La Tortura – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Shakira, Alejandro Sanz

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the passionate world of Latin music with 'La Tortura'. This track is perfect for learners to practice conversational Spanish, emotive expressions of heartbreak, and the rhythmic cadence of Caribbean-influenced Spanish, all while enjoying a global pop masterpiece.

[English]

Oh, mine. Keep your poetry, keep your

joy to yourself.

I'm not asking for every day to be sunny.

I'm not asking for every Friday

to be a party.

And I'm not asking you to come back begging

for forgiveness if you cry with dry eyes

while talking about her.

Oh, love, it hurts me so much,

it hurts me so much

that you left without saying where there is

love.

It was torture to lose you. I know I

haven't been a saint, but I can fix it,

love.

Man does not live by bread alone, and I don't

live on excuses.

One learns from all mistakes, and today I know that

my heart is yours.

You're better off keeping all that to yourself and

saying goodbye to us. Again, and again,

again, and again.

I can ask the winter to forgive

a rose. I can ask the elms

to wait.

I can ask for eternity from a simple

mortal and go throwing pearls

before swine.

Oh, love, it hurts me so much,

it hurts me so much

that you don't believe in my promises anymore.

Oh, love.

It's torture

to lose you. I know I haven't been a saint,

but I can fix it, love.

Man does not live by bread alone, and I don't live on excuses.

One learns from mistakes. And today I know that

I study my heart.

You're better off keeping all that for another dog

and our destiny is over.

Give it to me, give it to me.

Don't back down, don't back down. Hey, beautiful,

look. Don't give up. From Monday to Friday

you have my love. Leave Saturday to me

because it's better. Hey, my girl, don't

punish me anymore because out there without you

I have no peace. I am just a man

who is repentant. I am like the one who returns

broken.

I know I haven't been a saint, and that's because

I wasn't made of cardboard. I don't live

on bread and excuses.

One learns from all mistakes, and today I know that

my heart is yours.

Ay ay ay.

Everything I've done, I lost; it was torture

taking

so long while still crying like this. Forgive me.

Alright, alright, I'm going

to cry for you. Hey.

[Spanish]

Ay, mía. Guárdate la poesía, guárdate la

alegría para ti.

No pido que todos los días sean de sol.

No pido que todos los viernes

sean de fiesta.

Y tampoco te pido que vuelvas rogando

perdón si lloras con dos ojos secos

y hablando de ella.

Ay, amor, me duele tanto,

me duele tanto

que te fueras sin decir a dónde hay

amor.

Fue una tortura perderte. Yo sé que no

he sido un santo, pero lo puedo arreglar

amor.

No solo de pan vive el hombre y no

escuchas vivo yo.

Todo errores aprende y hoy sé que es

tuyo mi corazón.

Mejor te guardas todo eso con ese hueso

y nos decimos a Dios. Otra vez otra vez

otra vez otra vez.

Te puedo pedir que el invierno perdone

un rosar. Te puedo pedir a los olmos

esperarás.

Puedo pedirle lo eterno a un simple

mortal y andar arrojando a los cerdos

liles de perlas.

Ay, amor, me duele tanto,

me duele tanto

que no creas más en mis promesas.

Ay, amor.

Es una tortura

perderte. Yo sé que no he sido un santo,

pero lo puedo arreglar, amor.

No solo del hombre y no excusas vivo yo.

Solo de errores aprende. Y hoy sé que

estudio mi corazón

mejor te guardas todo es otro perro con

ese huo y nos destinos salió.

Dame, dámelo.

No te bajes, no te bajes. Oye, negrita,

mira. No te rajes. De lunes a viernes

tienes mi amor. Déjame el sábado a mí

que es mejor. Oye, mi negra, no me

castigues más porque allá afuera sin ti

no tengo paz. Yo solo soy un hombre

arrepentido. Soy como la que vuelve

unido.

Yo sé que no he sido un santo y es que

no estoy hecho del cartón. No solo de

hombre y excusas vivo yo.

Todo errores aprende y hoy sé que es

tuyo mi corazón.

Ay ay ay.

Todo lo que hecho perdí fue una tortura

tardar

tanto que se así sigue llorando. Perdón.

Ya, ya me voy

a llorar por ti. He.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
tortura tor-tu-ra B2	noun - torture
poesía po-e-si-a A2	noun - poetry
alegría a-le-gri-a A1	noun - joy
rogando ro-gan-do B1	verb - begging
perdón per-don A2	noun - forgiveness
santo san-to A2	adjective - saint
arreglar a-rre-glar A2	verb - to fix / to repair
errores e-rro-res A2	noun - mistakes / errors
invierno in-vier-no A1	noun - winter
eterno e-ter-no B1	adjective - eternal
mortal mor-tal B2	noun - mortal
promesas pro-me-sas A2	noun - promises
castigues cas-ti-gues B1	verb - to punish
arrepentido a-rre-pen-ti-do B2	adjective - repentant / sorry
cartón car-ton A2	noun - cardboard

Key Grammar Structures

• No pido que todos los días sean de sol.

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (Present Subjunctive)

  ➔ The verb "sean" is in the subjunctive because it follows "pido que" (I ask that), expressing a desire or requirement.

• Y tampoco te pido que vuelvas rogando perdón.

  ➔ Gerund (Gerundio)

  ➔ "Rogando" is a gerund used here to describe the manner or condition of the action "vuelvas".

• Que te fueras sin decir a dónde.

  ➔ Imperfect Subjunctive (Subjuntivo imperfecto)

  ➔ "Fueras" is used to express a past emotional reaction or a hypothetical situation related to the past.

• Yo sé que no he sido un santo.

  ➔ Present Perfect (Pretérito perfecto compuesto)

  ➔ "He sido" is used to refer to actions that have happened in the past and continue to have relevance in the present.

• Pero lo puedo arreglar, amor.

  ➔ Direct Object Pronoun (Pronombre de objeto directo)

  ➔ "Lo" replaces the noun phrase referring to the "situation" or "trouble" the speaker wants to fix.

• Te puedo pedir que el invierno perdone un rosal.

  ➔ Modal Verb + Infinitive (Verbo modal + Infinitivo)

  ➔ "Puedo pedir" combines the modal verb "poder" (to be able to) with the main verb "pedir" (to ask).

• Que no creas más en mis promesas.

  ➔ Negative Command/Subjunctive (Subjuntivo en oraciones negativas)

  ➔ The subjunctive "creas" is used here after a negative expression ("que no...").

• Yo solo soy un hombre arrepentido.

  ➔ Adjective agreement (Concordancia de adjetivos)

  ➔ "Arrepentido" is a participial adjective that must agree in gender (masculine) and number (singular) with "hombre".