Corazon Espinado – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Santana, Mana
• Album: Ultimate Santana

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the passionate sounds of Santana and Maná in 'Corazón Espinado,' a song that blends Latin rock with heartfelt lyrics about love and pain. Learn Spanish through its evocative verses and experience the cultural richness of this Grammy-winning hit.

[English]

Listen up, Latinos!

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Let's go!

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That woman is killing me

She has pierced my heart

No matter how hard I try to forget her

My soul doesn't listen to reason

My crushed heart

Hurt and abandoned

Come on, come on, you know, tell me, my love

Please, what pain remains between us?

Ah-a-ah-ay, thorny heart

How it hurts, it hurts me, mama!

Ah-a-ah-ay, how love hurts me

How it hurts, how the heart hurts!

When one gives themselves completely

But don't forget, woman, that someday you'll say

Ay-ay-ay, how love hurts me

Ah-a-ah-ay, thorny heart

How it hurts, it hurts me, mama!

Ah-a-ah-ay, how love hurts me

Ah-a-ah-ay, thorny heart

Ah-a-ah-ay, how love hurts me

Give it your all, Carlitos!

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How painful it is to be forgotten

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How the heart hurts

How much it hurts to be alive

Without having you by my side, love

Thorny heart

Thorny heart

Thorny heart

Ay-ay-ay

Doesn't know, doesn't know

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Doesn't know, doesn't know

Doesn't know, doesn't know

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Thorny heart

Thorny heart

Thorny heart

Thorny heart

Send love, love, love to the people now

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Send love, love, love to the children now

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Send love, love, love to the people now

Send love, love, love to the children now

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[Spanish]

¡Óyelo, Latinos!

¡Vámono'!

Esa mujer me está matando

Me ha espinado el corazón

Por más que trato de olvidarla

Mi alma no da razón

Mi corazón aplastado

Dolido y abandonado

A ver, a ver, tú sabes, dime, mi amor

¿Por favor, qué dolor nos quedó?

Ah-a-ah-ay, corazón espinado

¡Cómo duele, me duele, mamá!

Ah-a-ah-ay, cómo me duele el amor

¡Cómo duele, cómo duele el corazón!

Cuando uno es bien entregado

Pero no olvides, mujer, que algún día dirás

Ay-ay-ay, cómo me duele el amor

Ah-a-ah-ay, corazón espinado

¡Cómo duele, me duele, mamá!

Ah-a-ah-ay, cómo me duele el amor

Ah-a-ah-ay, corazón espinado

Ah-a-ah-ay, cómo me duele el amor

¡Échale, Carlitos!

Cómo duele el olvido

Cómo duele el corazón

Cómo me duele estar vivo

Sin tenerte a un lado amor

Corazón espinado

Corazón espinado

Corazón espinado

Ay-ay-ay

No sabe, no sabe

No sabe, no sabe

No sabe, no sabe

Corazón espinado

Corazón espinado

Corazón espinado

Corazón espinado

Send love, love, love to the people now

Send love, love, love to the children now

Send love, love, love to the people now

Send love, love, love to the children now

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A2	noun - heart
dolor /doˈloɾ/ A2	noun - pain
matando /maˈtan̪do/ B1	verb - killing
olvidarla /olβiˈðaɾla/ B1	verb - to forget her
alma /alma/ B1	noun - soul
aplastado /aplasˈtaðo/ B1	adjective - crushed
entregado /entɾeˈɣaðo/ B2	adjective - dedicated, devoted
espinar /espiˈnaɾ/ B2	verb - to prick, to thorn
duele /ˈdwelɛ/ A2	verb - it hurts
olvido /olˈβiðo/ B1	noun - forgetfulness
vivo /ˈbiβo/ A2	adjective - alive
dirás /diˈɾas/ A2	verb - you will say
sabe /ˈsabɛ/ A2	verb - knows
lados /ˈlaðos/ A2	noun - sides
mamá /maˈma/ A1	noun - mom

Key Grammar Structures

• Esa mujer me está matando

  ➔ Present Continuous to describe an action happening now or an action happening over a period of time around now.

  ➔ The verb phrase "está matando" is the present continuous form of "matar" (to kill). It indicates that the woman's actions are currently 'killing' him, metaphorically causing him great pain.

• Me ha espinado el corazón

  ➔ Present Perfect to describe an action that started in the past and continues to affect the present.

  ➔ "Me ha espinado" is the present perfect form of "espinarse" (to be thorned/pricked). The heart is still experiencing the pain caused by being thorned.

• Por más que trato de olvidarla

  ➔ "Por más que" + Subjunctive/Indicative: Expressing contrast or concession, meaning "no matter how much" or "even if".

  ➔ This structure emphasizes the effort being put into forgetting the woman, but the inability to do so despite that effort. Here, "trato" is in the indicative.

• Mi alma no da razón

  ➔ Idiomatic expression "dar razón" meaning to provide an explanation or justification.

  ➔ Here, the soul not being able to "dar razón" means that it cannot explain or provide a logical reason for why the singer can't forget the woman.

• ¿Qué dolor nos quedó?

  ➔ Past Tense (Pretérito Indefinido/Simple Past) - "quedó": Indicates a completed action in the past.

  ➔ Asks about the pain that remains or resulted from a past event or relationship. "quedó" refers to the pain left behind.