Gotas de Fuego – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José
• Album: Reencuentro

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the romantic world of Spanish through 'Gotas de Fuego.' This song is perfect for learners to practice poetic vocabulary and emotional expression, while experiencing the legendary vocal precision of one of Latin music's greatest icons.

[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 solitude

Tearing through my sorrows

I tried to hide them from 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 cannot speak to you, if you are not by my side

If I cannot 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 cannot speak to you, if you are not by my side

If I cannot 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, quizás, 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 Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
silencio si-len-sjo A2	noun - Absence of sound or noise.
tortura tor-tu-ɾa B2	noun - Intense suffering, physical or mental.
locura lo-ku-ɾa B1	noun - Loss of reason or sanity.
soledad so-le-dad A2	noun - State of being alone.
desgarrándome des-ga-ran-do-me C1	verb - Tearing apart, causing deep pain.
ocultar o-kul-taɾ B2	verb - To hide or conceal something.
fuego fwe-ɣo A1	noun - Combustion characterized by heat and light.
enloquecer en-lo-ke-seɾ B2	verb - To go crazy or mad.
admito ad-mi-to B2	verb - To acknowledge or admit.
razón ra-son A2	noun - Justification or cause.
bosque bos-ke A2	noun - Area covered with trees.
hierba jeɾ-βa A2	noun - Grass or herb.
besos be-sos A1	noun - Action of touching with lips as a sign of affection.
llueva ju-e-βa A2	verb - To rain.

Key Grammar Structures

• Sé que amarte fue locura

  ➔ Infinitive as a subject

  ➔ The verb "amarte" (to love you) acts as the noun/subject of the sentence.

• Te quise ocultar

  ➔ Clitic pronoun placement

  ➔ The direct object pronoun "Te" precedes the conjugated verb "quise".

• Si no te tengo aquí

  ➔ First conditional (Real hypothetical)

  ➔ The "Si" clause sets a condition in the present indicative for a consequence.

• Yo voy a enloquecer

  ➔ Periphrastic future (Ir + a + infinitive)

  ➔ Used to express an imminent future action using "voy" + "a" + "enloquecer".

• Quisiste terminar

  ➔ Preterite tense

  ➔ "Quisiste" indicates a completed action in the past.

• Sería lo mejor

  ➔ Conditional tense

  ➔ "Sería" is used to express probability or a hypothetical outcome in the past.

• Si no te puedo hablar

  ➔ Modal verb construction (Poder + infinitive)

  ➔ "Puedo" expresses ability or possibility followed by the infinitive "hablar".

• Marcharte y olvidar

  ➔ Reflexive verb usage

  ➔ "Marcharte" uses the reflexive pronoun "te" to indicate the action done by the person to themselves.