DESPUES QUE TE PERDI – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Jon Z, Enrique Iglesias

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Me dijeron que estás sola

They told me you're alone

Que después de mí, nadie más te controla

That after me, no one else controls you

Que sales después de las doce

That you go out after midnight

Tus viejos amigos ya ni te conocen

Your old friends don't even know you anymore

Todo' me culpan a mí

Everyone blames me

Hasta tu familia dice que te dañé

Even your family says I hurt you

Y yo me declaro culpable

And I declare myself guilty

Por toda' las veces que te traicioné

For all the times I betrayed you

Después que te perdí (Después que te perdí)

After I lost you (After I lost you)

Ahora quiero darte lo que no te di

Now I want to give you what I didn't give you

Después que te jodí (Después que te jodí)

After I messed you up (After I messed you up)

Yo te hice llorar, también te hice sufrir

I made you cry, I also made you suffer

Tu recuerdo me sigue

Your memory follows me

Me maltrata, ma, me persigue

It hurts me, babe, it haunts me

Dejo que el karma me castigue

I let karma punish me

Tengo frío y no hay quién me abrigue

I'm cold and there's no one to keep me warm

Después que te perdí (Después que te perdí)

After I lost you (After I lost you)

Ahora quiero darte lo que no te di

Now I want to give you what I didn't give you

Después que te jodí (Después que te jodí)

After I messed you up (After I messed you up)

Yo te hice llorar, también te hice sufrir

I made you cry, I also made you suffer

Tu recuerdo me sigue

Your memory follows me

Me maltrata, ma, me persigue

It hurts me, babe, it haunts me

Dejo que el karma me castigue

I let karma punish me

Tengo frío y no hay quién me abrigue

I'm cold and there's no one to keep me warm

Sigo pensando en ti

I keep thinking about you

En toda' esa' vece' que te prometí y nunca cumplí

About all those times I promised you and never delivered

En toda' las vece' que te ponía' bonita para mí

About all the times you got beautiful for me

En eso' momento'

In those moments

Cuando llegaba' a la hora de dormir

When you would arrive at bedtime

Y tu alma siempre sobre mí (yeh)

And your soul always over me (yeah)

Y no se me pasa, no te supero

And it doesn't go away, I can't get over you

Solo en mi casa siento que muero

Alone in my house, I feel like I'm dying

Tengo la plata y tengo el dinero

I have the cash and I have the money

Pero no el corazón de acero

But not a heart of steel

Por favor vuelve, ma, yo te espero

Please come back, babe, I'll wait for you

Lo que sea te espero

Whatever it takes, I'll wait for you

Tú eres mía desde tercero

You've been mine since third grade

Desde que me prestaste el lapicero

Since you lent me the pen

Yo que pensaba que podía

I, who thought I could

Vivir sin tenerte en mi vida

Live without having you in my life

Ahora me encuentro sufriendo

Now I find myself suffering

No puedo con esta agonía

I can't handle this agony

Pensándote to' los día'

Thinking about you every day

La karma sin pena castiga

Karma punishes without mercy

Me paso llamando a tu amiga

I keep calling your friend

A ver si te hostiga y te obliga

To see if she bothers you and makes you

Después que te perdí (Después que te perdí)

After I lost you (After I lost you)

Ahora quiero darte lo que no te di

Now I want to give you what I didn't give you

Después que te jodí (Después que te jodí)

After I messed you up (After I messed you up)

Yo te hice llorar, también te hice sufrir

I made you cry, I also made you suffer

Tu recuerdo me sigue

Your memory follows me

Me maltrata, ma, me persigue

It hurts me, babe, it haunts me

Dejo que la karma me castigue

I let karma punish me

Tengo frío y no hay quién me abrigue

I'm cold and there's no one to keep me warm

Todo fue mi culpa, yo te hice mal

It was all my fault, I did you wrong

Fue mi culpa, yo te hice cambiar

It was my fault, I made you change

Yo no sé si algún día tú me quiera' perdonar

I don't know if someday you'll want to forgive me

Pero aunque tú lo haga' yo nunca te vo' a olvidar

But even if you do, I'll never forget you

Sé que sufriste, yo también lloré

I know you suffered, I also cried

Te convertiste en otra mujer

You turned into another woman

Ya tú no eres la misma, ere' fría al parecer

You're not the same anymore, you seem cold

Que los sentimiento' a tu corazón no van a volver

That feelings won't return to your heart

Me dijeron que estás sola

They told me you're alone

Que después de mí, nadie más te controla

That after me, no one else controls you

Que sales después de las doce

That you go out after midnight

Tus viejos amigos ya ni te conocen

Your old friends don't even know you anymore

Todo' me culpan a mí

Everyone blames me

Hasta tu familia dice que te dañé

Even your family says I hurt you

Y yo me declaro culpable

And I declare myself guilty

Por toda' las veces que te traicioné

For all the times I betrayed you

Después que te perdí (Después que te perdí)

After I lost you (After I lost you)

Ahora quiero darte lo que no te di

Now I want to give you what I didn't give you

Después que te jodí (Después que te jodí)

After I messed you up (After I messed you up)

Yo te hice llorar, también te hice sufrir

I made you cry, I also made you suffer

Tu recuerdo me sigue

Your memory follows me

Me maltrata, ma, me persigue

It hurts me, babe, it haunts me

Dejo que la karma me castigue

I let karma punish me

Tengo frío y no hay quién me abrigue

I'm cold and there's no one to keep me warm

Después que te perdí (Después que te perdí)

After I lost you (After I lost you)

