En Tus Pupilas – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Shakira

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the romantic world of Shakira with 'En Tus Pupilas.' This song is a perfect gateway for learners of Spanish to practice poetic vocabulary and romantic expressions, all while experiencing the unique vocal artistry that defined Shakira's late-90s era.

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Before I met you, the world was flat

it was a dull place

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a shade of blue I never

found, and then you arrived

restoring my

faith, without poems or

flowers, with flaws and

mistakes, but standing

tall

I feel something in you, something between us

that makes me keep trying. When I look into your

eyes, I know that God hasn't stopped

existing

and I feel something in you, something between us that

makes me keep trying. When I look into your

eyes, I know that God doesn't stop

existing, you make Him live

you make Him

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live. Life is a collection of

memories, but nothing compares to you. I remember

too, the fullness of your

lips, the scent of your hair, the color of your

skin. What will you think? What will you say? I'm going to

surrender. You are the best thing that has

ever happened to me, between the mundane and the

sacred

that's

I feel something in you, something between

us that makes me keep trying. When I look into

your eyes, I know that God hasn't stopped

existing, and

I feel something in you, something between us that

makes me keep trying. When I look into your

eyes, I know that God hasn't stopped existing

you make Him live

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when you

take me

when I look into your eyes, I see that you

exist, I believe

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I feel something in

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you

I feel that something in

you

I feel something in you

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And I tell you

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it

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[Spanish]

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antes de conocerte el mundo era plano lo

discut señor

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gal de azul jamás lo

encontré y así llegaste tú

devolviendo la

fe sin poemas y sin

flores con defectos con

errores pero en

pie y

siento algo en ti algo entre los dos

que me hace insistir Cuando miro en tus

pupilas sé que Dios no dejó de

existir y

siento algo en ti algo entre las dos que

me hace insistir Cuando miro en tus

pupilas sé que Dios no deja de

existir lo haces vivir

lo haces

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vivir la vida es una colección de

recuerdos pero nada como tú recuerdo

tambi de la redondez que tienen tus

labios al olor de tu pelo el color de tu

piel pienses que dirás y me voy a

resignar Eres lo mejor que me ha

pasado entre lo mundano y lo

sagrado ya

más

siento algo en ti algo entr

gas que me hace insistir Cuando miro en

tus pupilas sé que Dios no dejó de

existir y

siento algo en ti algo entre los dos que

me hace insistir Cuando miro en tus

pupilas sé que Dios no dejó de existir

tú lo haces vi

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quand tu me

prendre

je regarde dans tes yeux je vois que tu

existes pas cro

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siento algo en

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ti

siento que algo en

ti y

siento algo en ti

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I Je te

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d i

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pupilas pu-pi-las B2	noun - pupils (of the eyes)
mundano mun-da-no C1	adjective - mundane, worldly
sagrado sa-gra-do B1	adjective - sacred, holy
resignar re-sig-nar B2	verb - to resign oneself, to accept
insistir in-sis-tir A2	verb - to insist
colección ko-lek-thjon A2	noun - collection
recuerdos re-kwer-dos A1	noun - memories
defectos de-fek-tos A2	noun - defects, flaws
errores e-ro-res A1	noun - errors, mistakes
redondez re-don-deth B2	noun - roundness
labios la-bjos A1	noun - lips
plano pla-no A2	adjective - flat
conocer ko-no-ther A1	verb - to know (a person or place)
piel pjel A1	noun - skin
devolver de-bol-ber A2	verb - to return, to give back

Key Grammar Structures

• Antes de conocerte el mundo era plano

  ➔ Prepositional phrase with infinitive + Imperfect tense

  ➔ "Antes de" is followed by the infinitive "conocer", and "era" is used to describe a past state.

• y así llegaste tú, devolviendo la fe

  ➔ Gerund (Gerundio) for simultaneous action

  ➔ "Devolviendo" acts as an adverbial clause showing how the subject arrived.

• Cuando miro en tus pupilas sé que Dios no dejó de existir

  ➔ Temporal clause with 'Cuando' + Indicative mood

  ➔ The indicative "miro" and "dejó" are used because they refer to factual, repeated events.

• nada como tú recuerdo

  ➔ Comparative structure with 'como'

  ➔ 'Como' is used here to establish a comparison of superiority or exclusivity.

• Eres lo mejor que me ha pasado

  ➔ Relative clause with Present Perfect

  ➔ "Que me ha pasado" describes an action that started in the past and has relevance to the present.

• si piensas que te vas y me voy a resignar

  ➔ Conditional 'Si' clause + 'ir a' + infinitive (Periphrastic future)

  ➔ "Si" introduces a hypothetical situation, followed by "voy a resignar" to express future intent.

• tú lo haces vivir

  ➔ Causative construction (hacer + infinitive)

  ➔ The structure "hacer + vivir" implies causing something to happen or stay alive.