Coplas del querer – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Miguel Poveda
• Album: Coplas del querer

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Dime que me quieres

Tell me you love me

Dímelo por Dios

Tell me, for God's sake

Aunque no lo sientas, aunque sea mentira

Even if you don't feel it, even if it's a lie

Pero dímelo

But tell me

Dímelo bajito

Tell me softly

Se te hará más fácil decírmelo así

It will be easier for you to tell me like that

Y el "te quiero" tuyo será pa mi pena

And your "I love you" will be for my sorrow

Lo mismo que lluvia de mayo y abril

Like rain in May and April

Ten misericordia de mi corazón

Have mercy on my heart

Dime que me quieres, ay, dime

Tell me you love me, oh, tell me

Dime que me quieres

Tell me you love me

Dímelo por Dios

Tell me, for God's sake

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Te quiero más que a mi vida

I love you more than my life

Te quiero más que a mis ojos

I love you more than my eyes

O más que al aire que respiro

Or more than the air I breathe

Y más que a la madre mía

And more than my own mother

Que se me paren los pulsos

May my pulses stop

Si te dejo de querer

If I ever stop loving you

Que las campanas me doblen

May the bells toll for me

Si te falto alguna vez

If I ever fail you

Y eres mi vida y mi muerte

And you are my life and my death

Te lo juro, compañera

I swear to you, my love

No debía de quererte, yo no debía de quererte

I shouldn't love you, I shouldn't love you

Y sin embargo te quiero

And yet I love you

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Vino amargo que no da alegría

Bitter wine that brings no joy

Aunque me emborrache no la puedo olvidar

Even if I get drunk, I can't forget her

Porque la recuerdo

Because I remember her

Dame, dame, dame vino amargo

Give me, give me, give me bitter wine

Que amargue, que amargue, que amargue

To embitter, to embitter, to embitter

Pa quererla más

So I love her more

Esta pena mía

This sorrow of mine

Me está apuñalando de noche y de día

Is stabbing me night and day

Esta pena mía

This sorrow of mine

Si me encuentro solo me da compañía

If I am alone, it gives me company

Si ve que estoy triste se vuelve alegría

If it sees I'm sad, it turns into joy

Si ve que me pierdo me sirve de guía

If it sees me lost, it guides me

Sé que me atormenta y es una agonía

I know it torments me and it is an agony

Pero estoy contento, pero estoy contento con la pena mía

But I'm happy, but I'm happy with my sorrow

Con la pena mía

With my sorrow

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
quieres /ˈkje.ɾes/ A2	verb - to want
mentira /menˈti.ɾa/ B1	noun - lie, falsehood
lluvia /ˈʎu.βja/ A2	noun - rain
penal /peˈnaɾa/ B2	noun - penalty, punishment
corazón /ko.ɾaˈson/ A2	noun - heart
pena /ˈpe.na/ A2	noun - pain, sorrow
misericordia /mi.se.ɾiˈkoɾ.ðja/ B2	noun - mercy, compassion
campos /ˈkam.pos/ A2	noun - fields, countryside
triste /ˈtris.te/ A2	adjective - sad
alegría /a.leˈɣɾi.a/ A2	noun - happiness
guía /ˈɡi.a/ B2	noun - guide, leading
contento /konˈtento/ A2	adjective - happy, content

Key Grammar Structures

• Dime que me quieres

  ➔ Imperative mood for requests or commands.

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

• Te quiero más que a mi vida

  ➔ Comparative structure to express preference.

  ➔ The phrase "más que" indicates a comparison, showing that the speaker loves the person more than their own life.

• Que se me paren los pulsos

  ➔ Subjunctive mood to express a wish or hypothetical situation.

  ➔ The phrase "se me paren" uses the subjunctive to express a strong wish that the speaker's heart stops if they stop loving.

• Si te dejo de querer

  ➔ Conditional clause to express a condition.

  ➔ The phrase "Si te dejo" introduces a condition, indicating what will happen if the speaker stops loving.

• Aunque no lo sientas, aunque sea mentira

  ➔ Concessive clauses to express contrast.

  ➔ The phrases "aunque no lo sientas" and "aunque sea mentira" introduce contrasting ideas, suggesting that the speaker wants to hear the words regardless of their truth.

• Esta pena mía

  ➔ Possessive adjectives to indicate ownership.

  ➔ The phrase "pena mía" uses the possessive adjective "mía" to indicate that the pain belongs to the speaker.