Gotas de Fuego – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the evocative world of Spanish romantic ballads through ‘Gotas de Fuego.’ This song is an excellent resource for learners to study poetic vocabulary related to emotion, metaphors for love, and the nuanced, dramatic phrasing that defines the sophisticated Spanish ballad style.

[English]

Your silence is my torture

My love, come back to me

I know loving you was madness

I cannot live

My song opened the door

To my loneliness

Tearing my sorrows apart

I tried to hide you

Today in the forest I see the sea

And the sea is grass

The night is day, and when it rains

Drops of fire, drops of fire

I know I'm going to lose my mind if I don't have you here

If I can't talk to you, if you aren't by my side

If I can't see you, I'm going to lose my mind, my love

Come back to me, you wanted to end it and I admit you were right

You thought that, perhaps, it would be for the best

To leave and forget the kisses and the love

...

I know I'm going to lose my mind if I don't have you here

If I can't talk to you, if you aren't by my side

If I can't see you, I'm going to lose my mind, my love

Come back to me, you wanted to end it and I admit you were right

You thought that, perhaps, it would be for the best

To leave and forget the kisses and the love

Your silence is my torture

My love, come back to me

I know loving you was madness

I cannot live

...

[Spanish]

Tu silencio es mi tortura

Amor, vuelve a mí

Sé que amarte fue locura

No puedo vivir

Mi canción abrió la puerta

De mi soledad

Desgarrándome las penas

Te quise ocultar

Hoy en el bosque veo el mar

Y el mar es hierba

La noche, día y cuando llueva

Gotas de fuego, gotas de fuego

Sé que voy a enloquecer, si no te tengo aquí

Si no te puedo hablar, si no estás junto a mí

Si no te puedo ver, yo voy a enloquecer, amor

Vuelve a mí, quisiste terminar y admito tu razón

Pensaste que, quizá, sería lo mejor

Marcharte y olvidar los besos y el amor

Sé que voy a enloquecer, si no te tengo aquí

Si no te puedo hablar, si no estás junto a mí

Si no te puedo ver, yo voy a enloquecer, amor

Vuelve a mí, quisiste terminar y admito tu razón

Pensaste que, quizá, sería lo mejor

Marcharte y olvidar los besos y el amor

Tu silencio es mi tortura

Amor, vuelve a mí

Sé que amarte fue locura

No puedo vivir

Key Grammar Structures

• Sé que amarte fue locura

  ➔ Infinitive as Subject

  ➔ The verb "amarte" functions as a noun phrase acting as the subject of the clause.

• Desgarrándome las penas

  ➔ Gerund (Gerundio)

  ➔ The gerund "desgarrándome" describes the simultaneous action or manner of the main verb.

• Sé que voy a enloquecer

  ➔ Periphrastic Future (Ir + a + Inf)

  ➔ The structure "voy a enloquecer" indicates an imminent future action.

• Si no te tengo aquí

  ➔ First Conditional (Real condition)

  ➔ The "si" clause introduces a condition that directly impacts the outcome in the main clause.

• Si no te puedo hablar

  ➔ Modal Verb construction

  ➔ The verb "puedo" (from poder) is used to express ability or possibility regarding the infinitive "hablar".

• Quisiste terminar

  ➔ Preterite Tense (Pretérito Indefinido)

  ➔ The preterite "quisiste" marks a completed action in the past.

• Admito tu razón

  ➔ Present Indicative

  ➔ The verb "admito" is in the present tense, reflecting a current state of mind.

• Pensaste que, quizá, sería lo mejor

  ➔ Conditional Tense

  ➔ The conditional "sería" expresses probability or a hypothetical outcome in the past.