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Casi todos sabemos querer Almost everyone knows how to want 00:17
Pero, pocos sabemos amar But, few know how to love 00:24
Es que amar y querer no es igual Loving and wanting are not the same 00:31
Amar es sufrir, querer es gozar To love is to suffer, to want is to enjoy 00:35
El que ama pretende servir The one who loves aims to serve 00:39
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El que ama su vida la da The one who loves gives their life 00:50
Y el que quiere pretende vivir And the one who wants aims to live 00:57
Y nunca sufrir, y nunca sufrir And never suffer, and never suffer 01:00
El que ama no puede pensar The one who loves cannot think 01:04
Todo lo da, todo lo da Gives everything, gives everything 01:07
El que quiere pretende olvidar The one who wants aims to forget 01:12
Y nunca llorar, y nunca llorar And never cry, and never cry 01:14
El querer pronto puede acabar Wanting can soon come to an end 01:18
El amor no conoce el final Love knows no end 01:22
Es que todos sabemos querer It's that everyone knows how to want 01:26
Pero, pocos sabemos amar But, few know how to love 01:30
El amar es el cielo y la luz To love is the sky and the light 01:37
El amar es total plenitud To love is total fulfillment 01:44
Es el mar que no tiene final It's the sea that has no end 01:52
Es la gloria y la paz, es la gloria y la paz It's glory and peace, it's glory and peace 01:55
El querer es la carne y la flor Wanting is the flesh and the flower 02:02
Es buscar el obscuro rincón It's seeking the dark corner 02:09
Es morder, arañar y besar It's biting, scratching, and kissing 02:16
Es deseo fugaz, es deseo fugaz It's fleeting desire, it's fleeting desire 02:20
El que ama no puede pensar The one who loves cannot think 02:24
Todo lo da, todo lo da Gives everything, gives everything 02:27
El que quiere pretende olvidar The one who wants aims to forget 02:31
Y nunca llorar, y nunca llorar And never cry, and never cry 02:33
El querer pronto puede acabar Wanting can soon come to an end 02:38
El amor no conoce el final Love knows no end 02:42
Es que todos sabemos querer It's that everyone knows how to want 02:45
Pero, pocos sabemos amar But, few know how to love 02:49
El que ama no puede pensar The one who loves cannot think 02:53
Todo lo da, todo lo da Gives everything, gives everything 02:55
El que quiere pretende olvidar The one who wants aims to forget 03:00
Y nunca llorar, y nunca llorar And never cry, and never cry 03:03
El querer pronto puede acabar Wanting can soon come to an end 03:07
El amor no conoce el final Love knows no end 03:15
Es que todos sabemos querer It's that everyone knows how to want 03:23
Pero, pocos sabemos amar But, few know how to love 03:32
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El Amar y El Querer – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

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[English]
Casi todos sabemos querer
Almost everyone knows how to want
Pero, pocos sabemos amar
But, few know how to love
Es que amar y querer no es igual
Loving and wanting are not the same
Amar es sufrir, querer es gozar
To love is to suffer, to want is to enjoy
El que ama pretende servir
The one who loves aims to serve
...
...
El que ama su vida la da
The one who loves gives their life
Y el que quiere pretende vivir
And the one who wants aims to live
Y nunca sufrir, y nunca sufrir
And never suffer, and never suffer
El que ama no puede pensar
The one who loves cannot think
Todo lo da, todo lo da
Gives everything, gives everything
El que quiere pretende olvidar
The one who wants aims to forget
Y nunca llorar, y nunca llorar
And never cry, and never cry
El querer pronto puede acabar
Wanting can soon come to an end
El amor no conoce el final
Love knows no end
Es que todos sabemos querer
It's that everyone knows how to want
Pero, pocos sabemos amar
But, few know how to love
El amar es el cielo y la luz
To love is the sky and the light
El amar es total plenitud
To love is total fulfillment
Es el mar que no tiene final
It's the sea that has no end
Es la gloria y la paz, es la gloria y la paz
It's glory and peace, it's glory and peace
El querer es la carne y la flor
Wanting is the flesh and the flower
Es buscar el obscuro rincón
It's seeking the dark corner
Es morder, arañar y besar
It's biting, scratching, and kissing
Es deseo fugaz, es deseo fugaz
It's fleeting desire, it's fleeting desire
El que ama no puede pensar
The one who loves cannot think
Todo lo da, todo lo da
Gives everything, gives everything
El que quiere pretende olvidar
The one who wants aims to forget
Y nunca llorar, y nunca llorar
And never cry, and never cry
El querer pronto puede acabar
Wanting can soon come to an end
El amor no conoce el final
Love knows no end
Es que todos sabemos querer
It's that everyone knows how to want
Pero, pocos sabemos amar
But, few know how to love
El que ama no puede pensar
The one who loves cannot think
Todo lo da, todo lo da
Gives everything, gives everything
El que quiere pretende olvidar
The one who wants aims to forget
Y nunca llorar, y nunca llorar
And never cry, and never cry
El querer pronto puede acabar
Wanting can soon come to an end
El amor no conoce el final
Love knows no end
Es que todos sabemos querer
It's that everyone knows how to want
Pero, pocos sabemos amar
But, few know how to love
...
...

Key Vocabulary

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Vocabulary Meanings

querer

/keˈɾeɾ/

A2
  • verb
  • - to want, to love

amar

/aˈmaɾ/

B1
  • verb
  • - to love

amor

/aˈmoɾ/

B2
  • noun
  • - love

vida

/ˈβi.ða/

A2
  • noun
  • - life

luz

/luθ/

B1
  • noun
  • - light

cielo

/ˈθje.lo/ (Spain), /ˈsje.lo/ (LA)

B2
  • noun
  • - sky, heaven

paz

/paθ/ (Spain), /pas/ (LA)

B2
  • noun
  • - peace

gloria

/ˈɡlo.ɾja/

C1
  • noun
  • - glory, fame

total

/toˈtal/

B2
  • adjective
  • - complete, whole

plenitud

/plen.iˈtud/

C1
  • noun
  • - fullness, completeness

final

/fiˈnal/

B2
  • noun
  • - end, conclusion

final

/fiˈnal/

B2
  • adjective
  • - ultimate, last

fugaz

/fuˈɣas/

B2
  • adjective
  • - fleeting, brief

deseo

/deˈseo/

A2
  • noun
  • - desire, wish

Key Grammar Structures

  • Pero, pocos sabemos amar

    ➔ Present tense of the verb 'saber' (to know) combined with the verb 'amar' (to love).

    ➔ The phrase demonstrates the use of the present tense to express knowledge or ability to do something.

  • El que ama pretende servir

    ➔ Present tense of 'pretender' (to intend/try) with an infinitive verb 'servir' (to serve).

    ➔ The phrase uses the present tense to express an ongoing or habitual action or intention.

  • El amor no conoce el final

    ➔ Present tense of 'conocer' (to know) in negative form, with 'el final' (the end).

    ➔ This sentence demonstrates the use of the present tense in negative form to emphasize that love is eternal or timeless.

  • Es la gloria y la paz

    ➔ The present tense of 'ser' (to be) used to describe qualities or states (glory and peace).

    ➔ This sentence uses the verb 'ser' in the present tense to describe abstract qualities like 'glory' and 'peace'.

  • Es que todos sabemos querer

    ➔ Present tense of 'saber' (to know) with an infinitive verb 'querer' (to want/love).

    ➔ The phrase illustrates the use of the present tense of 'saber' combined with an infinitive to express general knowledge or fact.