Hasta Que Te Conocí – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Juan Gabriel
• Album: En el Palacio de Bellas Artes

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the passionate world of Spanish with 'Hasta Que Te Conocí.' Through Juan Gabriel’s clear pronunciation, dramatic pacing, and poetic repetition, you will master essential past-tense verbs (preterite vs. imperfect) and rich vocabulary of emotion, all while experiencing one of the most culturally significant masterpieces in Latin music history.

[English]

I didn't know about sadness

Nor tears, nor anything

That would make me cry

I only knew of affection and tenderness

Because since I was little

That's what my mother taught me

That's what my mother taught me

That and many things more

I never suffered

I never cried

I was very happy

I lived very well

I lived so differently

Something beautiful, something divine

Full of happiness

I knew about joy

About beauty and about life

But not about loneliness

But not about loneliness

Of that and many things more

I never suffered

I never cried

I was very happy

I lived very well

Until I met you

I saw life with pain

I won't lie to you, I was happy

Although with very little love

And much too late I understood

That I shouldn't have loved you

Because now I think of you

More than yesterday, much more

Until I met you

I saw life with pain

I won't lie to you, I was happy

Although with very little love

And much too late I understood

That I shouldn't have loved you

Because now I think of you

More than yesterday, much more

I never suffered

I never cried

I was very happy

But, but I found you

Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah

Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah

Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah

Oh, ah, ah, ah, oh

Oh, ah, ah, ah, oh

Oh, ah, ah, ah, oh

Oh, oh, oh- ah, Come on (Come on)

Oh, oh, oh- ah, Come on (Come on)

Oh, oh, oh- ah, Come on (Come on)

Now I want you to tell me

If it was worth it or not

To have met you

Because I don't believe you anymore

And the truth is you were very bad

Yes, very bad to me

That's why I don't love you

I don't want to see you anymore

Go, go, go

Go, get out of my sorrow

Go, I don't want you

I don't want to see you anymore, go

[Spanish]

No sabía de tristezas

Ni de lágrimas ni nada

Que me hicieran llorar

Yo sabía de cariño, de ternura

Porque a mí desde pequeño

Eso me enseñó mamá

Eso me enseñó mamá

Eso y muchas cosas más

Yo jamás sufrí

Yo jamás lloré

Yo era muy feliz

Yo vivía muy bien

Yo vivía tan distinto

Algo hermoso, algo divino

Lleno de felicidad

Yo sabía de alegrías

La belleza y de la vida

Pero no de soledad

Pero no de soledad

De eso y muchas cosas más

Yo jamás sufrí

Yo jamás lloré

Yo era muy feliz

Yo vivía muy bien

Hasta que te conocí

Vi la vida con dolor

No te miento, fui feliz

Aunque con muy poco amor

Y muy tarde comprendí

Que no te debía amar

Porque ahora pienso en ti

Más que ayer, mucho más

Hasta que te conocí

Vi la vida con dolor

No te miento, fui feliz

Aunque con muy poco amor

Y muy tarde comprendí

Que no te debía amar

Porque ahora pienso en ti

Más que ayer, mucho más

Yo jamás sufrí

Yo jamás lloré

Yo era muy feliz

Pero, pero te encontré

Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah

Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah

Oh, ah, ah, ah, ah

Oh, ah, ah, ah, oh

Oh, ah, ah, ah, oh

Oh, ah, ah, ah, oh

Oh, oh, oh- ah, Ándale (Ándale)

Oh, oh, oh- ah, Ándale (Ándale)

Oh, oh, oh- ah, Ándale (Ándale)

Ahora quiero que me digas

Si valió o no la pena

Haberte conocido

Porque no te creo más

Y es que tú fuiste muy mala

Sí, muy mala conmigo

Por eso no te quiero

No te quiero ver ya más

Vete, vete, vete

Vete, vete de mi pena

Vete, no te quiero

No te quiero ver ya, vete

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
tristeza tris.ˈte.sa A2	noun - sadness, sorrow, grief
lágrima ˈla.ɣɾi.ma B1	noun - tear
llorar ʝo.ˈlaɾ A2	verb - to cry, to weep
cariño ka.ˈɾi.ɲo A2	noun - affection, love, tenderness
ternura teɾ.ˈnu.ɾa B2	noun - tenderness, gentleness
enseñar en.se.ˈɲaɾ A1	verb - to teach, to show
sufrir su.ˈfɾiɾ B1	verb - to suffer
divino di.ˈβi.no B2	adjective - divine, wonderful
soledad so.le.ˈðað B1	noun - solitude, loneliness
conocer ko.no.ˈθeɾ A1	verb - to know, to meet (someone)
dolor do.ˈloɾ A2	noun - pain, sorrow, hurt
mentir men.ˈtiɾ B1	verb - to lie
comprender kom.pɾen.ˈdeɾ A2	verb - to understand, to comprehend
amar a.ˈmaɾ A2	verb - to love
pensar pen.ˈsaɾ A1	verb - to think
encontrar en.kon.ˈtɾaɾ A2	verb - to find, to meet
pena ˈpe.na B1	noun - pain, sorrow, shame (in 'valer la pena': worth it)
malo ˈma.lo A1	adjective - bad, mean, evil
irse ˈiɾ.se A1	verb - to leave, to go away (imperative: go away)