Ahora quiero darte lo que no te di

Now I want to give you what I didn't give you

Después que te jodí (Después que te jodí)

After I messed you up (After I messed you up)

Yo te hice llorar, también te hice sufrir

I made you cry, I also made you suffer

Tu recuerdo me sigue

Your memory follows me

Me maltrata, ma, me persigue

It hurts me, babe, it haunts me

Dejo que el karma me castigue

I let karma punish me

Tengo frío y no hay quién me abrigue

I'm cold and there's no one to keep me warm

Después que te perdí

After I lost you

(Después que te perdí)

(After I lost you)

(Después que te perdí)

(After I lost you)

Loco, humilde y real

Crazy, humble and real

Jon Z, men

Jon Z, man

Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias

Chosen few

Chosen Few

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
perder /peɾˈðeɾ/ A2	verb - to lose; to miss (e.g., an opportunity or a bus); to be defeated
sufrir /suˈfɾiɾ/ A2	verb - to suffer; to endure; to experience pain or discomfort
llorar /ʎoˈɾaɾ/ A2	verb - to cry; to weep; to shed tears
culpable /kulˈpaβle/ B1	adjective - guilty; blameworthy; responsible for a fault or crime
traicionar /tɾajsjoˈnaɾ/ B1	verb - to betray; to be disloyal to; to deceive someone's trust
recuerdo /reˈkweɾðo/ A2	noun - memory; recollection; souvenir
karma /ˈkaɾma/ B2	noun - karma; the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.
castigar /kastiˈɣaɾ/ B1	verb - to punish; to chastise; to impose a penalty for an offense
frío /ˈfɾi.o/ A1	adjective - cold; low in temperature; lacking warmth or affection noun - cold; coldness; low temperature
abrigar /aβɾiˈɣaɾ/ B1	verb - to shelter; to keep warm; to protect from cold; to harbor (feelings)
prometer /pɾomeˈteɾ/ A2	verb - to promise; to make a commitment; to give assurance
cumplir /kumˈpliɾ/ A2	verb - to fulfill; to keep (a promise); to complete; to carry out
corazón /koɾaˈson/ A1	noun - heart; the central or innermost part of something; affection or courage
acero /aˈseɾo/ B1	noun - steel; a hard, strong, gray or bluish-gray alloy of iron with carbon and usually other elements
agonía /aɣoˈni.a/ B2	noun - agony; extreme physical or mental suffering; the final moments of life
hostigar /ostiˈɣaɾ/ C1	verb - to harass; to pester; to prod; to annoy persistently
obligar /oβliˈɣaɾ/ B1	verb - to oblige; to force; to compel; to make someone do something
dañar /daˈɲaɾ/ B1	verb - to damage; to harm; to spoil; to hurt
controlar /kontɾoˈlaɾ/ A2	verb - to control; to manage; to regulate; to oversee
volver /bolˈβeɾ/ A1	verb - to return; to come back; to turn (around/over); to become (again)

Key Grammar Structures

• Me dijeron que estás sola

  ➔ Impersonal use of 'dijeron' (they said)

  ➔ The third-person plural verb "dijeron" is often used to refer to an unspecified group of people, meaning "people said" or "it was said," rather than specific individuals.

• Que después de mí, nadie más te controla

  ➔ Negative pronouns ('nadie más')

  ➔ "Nadie más" means "nobody else" and forms a complete negation, often not requiring an additional "no" before the verb when placed before it.

• Por toda' las veces que te traicioné

  ➔ Relative clause with 'que'

  ➔ "Que" introduces a restrictive relative clause "que te traicioné" that modifies the noun "veces" (times), providing essential information about which times are being referred to.

• Ahora quiero darte lo que no te di

  ➔ Relative pronoun 'lo que'

  ➔ "Lo que" translates to "what" or "that which" and is used to refer to an abstract idea, an unspecified thing, or a concept, rather than a specific noun.

• Dejo que el karma me castigue

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after verbs of influence/permission ('dejar que')

  ➔ Verbs like "dejar que" (to let/allow that) express permission, desire, or influence, which requires the subjunctive mood in the dependent clause that follows.

• Sigo pensando en ti

  ➔ Verb + Gerund construction ('seguir + gerundio')

  ➔ The construction "seguir + gerund" (e.g., "sigo pensando") is used to express the continuation of an action or state, meaning "to keep doing something" or "to still be doing something."

• Yo que pensaba que podía vivir sin tenerte en mi vida

  ➔ Imperfect tense for habitual actions/thoughts in the past

  ➔ The imperfect tense verbs "pensaba" (I used to think/was thinking) and "podía" (I could/was able to) describe ongoing, habitual, or descriptive actions/states in the past, without a definite beginning or end.

• Pero no el corazón de acero

  ➔ Elliptical sentence (omission of verb)

  ➔ This is an elliptical sentence where the verb, implicitly "tengo" (I have), is omitted for conciseness. The full sentence would be "Pero no tengo el corazón de acero" (But I don't have a heart of steel).

• Yo no sé si algún día tú me quiera' perdonar

  ➔ Subjunctive in a dependent clause expressing doubt/uncertainty (informal usage)

  ➔ While 'si' clauses usually take the indicative, "querer" followed by a clause expressing a desired or uncertain outcome often triggers the subjunctive in informal Spanish, signifying the speaker's doubt about the action happening.

• Fue mi culpa, yo te hice cambiar

  ➔ Causative 'hacer + infinitive'

  ➔ The construction "hacer + infinitive" means "to make someone do something" or "to cause something to happen," indicating a causative action where the subject (yo) is responsible for the object's (tú) action.