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Nos vimos tres o cuatro veces We saw each other three or four times 00:32
Por toda la ciudad All over the city 00:36
Una noche en el bar del oro One night at the gold bar 00:42
Me decidí a atacar I decided to make a move 00:47
Tú me dijiste diecinueve You told me nineteen 00:52
No quise desconfiar I didn't want to doubt 00:57
Pero es que ni mucho, ni poco But it was neither too much nor too little 01:02
No vi de dónde agarrar I didn't see where to grab 01:07
Y nos metimos en el coche And we got into the car 01:12
Mi amigo, tú amiga, tú y yo My friend, your friend, you and I 01:16
Te dije: nena, dame un beso I said: baby, give me a kiss 01:22
Tú contestaste, ¡que no! You replied, no! 01:27
Empezamos mal y yo We started off on the wrong foot and I 01:32
Que creía que ésto era un buen plan Thought this was a good plan 01:36
Aquella noche fue un desastre That night was a disaster 01:42
No me comí un colín I didn't get a thing 01:47
Estas son solo un par de estrechas These are just a couple of close calls 01:52
Nos fuimos a dormir We went to sleep 01:57
Pero la fuerza del destino But the force of destiny 02:02
Nos hizo repetir Made us repeat 02:07
Dos cines y un par de conciertos Two movies and a couple of concerts 02:12
Y empezamos a salir And we started dating 02:17
No sé si esa cara tan rara I don't know if that strange face 02:23
Un ojo aquí y un diente allá One eye here and a tooth there 02:27
O el cuerpecillo de gitana Or the little body of a gypsy 02:33
Mujer a medio terminar A woman half-finished 02:37
Tu corazón, fue lo que me acabo de enamorar Your heart is what made me fall in love 02:42
Y desde entonces hasta ahora And since then until now 02:53
El juego del amor The game of love 02:58
Nos tuvo tres años jugando Kept us playing for three years 03:03
Luego nos separó Then it separated us 03:08
Pero la fuerza del destino But the force of destiny 03:13
Nos hizo repetir Made us repeat 03:18
Que si el invierno viene frío That if winter comes cold 03:23
Quiero estar junto a ti I want to be next to you 03:28
¡Oh, oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh, oh! 03:32
¡Oh, oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh, oh! 03:34
Quiero estar junto a ti I want to be next to you 03:38
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Quiero estar junto a ti I want to be next to you 03:48
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¡Oh, oh, oh, oh! Oh, oh, oh, oh! 03:55
Quiero estar junto a ti I want to be next to you 03:58
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Quiero estar junto a ti I want to be next to you 04:09
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Quiero estar junto a ti I want to be next to you 04:19
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Quiero estar junto a ti I want to be next to you 04:29
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Quiero estar junto a ti I want to be next to you 04:39
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Quiero estar junto a ti I want to be next to you 04:49
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La fuerza del destino – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

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[English] We saw each other three or four times
All over the city
One night at the gold bar
I decided to make a move
You told me nineteen
I didn't want to doubt
But it was neither too much nor too little
I didn't see where to grab
And we got into the car
My friend, your friend, you and I
I said: baby, give me a kiss
You replied, no!
We started off on the wrong foot and I
Thought this was a good plan
That night was a disaster
I didn't get a thing
These are just a couple of close calls
We went to sleep
But the force of destiny
Made us repeat
Two movies and a couple of concerts
And we started dating
I don't know if that strange face
One eye here and a tooth there
Or the little body of a gypsy
A woman half-finished
Your heart is what made me fall in love
And since then until now
The game of love
Kept us playing for three years
Then it separated us
But the force of destiny
Made us repeat
That if winter comes cold
I want to be next to you
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
I want to be next to you
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
I want to be next to you
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
I want to be next to you
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
I want to be next to you
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
I want to be next to you
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
I want to be next to you
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
I want to be next to you
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
I want to be next to you

Key Vocabulary

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Vocabulary Meanings

ciudad

/θjuˈðað/

A1
  • noun
  • - city

noche

/ˈnotʃe/

A1
  • noun
  • - night

oro

/ˈoɾo/

A2
  • noun
  • - gold

atacar

/ataˈkaɾ/

B1
  • verb
  • - to attack

amigo

/aˈmiɣo/

A1
  • noun
  • - friend

beso

/ˈbeso/

A2
  • noun
  • - kiss

plan

/plan/

A2
  • noun
  • - plan

desastre

/deˈsastɾe/

B1
  • noun
  • - disaster

fuerza

/ˈfweɾθa/

B1
  • noun
  • - force

destino

/deˈstino/

B2
  • noun
  • - destiny

conciertos

/konˈθjeɾtos/

A2
  • noun
  • - concerts

cara

/ˈkaɾa/

A1
  • noun
  • - face

ojo

/ˈoxo/

A1
  • noun
  • - eye

corazón

/koɾaˈθon/

A1
  • noun
  • - heart

amor

/aˈmoɾ/

A1
  • noun
  • - love

invierno

/imˈbjerno/

A2
  • noun
  • - winter

frío

/ˈfrio/

A2
  • adjective
  • - cold

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Key Grammar Structures

  • Nos vimos tres o cuatro veces

    ➔ Use of the preterite tense to describe completed actions in the past.

    ➔ The phrase "vimos" is the first person plural form of "ver" in the preterite tense, indicating the action was completed.

  • No quise desconfiar

    ➔ Use of the imperfect subjunctive to express a lack of desire or refusal in the past.

    ➔ The phrase "quise" is the first person singular of "querer" in the preterite tense, indicating a specific desire in the past.

  • Y nos metimos en el coche

    ➔ Reflexive verb in the preterite tense indicating an action performed by the subject on themselves.

    "Metimos" is the first person plural form of "meter" in the preterite tense, showing the action of getting into the car.

  • Pero la fuerza del destino

    ➔ Use of nouns and the definite article to express 'the strength of destiny'.

    "La fuerza" is a noun phrase meaning "the strength"; "del destino" is a prepositional phrase meaning "of destiny".

  • Que si el invierno viene frío

    ➔ Use of a conditional clause to express a hypothetical situation.

    "Que si" introduces a conditional clause meaning "if"; "el invierno viene frío" means "winter comes cold".

  • Quiero estar junto a ti

    ➔ Use of the verb 'querer' in the present tense to express desire.

    "Quiero" is the first person singular of "querer" in the present tense, meaning "I want".