El Alumno – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Joss Favela, Jessi Uribe

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the emotional depths of "El Alumno" by Joss Favela and Jessi Uribe, a song that masterfully captures the pain of unrequited love. Through its poignant lyrics and melancholic melody, you can learn about the resilience of the human heart in the face of heartbreak and the universal experience of navigating complex relationships. The collaboration offers a powerful blend of regional Mexican and Colombian popular music, making it a special piece for understanding themes of love and loss in Latin music.

[English]

Sing it beautifully, my Jessi Uribe

Joss, what a beautiful inspiration

I wanted to have a few drinks

To forget your love

But I realized soon

That it wasn't the solution

And then I wanted to get tangled in the arms of another

To see if things would change a little

And it turns out, that it didn't

It didn't work for me either

I looked for home remedies, the herbs

The white potions and some tricks

Of cheap tricks that only made me miss you more

And then how do you do it

That I don't see you cry

It seems to me that you never

Never loved me that much

Maybe we shared a thousand kisses

And only I liked them

I say this because forgetting you

Is not costing you

And it seems to me that we were

Just a fleeting love

You were just playing

And I was loving you seriously

But that's how things were

What's past is past

You learn from mistakes

And boy, have you taught me

...

...

It seems to me that you never

Never loved me that much

Maybe we shared a thousand kisses

And only I liked them

I say this because forgetting you

Is not costing you

And it seems to me that we were

Just a fleeting love

You were just playing

And I was loving you seriously

But that's how things were

What's past is past

You learn from mistakes

And boy, have you taught me

You learn from mistakes

And this student is graduated

...

[Spanish]

Cantale bonito mi Jessi Uribe

Joss. que bonita inspiración

Quise tomarme unos tragos

Para sacarme tú amor

Pero me di cuenta pronto

Que no era la solución

Y entonces quise enredarme en los brazos de otra

A ver si cambiaba un poquito la cosa

Y resulta, que no

Tampoco me funcionó

Busqué los remedios caseros las hierbas

Las pócimas blancas y algunos enredos

De trucos baratos que solo me hicieron, extrañarte más

Y entonces tú como le haces

Que no te veo llorar

A mí se me hace que nunca

Nunca me quisiste tanto

Tal vez nos dimos mil besos

Y solo a mí me gustaron

Lo digo por que olvidarme

A tí no te está, costando

Y a mí se me hace que fuimos

Solo un amor pasajero

Tú solamente jugando

Y yo queriéndote en serio

Pero así fueron las cosas

Ya lo pasado, pasado

De los errores se aprende

Y vaya, que me has enseñado

A mí se me hace que nunca

Nunca me quisiste tanto

Tal vez nos dimos mil besos

Y solo a mí me gustaron

Lo digo por que olvidarme

A tí no te está, costando

Y a mí se me hace que fuimos

Solo un amor pasajero

Tú solamente jugando

Y yo queriéndote en serio

Pero así fueron las cosas

Ya lo pasado pasado

De los errores se aprende

Y vaya que me has enseñado

De los errores se aprende

Y este alumno está, graduado

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
inspiración /inspiraˈsjon/ B1	noun - inspiration
amor /aˈmor/ A1	noun - love
besos /ˈbesos/ A2	noun - kisses
solución /soluˈsjon/ B1	noun - solution
errores /eˈrores/ B1	noun - errors
jugar /xuˈɣar/ A1	verb - to play
extrañar /ekstraˈɲaɾ/ B1	verb - to miss
costar /kosˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to cost
enredar /enreˈðar/ B2	verb - to entangle
cambiar /kamˈbiar/ A2	verb - to change
pasajero /pasaˈxeɾo/ B2	adjective - temporary, fleeting
graduado /ɡraˈðwado/ B2	adjective - graduated
enseñar /enseˈñar/ B1	verb - to teach

Key Grammar Structures

• Quise tomarme unos tragos

  ➔ Simple past tense (preterite) to express a completed action.

  ➔ The phrase "Quise" indicates a desire in the past.

• Y resulta, que no

  ➔ Use of conjunctions to connect clauses.

  ➔ The word "y" connects two ideas, indicating a continuation.

• Busqué los remedios caseros

  ➔ Use of the simple past tense to describe a search.

  ➔ The verb "Busqué" indicates an action that was completed in the past.

• A mí se me hace que nunca

  ➔ Impersonal constructions to express opinions.

  ➔ The phrase "A mí se me hace" indicates a personal opinion.

• De los errores se aprende

  ➔ Passive voice to indicate that something is learned from mistakes.

  ➔ The phrase emphasizes the importance of learning from past mistakes.

• Y este alumno está, graduado

  ➔ Present tense to indicate a current state.

  ➔ The phrase "está graduado" indicates that the subject has achieved a status.