He Sido Tan Feliz Contigo – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Alejandro Sanz

Lyrics & Translation

“He Sido Tan Feliz Contigo” by Alejandro Sanz is a beautiful and emotive ballad perfect for Spanish language learners. The song's clear, heartfelt lyrics about love and happiness offer a great opportunity to learn vocabulary related to emotions and relationships. Its slower tempo makes it easy to follow along and appreciate the nuances of Sanz's celebrated songwriting. This song is special because it captures a universal feeling of gratefulness for past joys, making it a relatable and touching piece of music.

[English]

Sometimes my melody dreams of your joy

Sometimes I dream of us falling through the air

What was I going to tell you?

Sometimes my melody dreams of your joy

On those nights when I only write excuses

What I want to tell you, my love,

Is that I've been so happy with you

Perhaps because tonight

Isn't going to be what you'd call

An unforgettable night, not because of you

It's my fault for pretending everything makes me laugh

And that the fault is the rush or the cold

But come on, I know it's my fault

How curious silence is

I don't know what it is

But there's something in our lives

And tonight I'd go crazy

If at dawn you left without me having told you

...

That I've been so happy with you

...

I wonder if my melody dreams of your joy

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

Or that dream puts out my sun

If I haven't been so happy with you

With you

...

I can make the night bring

A cold half moon

I can pretend I haven't seen you

Think that I'm not what you wanted

...

But despite everything, I tell you

I've been so happy with you

I've been so happy

Sometimes my melody dreams of your joy

Sometimes I dream of us falling through the air

Sometimes my dream dreams, my love

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

And a sky full of stars gives me strength

Let the world hear it, and let God hear it

I've been so happy with you

...

[Spanish]

A veces sueña con tu alegría mi melodía

A veces sueño del aire que nos caemos

Qué es lo que iba a decirte yo

A veces sueña con tu alegría mi melodía

En esas noches que escribo sólo pretextos

Lo que quiero decirte, amor

Es que he sido tan feliz contigo

Tal vez porque esta noche

No vaya a ser lo que se dice

Una noche inolvidable, no por ti

La culpa es mía por fingir que todo me da risa

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

Pero vamos, que yo sé que es culpa mía

Qué curioso es el silencio

No sé qué es lo que es

Pero hay algo en nuestras vidas

Y en esta noche yo enloquecería

Si al amanecer te fueras sin haberte dicho

Que yo he sido tan feliz contigo

A ver si sueña con tu alegría mi melodía

A ver si sueño y te agarras que nos caemos

O que ese sueño me apague el sol

Si yo no he sido tan feliz contigo

Contigo

Yo puedo hacer que traiga

La noche media luna fría

Puedo fingir que no te he visto

Pensar que yo no soy lo que querías

Pero con todo te lo digo

Yo he sido tan feliz contigo

Yo he sido tan feliz

A veces sueña con tu alegría mi melodía

A veces sueño del aire que nos caemos

A veces sueña mi sueño, amor

A veces sueño que no amanece, que nos perdemos

Y un firmamento de estrellas me da el aliento

Que lo oiga el mundo y lo escuche Dios

Yo he sido tan feliz contigo

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.