La Fuerza Del Corazón – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Alejandro Sanz

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the passionate intensity of "La Fuerza Del Corazón" by Alejandro Sanz. This song delves into the profound emotions of love, its disorienting yet exhilarating effects, and its power to connect us to something greater. Learn Spanish through its evocative lyrics and feel the universal language of the heart.

[English]

(Uh-uh-uh)

Look at me

I can't concentrate on anything.

I'm absent-minded, I do everything wrong.

I'm a mess and I don't know what's happening.

I'm crazy about you, I desire you.

You make me desperate.

What I feel for you is so strong

That having you won't be enough.

What is this that invites you to live?

That gives me hope?

What could that force be that unites everyone in pairs?

Could it be the heart's strength?

It makes it so

I hug you and our bodies get in the way.

I tremble just at the thought of touching

Your lips full of new kisses.

I can't sleep.

You steal my peace.

Someone has embroidered your body

With threads of my anxiety.

Your legs crossed like a belt,

On my back, a clock

Where your fingers are the hands

That wind up this engine

Which is the heart's strength, no, no.

And it's the force that carries you,

That pushes you and fills you,

That drags you and brings you closer to God.

It's a feeling, almost an obsession.

If it's the heart's strength,

It's something that entangles you,

A burst of energy

That slowly takes away your reason.

It makes you stumble, it creates confusion for you.

Surely it's the heart's strength.

It's the force that carries you.

No, uh-no, no, yeah.

I can't think.

I should take better care of myself.

How I slowly lose my life,

And then you give it to me.

What is it that blinds the lover

Who goes around acting like a gentleman?

And he's nothing more than a mischievous, provocative kid.

Could it be the heart's strength?

No, uh-no, no, yeah.

And it's the force that carries you,

That pushes you and fills you,

That drags you and brings you closer to God.

It's a feeling, almost an obsession.

If it's the heart's strength,

It's something that entangles you,

A burst of energy

That slowly takes away your reason.

It makes you stumble, it creates confusion for you.

Surely it's the heart's strength.

It's the force that carries you,

That pushes you and fills you,

That drags you and brings you closer to God.

It's a feeling, almost an obsession.

If it's the heart's strength,

It's something that entangles you,

A burst of energy

That slowly takes away your reason.

It makes you stumble, it creates confusion for you.

Surely it's the heart's strength.

Uh-uh-uh

It's the force that carries you,

That drags you and brings you closer to God.

It's a feeling, almost an obsession.

If it's the heart's strength, no, no, no, oh.

...

[Spanish]

(Uh-uh-uh)

Mírame

En nada me consigo concentrar

Ando despistado, todo lo hago mal

Soy un desastre y no sé qué está pasando

Me gustas a rabiar, yo te deseo

Me llegas a desesperar

Es tan grande lo que siento por ti

Que tenerte no bastará

¿Qué es esto que te invita a vivir?

Que me da la ilusión

¿Qué será esa fuerza que a todos une de dos en dos?

¿Será la fuerza del corazón?

Hace que

Te abrace y los cuerpos lleguen a estorbar

Tiemblo solo con la idea de rozar

Tus labios llenos de besos nuevos

No puedo dormir

Robas mi tranquilidad

Alguien ha bordado tu cuerpo

Con hilos de mi ansiedad

De cinturón, tus piernas cruzadas

En mi espalda, un reloj

Donde tus dedos son las agujas

Que dan cuerda a este motor

Que es la fuerza del corazón, no, no

Y es la fuerza que te lleva

Que te empuja y que te llena

Que te arrastra y que te acerca a Dios

Es un sentimiento, casi una obsesión

Si la fuerza es del corazón

Es algo que te lía

Una descarga de energía

Que te va quitando la razón

Te hace tropezar, te crea confusión

Seguro que es la fuerza del corazón

Es la fuerza que te lleva

No, uh-no, no, yeh

No puedo pensar

Tendría que cuidarme más

Cómo a poco pierdo la vida

Y luego me la das

¿Qué es lo que va cegando al amante

Que va por ahí de señor?

Y no es más que un chiquillo travieso, provocador

¿Será la fuerza del corazón?

