Cariño – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Darling

If you knew how much I suffer for not seeing you

Because of the way I love you

For giving myself to you wildly and without limit

Darling

I spend the hours waiting for you to call me

That you need my love and claim it

To rush it to you wherever you want

Darling

How it hurts that you love me only at times

And that you drift through my life like a wind

So sometimes

So violent

Darling

If I knew you'd come while I'm dying

It's absurd, but I would kill myself

If you came

My love

...

Darling

I didn't want to love like this

But love is the one that rules, even if you don't want it

And it made you the owner of my nights and days

Darling

How it hurts that you love me only at times

And that you drift through my life like a wind

So sometimes

So violent

Darling

If I knew you'd come while I'm dying

It's absurd, but I would kill myself

If you came

My love

...

[Spanish]

Cariño

Si tú supieras lo que sufro por no verte

Por esa forma que yo tengo de quererte

Por entregarme locamente y sin medida

Cariño

Paso las horas esperando que me llames

Que necesitas de mi amor y lo reclames

Para llevártelo corriendo donde quieras

Cariño

Cómo me duele que me quieras de a momentos

Y que pases por mi vida como un viento

Tan de a veces

Tan violento

Cariño

Si supiera que muriéndome vendrías

Es absurdo, pero yo me mataría

Si vinieras

Mi cariño

Cariño

Yo no quería amar así de esta manera

Pero el amor es el que manda, aunque no quieras

Y te hizo dueña de mis noches y mis días

Cariño

Cómo me duele que me quieras de a momentos

Y que pases por mi vida como un viento

Tan de a veces

Tan violento

Cariño

Si supiera que muriéndome vendrías

Es absurdo, pero yo me mataría

Si vinieras

Mi cariño

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Cariño kaˈriɲo A1	noun - affection, tenderness
sufro ˈsu.fɾo A2	verb - to suffer, to endure
quererte keˈɾeɾ.te A2	verb - to love, to want
entregarme en.tɾeˈɣaɾ.me B1	verb - to surrender, to give oneself
esperando es.peˈɾan.do A2	verb - to wait, to hope
necesitas ne.seˈsi.tas A2	verb - to need, to require
reclames reˈklam.es B1	verb - to claim, to demand
llevártelo λeˈβaɾ.te.lo B1	verb - to take, to carry
duele ˈdwe.le A2	verb - to hurt, to cause pain
momentos moˈmen.tos A1	noun - moment, instant
viento ˈbjen.to A1	noun - wind, moving air
violento βjoˈlen.to A2	adjective - violent, aggressive
absurdo aβˈsur.do B1	adjective - absurd, nonsensical
mataría ma.taˈɾi.a B1	verb - to kill, to murder
dueña ˈdwe.ɲa A2	noun - owner, mistress

Key Grammar Structures

• Si tú supieras lo que sufro por no verte

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood

  ➔ The subjunctive mood is used in the clause 'Si tú supieras' to express a hypothetical or uncertain condition. It indicates a wish or uncertainty about the action of knowing.

• Por esa forma que yo tengo de quererte

  ➔ Relative Pronoun

  ➔ The relative pronoun 'que' is used to introduce a relative clause that describes 'esa forma'. It connects the clause to the main sentence.

• Para llevártelo corriendo donde quieras

  ➔ Infinitive of Purpose

  ➔ The infinitive 'llevártelo' is used to express the purpose of the action in the previous clause. It indicates the reason for claiming the love.

• Cómo me duele que me quieras de a momentos

  ➔ Subjunctive in Subordinate Clauses

  ➔ The subjunctive mood is used in the subordinate clause 'que me quieras' to express emotion or subjective feelings. It reflects the speaker's pain about the uncertain love.

• Si supiera que muriéndome vendrías

  ➔ Conditional Perfect

  ➔ The conditional perfect 'supiera' and 'vendrías' express a hypothetical situation in the past and its consequence. It indicates a condition that did not happen.