Chiquilina – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Los Iracundos

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Ya no soy el que tú amas, pero soy

I'm no longer the one you love, but I am

El que llora cada hora al recordar

The one who cries every hour when I remember

Cuando juntos nos miramos, sin hablar

When we looked at each other, without saying a word

Por las calles de aquel viejo bulevar

On the streets of that old boulevard

Ya no soy el que tú amas, pero hoy

I'm no longer the one you love, but today

Otros labios ya te dan felicidad

Other lips already bring you happiness

Mas en mí siempre serás la eternidad

But in me, you'll always be eternity

Caminando por el viejo bulevar

Walking along the old boulevard

Chiquilina oh-oh, chiquilina, oh-oh

Little girl, oh-oh, little girl, oh-oh

El destino es así

That's how fate is

Y te alejas, y me dejas

And you leave, and you abandon me

Chiquilina, sin tu amor

Little girl, without your love

...

...

Ya no soy al que peleabas por jugar

I'm no longer the one you fought to play with

Y celabas tiernamente sin cesar

And you treasured tenderly without stopping

Con tu idioma tan distinto al decir:

With your language so different when you say:

"Caminemos por el viejo bulevar"

"Let's walk along the old boulevard"

Ya no soy el que tú amas, pero hoy

I'm no longer the one you love, but today

Otros brazos ya te dan intimidad

Other arms already give you intimacy

Mas en mí, siempre serás la eternidad

But in me, you'll always be eternity

Por las calles de aquel viejo bulevar

Walking along the streets of that old boulevard

Chiquilina, oh-oh, chiquilina, oh-oh

Little girl, oh-oh, little girl, oh-oh

...

...

El destino es así

That's how fate is

Y te alejas, y me dejas

And you leave, and you abandon me

Chiquilina, sin tu amor

Little girl, without your love

Lararara, ah-ah, lararara, la-lá

Lararara, ah-ah, lararara, la-la

El destino es así

That's how fate is

Lararara, la-lá, lararara, la-lá

Lararara, la-la, lararara, la-la

El destino

Fate

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amado /a.maˈðo/ B1	noun - beloved, loved one
llora /ˈʎo.ɾa/ A2	verb - to cry
recuerdo /re.kuˈɾo/ B1	noun - memory, remnant
miramos /miˈɾa.mos/ A2	verb - to look at, to watch
calles /ˈka.ʝes/ A1	noun - streets
bulevar /buleˈβaɾ/ B1	noun - boulevard, avenue
felicidad /fe.li.θiˈðad/ B2	noun - happiness
serás /seˈɾás/ B1	verb - you will be
eternidad /eteɾniˈðað/ B2	noun - eternity
destino /desˈti.no/ B1	noun - destiny, fate
destino /desˈti.no/ B1	noun - destination
jugar /xuˈɣaɾ/ A2	verb - to play
peleabas /pe.leˈaβas/ B1	verb - to fight, to quarrel

Key Grammar Structures

• Ya no soy el que tú amas, pero soy

  ➔ Use of 'ya no' to express 'no longer' / 'not anymore'

  ➔ 'ya no' indicates that the action or state has ceased.

• Otros labios ya te dan felicidad

  ➔ Use of 'ya' to emphasize that something has already happened or is now the case

  ➔ 'ya' emphasizes that the action has already taken place.

• El destino es así

  ➔ Use of 'es' (ser) in the present tense to describe a general truth or fact

  ➔ 'es' is the third person singular form of the verb 'ser' (to be), used here to state a fact.

• Y te alejas, y me dejas

  ➔ Use of 'y' to connect actions, indicating coordination or sequence

  ➔ 'y' is a conjunction meaning 'and', used here to link two verbs/actions in sequence.

• El destino es así

  ➔ Repetition emphasizes the inevitability, using 'es' (ser) for general truth

  ➔ 'es' is used here to affirm the idea that 'destino' (destiny) is inherently this way.