Estuve – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Alejandro Fernández
• Album: Rompiendo Fronteras

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a journey of cultural and emotional discovery, and Alejandro Fernández's "Estuve" is a perfect starting point. The song's clear, emotive Spanish allows learners to grasp the nuances of expressing regret and longing. Its narrative of lost love, a universal theme, makes the vocabulary and sentiments relatable and easier to understand. The beautiful ranchera melody also provides a gateway to understanding a significant part of Mexican culture.

[English]

I was

In every pore of her skin

But today I'm not

She's with him and that's what matters

The score is settled

Here, the loser has been me

I who was

And I was the first conqueror

In that land where the sun screamed I love you

You have a good way to go

And me, to assimilate the lesson

That I wasn't there when I should have been

When she wanted to feel like a woman...

I wasn't there, but I was crazy to see her again

I wasn't there and I wanted to give her everything

Why look for justification...

I was in her body, outside her heart

...

I was

I was about to kill

But I searched in my heart

And it was already dead

It was a true and real love

But it didn't give her happiness

...

Because I wasn't there when I should have been

When she wanted to feel like a woman...

I wasn't there, but I was crazy to see her again

I wasn't there and I wanted to give her everything

Why look for justification...

I was in her body, outside her heart

I was in her body, outside... her heart...

...

[Spanish]

Estuve

En cada poro de su piel

Pero hoy no estoy

Está con él y es lo que cuenta

Saldada la cuenta ya quedó

Aquí el perdedor he sido yo

Yo que estuve

Y fui el primer conquistador

En esa tierra donde el sol grito te amo

Te queda buen tramo por andar

Y a mi la lección asimilar

Que no estuve cuando más debía

Cuando ella quería sentirse mujer...

No estuve, pero estaba loco por volverla a ver

No estuve y todo quería darle

Para qué buscarle justificación...

Estuve en su cuerpo fuera de su corazón

Estuve

Estuve a punto de matar

Pero busque en mi corazón

Y ya había muerto

Era un amor cierto y de verdad

Pero no le dió felicidad

Pues no estuve cuando más debía

Cuando ella quería sentirse mujer...

No estuve, pero estaba loco por volverla a ver

No estuve y todo quería darle

Para qué buscarle justificación...

Estuve en su cuerpo fuera de su corazón

Estuve en su cuerpo fuera... de su corazón...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cuenta /ˈkwenta/ B1	noun - bill, check, or account
loco /ˈloko/ B2	adjective - crazy, mad
quería /keˈɾia/ B1	verb - wanted, desired
mujer /muˈxeɾ/ A2	noun - woman
volverla /bolˈβeɾla/ B2	verb - to return her
pensar /penˈsaɾ/ B2	verb - to think
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
felicidad /feliθiˈðað/ B2	noun - happiness
matar /maˈtaɾ/ B2	verb - to kill
verdad /beɾˈðað/ B2	noun - truth
vida /ˈβiða/ A2	noun - life
sentirse /senˈtiɾe/ B1	verb - to feel