Cuando Me Enamoro – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Enrique Iglesias, Juan Luis Guerra

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the beauty of the Spanish language through Enrique Iglesias' romantic hit, "Cuando Me Enamoro." This song, featuring Juan Luis Guerra, offers a glimpse into the passionate expressions of love in Spanish, with lyrics that speak of devotion and the magic of falling in love. Learn how to express your feelings and understand the cultural nuances of love through this popular song.

[English]

Ooh, ooh ooh.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

If I could bring you down - a star from the sky

I would do it without thinking twice

Because I love you, ay.

And even a star, oh.

And if I had - the wreckage of a feeling

It would be a sailboat on the island

Of your desires, oh, of your desires, oh.

But deep down

Understand that I cannot

And sometimes I get lost.

When I fall in love,

Sometimes I despair,

When I fall in love.

When I least expect it, - but I fall in love.

Time stops.

My soul comes back to my body.

I smile.

When I fall in love.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

If the moon were your prize

I would swear to do anything

To be its owner, ay.

To be your owner, oh.

And if in your dreams you hear the cry

Of my laments (in your dreams)

Don't keep sleeping

Because it's real, ay.

It's not a dream, no.

I'm glad that sometimes the end

Doesn't find its moment, oh no.

When I fall in love,

Sometimes I despair,

When I fall in love.

When I least expect it, I fall in love.

Time stops.

My soul comes back to my body.

I smile, I smile.

When I fall in love,

Sometimes I despair,

When I fall in love.

When I least expect it, I fall in love.

Time stops.

My soul comes back to my body, to my body.

I smile, I smile,

When I fall in love.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

[Spanish]

Ooh, ooh ooh.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

Si pudiera bajarte una estrella del cielo

lo haría sin pensarlo dos veces

porque te quiero, ay.

Y hasta un lucero, oh.

Y si tuviera el naufragio de un sentimiento

sería un velero en la isla

de tus deseos, oh, de tus deseos, oh.

Pero por dentro

entiende que no puedo

y a veces me pierdo.

Cuando me enamoro,

a veces desespero,

cuando me enamoro.

Cuando menos me lo espero, pero me enamoro.

Se detiene el tiempo.

Me viene el alma al cuerpo.

Sonrío.

Cuando me enamoro.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

Si la luna sería tu premio

yo juraría hacer cualquier cosa

por ser su dueño, ay.

Por ser tu dueño, oh.

Y si en tus sueños escuchas el llanto

de mis lamentos (en tus sueños)

no sigas dormida

que es verdadero, ay.

No es un sueño, no.

Me alegro que a veces el final

no encuentre su momento, oh no.

Cuando me enamoro,

a veces desespero,

cuando me enamoro.

Cuando menos me lo espero, me enamoro.

Se detiene el tiempo.

Me viene el alma al cuerpo.

Sonrío, sonrío.

Cuando me enamoro,

a veces desespero,

cuando me enamoro.

Cuando menos me lo espero, me enamoro.

Se detiene el tiempo.

Me viene el alma al cuerpo, al cuerpo.

Sonrío, sonrío,

cuando me enamoro.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

Ooh, ooh ooh.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
estrella /esˈtɾe.ʝa/ A1	noun - star
cielo /ˈθje.lo/ A1	noun - sky
quiero /ˈkje.ɾo/ A1	verb - I want; I love
lucero /luˈθe.ɾo/ B2	noun - morning star; bright star
naufragio /nauˈfɾa.xjo/ C1	noun - shipwreck
sentimiento /sen.tiˈmjen.to/ B1	noun - feeling
velero /beˈle.ɾo/ B1	noun - sailboat
isla /ˈis.la/ A2	noun - island
deseos /deˈse.os/ B1	noun - desires
entiende /enˈtjen.de/ B1	verb - understands
enamoro /e.naˈmo.ɾo/ B1	verb - I fall in love
desespero /de.seˈspe.ɾo/ B2	verb - I despair
tiempo /ˈtjem.po/ A1	noun - time
alma /ˈal.ma/ B1	noun - soul
cuerpo /ˈkweɾ.po/ A1	noun - body
luna /ˈlu.na/ A1	noun - moon
sueños /ˈswe.ɲos/ A2	noun - dreams
llanto /ˈʎan.to/ B2	noun - weeping, crying
alegro /aˈle.ɣɾo/ B1	verb - I am glad

Key Grammar Structures

• Si pudiera bajarte una estrella del cielo

  ➔ Conditional Sentence (Type 2)

  ➔ Uses the subjunctive mood ("pudiera") to express an unreal or hypothetical condition. The structure is "Si + past subjunctive, conditional simple". Here, "Si **pudiera**" expresses a hypothetical condition (if I could).

• lo haría sin pensarlo dos veces porque te quiero, ay.

  ➔ Pronoun Replacement & Causal Clauses

  ➔ "Lo **haría**" uses the pronoun "lo" to replace "bajar una estrella del cielo". "Porque te quiero" is a causal clause explaining why he would do it. The future conditional expresses willingness.

• Y si tuviera el naufragio de un sentimiento

  ➔ Conditional Sentence (Type 2) - Again

  ➔ Another example of a Type 2 conditional sentence, using the past subjunctive "tuviera" to express an unreal condition. "Si **tuviera**" - if I had.

• sería un velero en la isla de tus deseos, oh, de tus deseos, oh.

  ➔ Conditional Result Clause

  ➔ "Sería" is the conditional simple, used to describe what would happen in the hypothetical situation described in the "si" clause. It shows the result of the unreal condition.

• Cuando me enamoro, a veces desespero

  ➔ Temporal Clause & Present Tense

  ➔ "Cuando me enamoro" is a temporal clause, indicating when the action of "desespero" occurs. The present tense ("enamoro", "desespero") describes a habitual action or state.

• Cuando menos me lo espero, pero me enamoro.

  ➔ Idiomatic Expression & Contrasting Conjunction

  ➔ "Cuando menos me lo espero" is an idiomatic expression meaning "when I least expect it". "Pero" is a contrasting conjunction linking this unexpected event to the fact that he still falls in love.

• Se detiene el tiempo.

  ➔ Reflexive Verb in Passive Voice

  ➔ "Se detiene" uses the reflexive pronoun "se" to indicate that the subject ("el tiempo") is being acted upon. It functions similarly to the passive voice.