Como Te Echo De Menos – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Alejandro Sanz

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Existe un niño que vive en mí

There's a child that lives in me

Luchando por tenerte

Fighting to have you

Y revive momentos

And relives moments

Lejanos ya

From long ago

Y me hace pensar

And it makes me think

Confundiendo realidad, oh

Confusing reality, oh

Obligándome a escuchar, yeah-eh

Forcing me to listen, yeah-eh

Tu voz diciendo de lejos

Your voice saying from afar

Cómo te echo de menos

How much I miss you

No puedo más

I can't take it anymore

Porqué te alejas, uh-uh

Why do you pull away, uh-uh

Lo que me cuesta comprender

What's hard for me to understand

Que aunque eres parte del ayer

That even though you're part of yesterday

No me vale que hundas tu cabeza en mi jersey, no, no, no, no

It's no use for you to bury your head in my sweater, no, no, no, no

Lo que te cuesta comprender

What's hard for you to understand

Aunque eres parte del ayer

Even though you're part of yesterday

Me desespero, que también yo lo he sufrido

I get desperate, because I've suffered it too

Que en este tiempo sin vernos

That in this time without seeing each other

Cómo te he echado de menos, yeah-eh

How much I've missed you, yeah-eh

Me besas y me hundo y sé

You kiss me and I sink, and I know

Que nadie en este mundo entendería

That no one in this world would understand

Porqué queremos volver, woah, ha

Why we want to go back, woah, ha

...

...

Perdiendo a cada instante un poco más, oh

Losing a little more with each moment, oh

Luchando por tenerte hasta el final, yeah-eh

Fighting to have you until the end, yeah-eh

Sigo escuchando de lejos

I keep hearing from afar

Cómo te echo de menos

How much I miss you

Qué fuerza será

What force could it be

La que aún nos une

That still unites us

Lo que te cuesta comprender

What's hard for you to understand

Que aunque eres parte del ayer

That even though you're part of yesterday

No me vale que hundas tu cabeza en mi jersey, no, no, no

It's no use for you to bury your head in my sweater, no, no, no

Lo que me cuesta comprender

What's hard for me to understand

Que aunque eres parte del ayer

That even though you're part of yesterday

Me desespero, que también yo lo he sufrido

I get desperate, because I've suffered it too

Que en este tiempo sin vernos

That in this time without seeing each other

Cómo te he echado de menos, yeah-eh

How much I've missed you, yeah-eh

Me besas y me hundo y sé

You kiss me and I sink, and I know

Que nadie en este mundo entendería

That no one in this world would understand

Porqué queremos volver, woah

Why we want to go back, woah

Me besas y me hundo y sé

You kiss me and I sink, and I know

Que nadie en este mundo entendería, woah

That no one in this world would understand, woah

...

...

Porqué queremos volver

Why we want to go back

...

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
luchar /luˈtʃaɾ/ B1	verb - to fight, to struggle
revivir /reβiˈβiɾ/ B2	verb - to relive, to revive, to come back to life
lejano /leˈxano/ B1	adjective - distant, far-off
confundir /konfunˈdiɾ/ B1	verb - to confuse, to mix up, to mistake (one for another)
realidad /realaˈðað/ A2	noun - reality
obligar /oβliˈɣaɾ/ B1	verb - to oblige, to force, to compel
echar /ˈetʃaɾ/ B1	verb - to miss (someone/something), to long for (as in 'echar de menos')
alejar /aleˈxaɾ/ B1	verb - to move away, to distance (oneself)
costar /kosˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to be difficult, to be hard (for someone)
comprender /kompɾenˈdeɾ/ B1	verb - to understand, to comprehend
ayer /aˈʝeɾ/ A1	noun - yesterday; the past (in general)
valer /baˈleɾ/ B1	verb - to be worth, to be useful, to be valid
hundir /unˈdiɾ/ B2	verb - to sink, to bury, to plunge
desesperar /desespeˈɾaɾ/ B2	verb - to despair, to lose hope, to exasperate (someone)
sufrir /suˈfɾiɾ/ B1	verb - to suffer, to endure, to undergo
entender /entenˈdeɾ/ A2	verb - to understand, to comprehend
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A1	verb - to want, to love, to wish
volver /bolˈβeɾ/ A1	verb - to return, to come back, to turn around
perder /peɾˈðeɾ/ A1	verb - to lose, to miss (an opportunity)
unir /uˈniɾ/ B1	verb - to unite, to join, to link

Key Grammar Structures

• Luchando por tenerte

  ➔ Gerund + por + Infinitive (Purpose)

  ➔ "Luchando" is a gerund, indicating an ongoing action. The construction "por + infinitive" ("por tenerte") expresses the purpose or reason for that action, meaning "fighting in order to have you."

• Obligándome a escuchar

  ➔ Gerund + Object Pronoun + a + Infinitive

  ➔ "Obligando" is a gerund. The object pronoun "-me" indicates "me." Verbs like "obligar" (to oblige/force) often require the preposition "a" before an infinitive ("a escuchar") to specify the action someone is obliged or forced to do.

• Lo que me cuesta comprender

  ➔ Lo que (Nominalizer) + costar (Impersonal Verb)

  ➔ "Lo que" functions as a nominalizer, meaning "what" or "that which." "costar" is an impersonal verb used to express the difficulty or cost of something, often with an indirect object pronoun (like "me"), meaning "what is difficult for me to understand."

• Que aunque eres parte del ayer

  ➔ Aunque (Concessive Conjunction) + Indicative

  ➔ "Aunque" means "although" or "even though." When followed by the indicative mood ("eres"), it indicates that the speaker considers the concession to be a fact or a certain reality, despite the contrasting information.

• No me vale que hundas tu cabeza en mi jersey

  ➔ Impersonal Expression + que + Subjunctive

  ➔ "No me vale" is an impersonal expression meaning "it's not useful/it doesn't work for me" or "I don't find it acceptable." When followed by "que" and expressing a judgment or opinion about someone else's action, it requires the subjunctive mood ("hundas").

• que también yo lo he sufrido

  ➔ Present Perfect (haber + Past Participle)

  ➔ "he sufrido" is the present perfect tense ("I have suffered"). It connects a past action or experience ("sufrir") to the present moment, indicating its relevance, continued effect, or that it occurred within a time frame that includes the present.

• Que en este tiempo sin vernos

  ➔ Sin + Infinitive (Negation of Action)

  ➔ The preposition "sin" (without) followed directly by an infinitive ("vernos" - to see each other) is a common structure in Spanish. It indicates the absence or negation of an action, meaning "without us seeing each other."

• Qué fuerza será La que aún nos une

  ➔ Future Simple (será) + La que (Relative Pronoun)

  ➔ "será" is the simple future tense, used here not for a future event, but to express speculation or probability about the present ("what force could it be that still unites us?"). "La que" functions as a relative pronoun, meaning "that which" or "the one that," referring to "fuerza."

• Que nadie en este mundo entendería

  ➔ Conditional Simple (entendería) + Negative Subject

  ➔ "entendería" is the simple conditional tense ("would understand"), typically used for hypothetical situations, possibilities, or polite requests. "nadie" (nobody/no one) is a negative subject that requires the verb to be in the singular form and negates the entire clause.