Esclavo y Amo – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Javier Solis
• Album: 20 Auténticos Éxitos Originales

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

No sé qué tienen tus ojos

I don't know what your eyes have

No sé qué tiene tu boca

I don't know what your mouth has

Que domina mis antojos

That dominates my cravings

Y a mi sangre vuelve loca

And drives my blood crazy

No sé cómo fui a quererte

I don't know how I came to love you

Ni cómo te fui adorando

Nor how I came to adore you

Me siento morir mil veces

I feel like I die a thousand times

Cuando no te estoy mirando

When I'm not looking at you

De noche, cuando me acuesto

At night, when I lie down

A Dios le pido olvidarte

I ask God to make me forget you

Y al amanecer despierto

And at dawn I wake up

Tan solo para adorarte

Just to adore you

Qué influencia tienen tus labios

What influence your lips have

Que cuando me besan, tiemblo

That when they kiss me, I tremble

Hacen que me sienta esclavo

They make me feel like a slave

Y amo del universo (Eah)

And lord of the universe (Eah)

...

...

De noche, cuando me acuesto

At night, when I lie down

A Dios le pido olvidarte

I ask God to make me forget you

Y al amanecer despierto

And at dawn I wake up

Tan solo para adorarte

Just to adore you

Qué influencia tienen tus labios

What influence your lips have

Que cuando me besan, tiemblo

That when they kiss me, I tremble

Hacen que me sienta esclavo

They make me feel like a slave

Y amo del universo

And lord of the universe

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ojos /ˈo.xos/ A1	noun - eyes
boca /ˈbo.ka/ A1	noun - mouth
sangre /ˈsaŋ.ɡɾe/ A2	noun - blood
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A2	verb - to want, to love
adorar /a.ðoˈɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to adore, to worship
morir /moˈɾiɾ/ B1	verb - to die
influencia /in.fluˈen.θja/ B2	noun - influence
labios /ˈla.βjos/ B2	noun - lips
tiemblo /ˈtjem.blo/ B2	verb - I tremble
esclavo /esˈkla.βo/ B2	noun - slave
amo /ˈa.mo/ B2	noun - lover
universo /uniˈβeɾ.so/ B2	noun - universe

Key Grammar Structures

• Que domina mis antojos

  ➔ Subjunctive mood to express necessity or influence

  ➔ The phrase "que domina" uses the subjunctive mood to indicate influence or effect.

• Cuando no te estoy mirando

  ➔ Present continuous tense with reflexive pronouns

  ➔ The phrase "no te estoy mirando" uses the present continuous tense to describe an ongoing action.

• A Dios le pido olvidarte

  ➔ Indirect object pronoun placement with the verb "pido" (I ask for)

  ➔ The phrase "A Dios le pido" uses indirect object pronoun "le" to show who is being asked.

• Tiemblo

  ➔ Present tense of the verb "temblar" (to tremble)

  ➔ The word "tiemblo" is the first person singular present tense of "temblar", expressing the subject's trembling.

• Hacen que me sienta esclavo

  ➔ Use of "hacen" + que + subjunctive or indicative to express causation

  ➔ The phrase "hacen que me sienta" uses causative construction "hacen... que..." to indicate that something causes a feeling.

• Y amo del universo

  ➔ Use of "del" as contraction of de + el (of the), forming a compound noun phrase

  ➔ The phrase "amo del universo" uses "del" as a contraction to specify "of the universe."