De Muchas Cosas Tengo Miedo – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Los Brios
• Album: Yo Se Que Te Acordaras

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Tengo miedo

I'm afraid

Que como un pájaro, te me vueles de la mano

That like a bird, you'll fly away from my hand

Tengo miedo

I'm afraid

De que todo lo que hago, sea en vano

That everything I do will be in vain

¡Tengo miedo!

I'm afraid!

De decirte, que te quiero y no quererte

Of telling you I love you and not meaning it

¡Tengo miedo!

I'm afraid!

De vivir, pero también temo a la muerte

Of living, but I also fear death

Tengo miedo

I'm afraid

De marcharme y lamentar haber partido

Of leaving and regretting having departed

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Tengo miedo

I'm afraid

De jugarme y lamentar haber perdido

Of gambling and regretting having lost

¡Tengo miedo!

I'm afraid!

De buscarte un día y saber que te fuiste

Of looking for you one day and finding out you're gone

¡Tengo miedo!

I'm afraid!

De saber que la eternidad no existe

Of knowing that eternity doesn't exist

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¡Tengo miedo!

I'm afraid!

De decirte, que te quiero y no quererte

Of telling you I love you and not meaning it

¡Tengo miedo!

I'm afraid!

De vivir, pero también temo a la muerte

Of living, but I also fear death

Tengo miedo

I'm afraid

Qué la flor de ayer hoy pierda su fragancia

That yesterday's flower will lose its fragrance today

Tengo miedo

I'm afraid

Desde el día en que deje atrás mi infancia

Since the day I left my childhood behind

¡Tengo miedo!

I'm afraid!

Porque ayer gritar era mi forma de ir hablando

Because yesterday shouting was my way of speaking

¡Tengo miedo!

I'm afraid!

Qué hoy callar, sea mi forma de ir gritando

That today being silent is my way of shouting

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
miedo /miˈeðo/ A2	noun - fear, feeling of being afraid
volar /bwoˈlaɾ/ B1	verb - to fly
manos /ˈma.nos/ A2	noun - hands
hacer /aˈθeɾ/ A2	verb - to do, to make
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A2	verb - to want, to love
vivir /biˈβiɾ/ B1	verb - to live
muerte /ˈmweɾ.te/ A2	noun - death
partir /paɾˈtiɾ/ B1	verb - to leave, to depart
callar /kaˈʎaɾ/ B2	verb - to be silent, to hush
fragancia /fɾaˈɣanθja/ B2	noun - fragrance, scent
dejar /deˈxaɾ/ A2	verb - to leave, to abandon
gritar /gɾiˈtaɾ/ B2	verb - to scream, to shout

Key Grammar Structures

• Que como un pájaro, te me vueles de la mano

  ➔ Subjunctive mood with 'que' expressing fear/doubt, indirect object pronoun 'me'

  ➔ The use of the subjunctive "vueles" after "que" indicates the speaker's fear that something *might* happen. "Te me vueles" includes the indirect object pronoun "me", which emphasizes that the action of flying away affects the speaker personally.

• De que todo lo que hago, sea en vano

  ➔ Subjunctive mood ('sea') after 'de que' expressing doubt/possibility.

  ➔ The subjunctive "sea" is used because the speaker expresses a fear or doubt about whether their actions will be in vain. 'De que' introduces a clause expressing that fear.

• De decirte, que te quiero y no quererte

  ➔ Infinitive after 'de', expressing the object of fear; contrast between 'querer' and 'no quererte'

  ➔ The infinitive "decirte" follows "de" to express what the speaker is afraid of doing. The phrase "y no quererte" suggests the fear of not meaning the words "te quiero".

• De buscarte un día y saber que te fuiste

  ➔ Infinitive after 'de', subjunctive in the relative clause 'que te fuiste', expressing uncertainty about the past

  ➔ The infinitive "buscarte" is used after "de" to indicate the object of the fear. "Que te fuiste" expresses the speaker's fear that when they look for the person, they will discover the person has already left.

• Qué la flor de ayer hoy pierda su fragancia

  ➔ Subjunctive mood ('pierda') after 'qué' expressing doubt/possibility regarding a future event.

  ➔ Here, "pierda" is in the subjunctive mood because it describes a possible future outcome that the speaker fears - that the flower's fragrance *might* fade. 'Qué' introduces the clause expressing that fear. The word 'ayer' and 'hoy' emphasizes the passing of time.