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Él la miró y le dijo: "no te quiero más" He looked at her and said: "I don't love you anymore" 00:19
Ella se mordió los labios para no llorar She bit her lips to avoid crying 00:26
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Él la acarició y le dijo: "no te pongas mal" He caressed her and said: "Don't be upset" 00:34
Ella se tapó la cara y empezó a llorar She covered her face and started to cry 00:42
Tanto que corrió a la cita para verlo a él So much that she ran to the meeting to see him 00:50
Tanto que esperó el momento de decírselo So much that she waited for the moment to tell him 00:57
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Algo dentro de su pecho se despedazó Something inside her chest shattered 01:05
El secreto que guardaba ya no lo dirá The secret she kept will no longer be told 01:13
Él le acercó un pañuelo, no lo quiso usar He offered her a handkerchief, she didn't want to use it 01:41
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Ella tomó su cartera y le dijo: "adiós" She took her purse and said: "Goodbye" 01:48
¿Dónde va con tanta pena? Where is she going with so much sorrow? 01:55
¿Dónde va, por Dios? Where is she going, for God's sake? 01:58
Él no adivinó el secreto que ella se guardó He didn't guess the secret she kept 02:03
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¿Dónde va con tanta pena? Where is she going with so much sorrow? 02:10
¿Dónde va, por Dios? Where is she going, for God's sake? 02:13
Con el hijo que ella espera With the child she is expecting 02:18
¿A dónde irá, Señor? Where will she go, Lord? 02:21
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¿Dónde irá con su dolor? Where will she go with her pain? 02:28
¿Dónde, dónde irá, Señor? Where, where will she go, Lord? 02:35
¿Dónde, dónde?, oh Where, where?, oh 02:39
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¿Dónde, dónde irá, Señor? Where, where will she go, Lord? 02:51
¿Dónde, dónde?, oh Where, where?, oh 02:53
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El Secreto Callado – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

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El Secreto Callado (2019 Remastered Version)
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Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]
[English]
Él la miró y le dijo: "no te quiero más"
He looked at her and said: "I don't love you anymore"
Ella se mordió los labios para no llorar
She bit her lips to avoid crying
...
...
Él la acarició y le dijo: "no te pongas mal"
He caressed her and said: "Don't be upset"
Ella se tapó la cara y empezó a llorar
She covered her face and started to cry
Tanto que corrió a la cita para verlo a él
So much that she ran to the meeting to see him
Tanto que esperó el momento de decírselo
So much that she waited for the moment to tell him
...
...
Algo dentro de su pecho se despedazó
Something inside her chest shattered
El secreto que guardaba ya no lo dirá
The secret she kept will no longer be told
Él le acercó un pañuelo, no lo quiso usar
He offered her a handkerchief, she didn't want to use it
...
...
Ella tomó su cartera y le dijo: "adiós"
She took her purse and said: "Goodbye"
¿Dónde va con tanta pena?
Where is she going with so much sorrow?
¿Dónde va, por Dios?
Where is she going, for God's sake?
Él no adivinó el secreto que ella se guardó
He didn't guess the secret she kept
...
...
¿Dónde va con tanta pena?
Where is she going with so much sorrow?
¿Dónde va, por Dios?
Where is she going, for God's sake?
Con el hijo que ella espera
With the child she is expecting
¿A dónde irá, Señor?
Where will she go, Lord?
...
...
¿Dónde irá con su dolor?
Where will she go with her pain?
¿Dónde, dónde irá, Señor?
Where, where will she go, Lord?
¿Dónde, dónde?, oh
Where, where?, oh
...
...
¿Dónde, dónde irá, Señor?
Where, where will she go, Lord?
¿Dónde, dónde?, oh
Where, where?, oh
...
...

Key Vocabulary

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Vocabulary Meanings

miró

/miˈɾo/

A2
  • verb
  • - looked

dijo

/ˈdi.xo/

A2
  • verb
  • - said

quiero

/ˈkje.ɾo/

A1
  • verb
  • - I want

llorar

/ʝoˈɾaɾ/

A2
  • verb
  • - to cry

secreto

/seˈkɾe.to/

B1
  • noun
  • - secret

dolor

/doˈloɾ/

B1
  • noun
  • - pain

cara

/ˈka.ɾa/

A1
  • noun
  • - face

cita

/ˈsi.ta/

B1
  • noun
  • - appointment

momento

/moˈmen.to/

A2
  • noun
  • - moment

pena

/ˈpe.na/

B2
  • noun
  • - sorrow

hijo

/ˈi.xo/

A1
  • noun
  • - son

usar

/uˈsaɾ/

A2
  • verb
  • - to use

tomó

/toˈmo/

A2
  • verb
  • - took

acercó

/aθeɾˈko/

B1
  • verb
  • - approached

guardaba

/ɡwarˈða.βa/

B2
  • verb
  • - kept

Key Grammar Structures

  • Él la miró y le dijo: "no te quiero más"

    ➔ Past tense (preterite) to describe completed actions.

    ➔ The phrase "Él la miró" uses the past tense to indicate that he looked at her in the past.

  • Ella se mordió los labios para no llorar

    ➔ Reflexive verbs to indicate actions done to oneself.

    ➔ The phrase "Ella se mordió" shows that she bit her own lips.

  • Tanto que corrió a la cita para verlo a él

    ➔ Use of 'tanto que' to express a degree or extent.

    ➔ The phrase "Tanto que corrió" indicates that she ran a lot to the meeting.

  • Algo dentro de su pecho se despedazó

    ➔ Impersonal constructions to express feelings or states.

    ➔ The phrase "Algo dentro de su pecho" suggests an internal feeling of pain.

  • ¿Dónde va con tanta pena?

    ➔ Interrogative structures to ask questions.

    ➔ The phrase "¿Dónde va?" is a direct question about her destination.

  • Con el hijo que ella espera

    ➔ Present tense to describe ongoing situations.

    ➔ The phrase "ella espera" indicates that she is currently expecting a child.