Herederos – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: David Bisbal

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Es este amor que enciende al corazón

It is this love that ignites the heart

Y el mismo amor será mi perdición

And the same love will be my downfall

Fuí condenado, a quererte sin razón

I was condemned to love you without reason

Es un hechizo de muerte y de dolor...

It is a spell of death and pain...

Y beberá mi sangre, y beberás mi amor

And it will drink my blood, and you will drink my love

Nada impedirá que te ame

Nothing will stop me from loving you

Que seas mía

That you be mine

Si corre por mis venas la pasión

If passion runs through my veins

Somos herederos de sangre

We are heirs of blood

En muerte y en vida

In death and in life

Somos herederos de un amor

We are heirs of a love

...

...

Es tu belleza la dueña de mí voz

Your beauty is the owner of my voice

La misma estrella que me acorraló

The same star that cornered me

Fué mí destino escrito con pasión

It was my destiny written with passion

Y con suspiros, salvarte me impidió

And with sighs, saving you was prevented

Y beberá mi sangre, y beberás mi amor

And it will drink my blood, and you will drink my love

Nada impedirá que te ame

Nothing will stop me from loving you

Que seas mía

That you be mine

Si corre por mis venas la pasión

If passion runs through my veins

Somos herederos de sangre, (sangre)

We are heirs of blood, (blood)

En muerte y en vida

In death and in life

Somos herederos de un amor...

We are heirs of a love...

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)

Y beberá mi sangre, y beberás mi amor

And it will drink my blood, and you will drink my love

Y nada impedirá que te ame

And nothing will stop me from loving you

Que seas mía

That you be mine

Si corre por mis venas la pasión

If passion runs through my veins

Somos herederos de sangre

We are heirs of blood

En muerte y en vida

In death and in life

Somos herederos de un amor...

We are heirs of a love...

Nada impedirá que te ame, (que te ame)

Nothing will stop me from loving you, (from loving you)

Que seas mía, (que te ame)

That you be mine, (from loving you)

Si corre por mis venas la pasión

If passion runs through my veins

Somos herederos de sangre

We are heirs of blood

En muerte y en vida

In death and in life

Somos herederos de un amor

We are heirs of a love

(Somos, somos, herederos)

(We are, we are, heirs)

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A2	noun - heart
vida /ˈβi.ðað/ A2	noun - life
muerte /ˈmweɾte/ A2	noun - death
sangre /ˈsaŋɡɾe/ B1	noun - blood
destino /dɛˈstino/ B1	noun - destiny, fate
pasión /paˈsjon/ B2	noun - passion
estrella /esˈtɾeʝa/ A2	noun - star
sueño /ˈsweɲo/ B1	noun - dream
perdición /peɾðiðiˈθjon/ B2	noun - destruction, ruin
hechizo /etʃiθo/ B2	noun - spell, enchantment
perseguir /peɾseˈɣiɾ/ B2	verb - to pursue
enfermedad /enfeɾmeˈðað/ B2	noun - illness, disease

Key Grammar Structures

• Es este amor que enciende al corazón

  ➔ Relative pronoun "que" referring to "amor".

  ➔ The sentence uses "que" to introduce a relative clause describing the type of love being discussed. "Es **este** amor **que** enciende al corazón" - It is **this** love **that** ignites the heart.

• Fuí condenado, a quererte sin razón

  ➔ Preterite tense of "ser" (fuí) in passive voice. Preposition "a" before the infinitive verb "quererte".

  ➔ "Fuí condenado a quererte" literally translates to "I was condemned to love you". The "a" before "quererte" is necessary when the verb of condemning leads to a direct action in Spanish.

• Y beberá mi sangre, y beberás mi amor

  ➔ Future simple tense used to express a prediction or certainty ("beberá").

  ➔ The use of future tense emphasizes a strong belief in the inevitable consumption of both the singer's blood and love.

• Si corre por mis venas la pasión

  ➔ Use of the conditional conjunction "si" followed by the present indicative. Word order inversion for emphasis.

  ➔ Typically the sentence would be "La pasión corre por mis venas". Inverting to "Si corre por mis venas la pasión" emphasizes the passion itself.

• Somos herederos de sangre

  ➔ Use of "de" to indicate origin or possession. 'Of blood'.

  ➔ This phrase conveys that they are inheritors by blood, which could signify a familial line or a shared destiny.