El Secreto Callado – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Diego Verdaguer
• Album: El Secreto Callado (2019 Remastered Version)

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

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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

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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

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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

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¿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?

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¿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

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¿Dónde, dónde irá, Señor?

Where, where will she go, Lord?

¿Dónde, dónde?, oh

Where, where?, oh

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Key Vocabulary

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.