir

  ➔ Superlative "lo más + adjective" and "haber" + past participle

  ➔ "Lo más real" expresses the superlative of "real" (real). "Has tenido" is the present perfect tense, using "haber" as an auxiliary verb to indicate an action completed in the past with relevance to the present.

• Ya no hay má' poemas pa ti, éste e' el último que escribo

  ➔ Negative expression "Ya no hay" + Demonstrative pronoun "éste"

  ➔ "Ya no hay" means "there are no more". "Éste" (shortened from "este") is a demonstrative pronoun referring to a poem.