He Sido Tan Feliz Contigo – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Alejandro Sanz

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

A veces sueña con tu alegría mi melodía

Sometimes my melody dreams of your joy

A veces sueño del aire que nos caemos

Sometimes I dream of us falling through the air

Qué es lo que iba a decirte yo

What was I going to tell you?

A veces sueña con tu alegría mi melodía

Sometimes my melody dreams of your joy

En esas noches que escribo sólo pretextos

On those nights when I only write excuses

Lo que quiero decirte, amor

What I want to tell you, my love,

Es que he sido tan feliz contigo

Is that I've been so happy with you

Tal vez porque esta noche

Perhaps because tonight

No vaya a ser lo que se dice

Isn't going to be what you'd call

Una noche inolvidable, no por ti

An unforgettable night, not because of you

La culpa es mía por fingir que todo me da risa

It's my fault for pretending everything makes me laugh

Y que la culpa es de la prisa o es del frío

And that the fault is the rush or the cold

Pero vamos, que yo sé que es culpa mía

But come on, I know it's my fault

Qué curioso es el silencio

How curious silence is

No sé qué es lo que es

I don't know what it is

Pero hay algo en nuestras vidas

But there's something in our lives

Y en esta noche yo enloquecería

And tonight I'd go crazy

Si al amanecer te fueras sin haberte dicho

If at dawn you left without me having told you

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Que yo he sido tan feliz contigo

That I've been so happy with you

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A ver si sueña con tu alegría mi melodía

I wonder if my melody dreams of your joy

A ver si sueño y te agarras que nos caemos

I wonder if I dream and you hold on tight, for we are falling

O que ese sueño me apague el sol

Or that dream puts out my sun

Si yo no he sido tan feliz contigo

If I haven't been so happy with you

Contigo

With you

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Yo puedo hacer que traiga

I can make the night bring

La noche media luna fría

A cold half moon

Puedo fingir que no te he visto

I can pretend I haven't seen you

Pensar que yo no soy lo que querías

Think that I'm not what you wanted

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Pero con todo te lo digo

But despite everything, I tell you

Yo he sido tan feliz contigo

I've been so happy with you

Yo he sido tan feliz

I've been so happy

A veces sueña con tu alegría mi melodía

Sometimes my melody dreams of your joy

A veces sueño del aire que nos caemos

Sometimes I dream of us falling through the air

A veces sueña mi sueño, amor

Sometimes my dream dreams, my love

A veces sueño que no amanece, que nos perdemos

Sometimes I dream that dawn never breaks, that we get lost

Y un firmamento de estrellas me da el aliento

And a sky full of stars gives me strength

Que lo oiga el mundo y lo escuche Dios

Let the world hear it, and let God hear it

Yo he sido tan feliz contigo

I've been so happy with you

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
feliz /feˈlis/ A1	adjective - happy, joyful
sueño /ˈsweɲo/ A2	noun - dream, sleep verb - I dream (from soñar)
alegría /aleˈɣɾia/ A2	noun - joy, happiness, cheerfulness
melodía /meloˈðia/ B1	noun - melody, tune
noche /ˈnotʃe/ A1	noun - night
culpa /ˈkulpa/ B1	noun - fault, blame, guilt
fingir /finˈxiɾ/ B2	verb - to pretend, to feign, to fake
risa /ˈrisa/ A2	noun - laughter, laugh
prisa /ˈpɾisa/ B1	noun - haste, hurry, rush
frío /ˈfɾio/ A1	noun - cold, chill adjective - cold
silencio /siˈlensjo/ A2	noun - silence, quiet
inolvidable /inolbiˈðaβle/ B1	adjective - unforgettable, memorable
enloquecer /enloqeˈseɾ/ C1	verb - to go crazy, to drive mad, to lose one's mind
amanecer /amanaˈseɾ/ B1	verb - to dawn, to break day noun - dawn, daybreak
firmamento /fiɾmaˈmento/ C1	noun - firmament, sky, heavens
estrella /esˈtɾeʎa/ A2	noun - star
aliento /aˈljento/ B2	noun - breath, encouragement, spirit
mundo /ˈmundo/ A1	noun - world, Earth
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
curioso /kuˈɾjoso/ B1	adjective - curious, strange, odd

Key Grammar Structures

• Es que he sido tan feliz contigo

  ➔ Present Perfect (Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto)

  ➔ The verb "he sido" is in the present perfect tense, indicating an action that started in the past and continues or has a strong connection to the present moment.

• Tal vez porque esta noche no vaya a ser lo que se dice

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood (Present Subjunctive of 'ir a ser')

  ➔ The phrase "no vaya a ser" is in the present subjunctive, often used after expressions of doubt or possibility like "tal vez" (maybe/perhaps). It indicates an uncertain future event.

• La culpa es mía por fingir que todo me da risa

  ➔ 'Por' + Infinitive (indicating cause/reason)

  ➔ The preposition "por" followed by the infinitive "fingir" is used to explain the reason or cause for something.

• Si al amanecer te fueras sin haberte dicho

  ➔ Imperfect Subjunctive (Pretérito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo) in a conditional clause

  ➔ The verb "te fueras" is in the imperfect subjunctive, commonly used in 'si' clauses (conditional clauses) to express hypothetical or contrary-to-fact situations, especially when referring to an action that could have happened.

• Yo puedo hacer que traiga la noche media luna fría

  ➔ 'Hacer que' + Subjunctive (expressing causation)

  ➔ The construction "hacer que" followed by a verb in the subjunctive mood ("traiga") is used to express that someone causes or makes something else happen.

• Que lo oiga el mundo y lo escuche Dios

  ➔ Present Subjunctive (as a wish or indirect command)

  ➔ The verbs "oiga" and "escuche" are in the present subjunctive, used here to express a strong wish, desire, or an indirect command, often initiated by an implied 'que' (may/let).

• A veces sueño del aire que nos caemos

  ➔ Reflexive Verb ('caerse') and Relative Pronoun ('que')

  ➔ The verb "caemos" combined with "nos" forms a reflexive construction ("caerse"), indicating that the subject performs the action upon themselves or experiences the action. "Que" introduces a relative clause modifying "aire".

• Qué es lo que iba a decirte yo

  ➔ Interrogative construction 'Qué es lo que' and 'Ir a' + Infinitive (Periphrastic Future)

  ➔ "Qué es lo que" is a common and emphatic way to ask "What is it that...". "Iba a decirte" uses the 'ir a + infinitive' construction in the imperfect tense, indicating an intention or a planned action in the past.

• Y un firmamento de estrellas me da el aliento

  ➔ Indirect Object Pronoun ('me') and Direct Object ('el aliento')

  ➔ The pronoun "me" is an indirect object pronoun, indicating who benefits from or is affected by the action of the verb "dar" (to give). "El aliento" is the direct object, what is being given.