No, uh-no, no, yeh

Y es la fuerza que te lleva

Que te empuja y que te llena

Que te arrastra y que te acerca a Dios

Es un sentimiento, casi una obsesión

Si la fuerza es del corazón

Es algo que te lía

Una descarga de energía

Que te va quitando la razón

Te hace tropezar, te crea confusión

Seguro que es la fuerza del corazón

Es la fuerza que te lleva

Que te empuja y que te llena

Que te arrastra y que te acerca a Dios

Es un sentimiento, casi una obsesión

Si la fuerza es del corazón

Es algo que te lía

Una descarga de energía

Que te va quitando la razón

Te hace tropezar, te crea confusión

Seguro que es la fuerza del corazón

Uh-uh-uh

Es la fuerza que te lleva

Que te arrastra y que te acerca a Dios

Es un sentimiento, casi una obsesión

Si la fuerza es del corazón, no, no, no, oh

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Fuerza /ˈfweɾθa/ (Spain), /ˈfweɾsa/ (LatAm) A2	noun - force, strength, power
Corazón /koɾaˈθon/ (Spain), /koɾaˈson/ (LatAm) A1	noun - heart, core, emotional center
Sentimiento /sen.tiˈmjen.to/ B1	noun - feeling, emotion, sentiment
Obsesión /oβ.seˈsjon/ B2	noun - obsession, fixation
Razón /raˈθon/ (Spain), /raˈson/ (LatAm) B1	noun - reason, rationality, cause, right (as in being right)
Confusión /kon.fuˈsjon/ B1	noun - confusion, muddle, perplexity
Energía /e.neɾˈxi.a/ B1	noun - energy, vigor, vitality
Vida /ˈbi.ða/ A1	noun - life, existence
Desastre /deˈsas.tɾe/ B1	noun - disaster, mess, wreck, failure
Tranquilidad /tɾaŋ.ki.liˈðað/ B1	noun - tranquility, calm, peace of mind
Ansiedad /an.sjeˈðað/ B2	noun - anxiety, apprehension, uneasiness
Llevar /ʎeˈβaɾ/ (Spain), /ʝeˈβaɾ/ (LatAm) A1	verb - to carry, to take, to lead, to wear
Empujar /em.puˈxaɾ/ A2	verb - to push, to shove
Llenar /ʎeˈnaɾ/ (Spain), /ʝeˈnaɾ/ (LatAm) A2	verb - to fill, to complete
Arrastrar /a.rasˈtɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to drag, to pull along, to sweep away (figurative)
Acercar /a.θeɾˈkaɾ/ (Spain), /a.seɾˈkaɾ/ (LatAm) A2	verb - to bring closer, to approach
Liar /ljaɾ/ B1	verb - to tie up, to complicate, to mess up, to confuse (figurative)
Tropezar /tɾo.peˈθaɾ/ (Spain), /tɾo.peˈsaɾ/ (LatAm) B1	verb - to stumble, to trip, to make a mistake
Desesperar /des.pe.seˈɾaɾ/ B2	verb - to despair, to exasperate, to drive to despair
Bordar /boɾˈðaɾ/ B2	verb - to embroider, to do something perfectly or exquisitely

Key Grammar Structures

• En nada me consigo concentrar

  ➔ Conseguir + Infinitive

  ➔ Used to express "to manage to do something" or "to succeed in doing something." Here, "me consigo concentrar" means "I manage to concentrate." The negative "en nada" makes it "I can't manage to concentrate on anything."

• Ando despistado, todo lo hago mal

  ➔ Andar + Adjective/Gerund

  ➔ This structure indicates a state, a mood, or a habitual action, similar to "to be" or "to go around doing something." Here, "ando despistado" means "I'm absent-minded/distracted" or "I go around being absent-minded."

• Es tan grande lo que siento por ti / Que tenerte no bastará

  ➔ "Tan... que..." (So... that...) / "Lo que" (What/That which)

  ➔ "Tan... que..." is used to express cause and effect, meaning "so [adjective/adverb] that." "Lo que" functions as a neutral relative pronoun, meaning "what" or "that which," referring to an abstract idea or an unspecified thing.

• ¿Qué será esa fuerza que a todos une de dos en dos?

  ➔ Future Tense for Probability/Speculation

  ➔ The simple future tense can be used to express probability or speculation about a present situation, rather than a future action. Here, "¿Qué será...?" means "What could that force be?" or "I wonder what that force is?"

• Hace que Te abrace y los cuerpos lleguen a estorbar

  ➔ "Hacer que" + Subjunctive

  ➔ This structure is used to express causation, meaning "to make/cause someone/something to do something." The verb following "que" must be in the subjunctive mood because it expresses an indirect command or influence.

• Alguien ha bordado tu cuerpo

  ➔ Present Perfect (Pretérito Perfecto Compuesto)

  ➔ Formed with "haber" in the present tense + past participle. It's used for actions completed in a time period that is not yet over (e.g., "today," "this week"), or actions whose consequences are still relevant in the present.

• Que te va quitando la razón

  ➔ "Ir + Gerund" (Progressive Action/Gradual Change)

  ➔ This structure describes an action that is gradually unfolding or changing over time. "Te va quitando la razón" means "it is gradually taking away your reason" or "it is little by little driving you crazy."

• Tendría que cuidarme más

  ➔ Conditional Tense for Advice/Obligation

  ➔ The conditional tense of "tener que" (to have to) or other verbs can be used to give advice, make recommendations, or express a polite obligation, similar to "should" or "ought to" in English. Here, "tendría que cuidarme más" means "I should take better care of myself."

• Y luego me la das

  ➔ Double Object Pronouns (Indirect + Direct)

  ➔ When both an indirect object pronoun (like "me," "te," "le," etc.) and a direct object pronoun (like "lo," "la," "los," "las") are used with the same verb, the indirect object pronoun comes first, followed by the direct object pronoun. Note that "le/les" changes to "se" when followed by "lo/la/los/las." Here, "me la" means "it to me" (referring to "la vida").

• Y no es más que un chiquillo travieso, provocador

  ➔ "No es más que..." (It's nothing more than...)

  ➔ This idiomatic expression is used to emphasize that something is merely, simply, or nothing more than what is stated. It implies a limitation or a simplified description.