Llorar – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Lucero
• Album: Un Lucero en la México

Lyrics & Translation

Immerse yourself in the heartfelt emotion of Lucero's "Llorar." This song, a cornerstone of Mexican vernacular music, offers a powerful expression of love, loss, and resilience. By exploring its lyrics, you can connect with universal themes of heartbreak and gain insight into the rich cultural tapestry of Mexican music.

[English]

I saw you arrive, ah

I got close to your life and you let yourself be loved

And now it turns out you're leaving

I gave you my love, ah

You made me happy and I did you a favor

And now you leave me with the pain

...

Who would've thought that one day you'd leave me?

Who? Who?

Who would've thought that one day I'd cry for you?

Cry, cry, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Cry, cry

...

I gave you my love, ah

You made me happy and I did you a favor

And now you leave me with the pain

You let yourself be loved, ah

And I thank you instead of blaming

Though today I flood in tears

Who would've thought that one day you'd leave me?

Who? Who?

Who would've thought that one day I'd cry for you?

Cry, cry, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Cry, ah-ah, ah, ah, ah-ah-ah

Cry

Cry

Cry

...

[Spanish]

Te miré llegar, ajá

Me acerqué a tu vida y te dejaste amar

Y ahora resulta que te vas

Te entregué mi amor, ajá

Me hiciste dichosa y te hice un favor

Y ahora me heredas el dolor

¿Quién iba a pensar que un día me habías de abandonar?

¿Quién?, ¿quién?

¿Quién iba a pensar que un día por ti iba a llorar?

Llorar, llorar, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Llorar, llorar

Te entregué mi amor, ajá

Me hiciste dichosa y te hice un favor

Y ahora me heredas el dolor

Te dejaste amar, ajá

Y te lo agradezco en vez de reprochar

Aunque hoy me inunde de llorar

¿Quién iba a pensar que un día me habías de abandonar?

¿Quién?, ¿quién?

¿Quién iba a pensar que un día por ti iba a llorar?

Llorar, llorar, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

Llorar, ah-ah, ah, ah, ah-ah-ah

Llorar

Llorar

Llorar

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
llegar /ʝeˈɣaɾ/ A2	verb - to arrive
dejarse /dexˈaɾse/ B1	verb - to let oneself
amar /aˈmaɾ/ A2	verb - to love
resultar /resulˈtaɾ/ B2	verb - to turn out to be
entregar /enteˈɣɾaɾ/ B2	verb - to deliver
heredar /eɾeˈðaɾ/ B2	verb - to inherit
dolor /doˈloɾ/ A2	noun - pain
abandonar /abandonˈaɾ/ B1	verb - to abandon, to leave behind
pensar /pensˈaɾ/ A2	verb - to think
llorar /ʝoˈɾaɾ/ A1	verb - to cry
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love

Key Grammar Structures

• Me acerqué a tu vida y te dejaste amar

  ➔ Preterite tense of "acerqué" (to approach), reflexive pronoun "te" + verb "dejaste" (to let, to allow)

  ➔ "Acerqué" is the first person singular preterite form of "acercar", meaning "to approach". "Te dejaste amar" uses reflexive verb "dejaste" combined with "te" to indicate that the subject allowed themselves to be loved.

• Y ahora resulta que te vas

  ➔ Present tense of "resulta" (to turn out), conjunction "y" (and), expression "ahora" (now)

  ➔ "Resulta" is the present tense form of " resultar " (to turn out or to be the case). "Y" is the coordinating conjunction linking clauses, and "ahora" means "now".

• ¿Quién iba a pensar que un día me habías de abandonar?

  ➔ Imperfect tense of "iba" (to go, to be going to), conditional "habías de" (you had to), subjunctive "abandonar" (to abandon)

  ➔ "Iba" is the imperfect tense of "ir" (to go) used here with "a" to express an ongoing or habitual action in the past. "Habías de" is a set expression meaning "you had to" or "you were meant to," followed by the infinitive "abandonar".

• ¿Quién iba a pensar que un día me habías de abandonar?

  ➔ As above: Imperfect tense of "iba" + "a" + infinitive "abandonar" to express future-in-the-past, conditional "habías de" indicating obligation or inevitability

  ➔ This grammatical structure expresses an action that was expected or destined to happen in the past, often with a sense of inevitability. "Iba" + "a" + infinitive is used to indicate a future-in-the-past meaning.