Lo Grande Que es Perdonar – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Gilberto Santa Rosa, Vico C

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Se que te hice mil heridas

I know I caused you a thousand wounds

Casi imposibles de sanar

Almost impossible to heal

Y nadie gana la partida

And no one wins the game

Pues tú allí y yo acá

Because you're there and I'm here

Cuando el orgullo no te deja

When pride won't let you

Entrar en tiempo y en razón

Enter into reason and time

Hay que callar todas sus quejas

You have to silence all your complaints

Y hacerle caso al corazón

And listen to your heart

¿Porque llorar?

Why cry?

¿Porque vivir así?

Why live like this?

¿Porque pensar?

Why think?

Para volver a mí

To come back to me

¡Que importa ya!

What does it matter now?

¿Que tienen que decir?

What do they have to say?

Si vine ya, vine por tí

If I already came, I came for you

Solo por tí, ¡Ay, amor!

Only for you, oh love!

No me mates más con ese rencor

Don't hurt me anymore with that resentment

No me tires más con la soledad

Don't push me further with loneliness

No hagas alianzas con el dolor

Don't make alliances with pain

No empeores mi realidad

Don't worsen my reality

Te doy hasta la luna con su esplendor

I'll give you even the moon in its splendor

Te doy hasta mi sangre por tu piedad

I'll give you even my blood for your mercy

Doy lo que sea para que tu corazón

I'll do anything so your heart

Mire lo grande que es perdonar

Can see how great forgiveness is

Y no me mates más con ese rencor

And don't hurt me anymore with that resentment

Y no me tires más con la soledad

And don't push me further with loneliness

Y no hagas alianzas con el dolor

Don't make alliances with pain

No empeores mi realidad

Don't worsen my reality

Te doy hasta la luna con su esplendor (Oye)

I'll give you even the moon in its splendor (Hey)

Te doy hasta mi sangre por tu piedad

I'll give you even my blood for your mercy

Doy lo que sea para que tu corazón

I'll do anything so your heart

Miré lo grande que es perdonar

Can see how great forgiveness is

Doy lo que sea para que tu corazón

I'll do anything so your heart

Mire lo grande que es perdonar

Can see how great forgiveness is

(Na, na, na, na, na)

(Na, na, na, na, na)

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¿Que vas a hacer en nuestra esquina?

What are you going to do at our corner?

Al realizar que ya no estoy

Now realizing I'm no longer here

¿Que vas a hacer con esta ruina?

What will you do with this ruin?

Si tú no estás, no sé quién soy

If you're not here, I don't know who I am

Si ya no duermes en la noche

If you no longer sleep at night

Si tu sonrisa ya no está

If your smile is gone

Si nada dejan los reproches

If reproaches don't leave anything

Regresa y no mires atrás

Come back and don't look back

¿Porque llorar?

Why cry?

¿Porque vivir así?

Why live like this?

¿Porque pensar?

Why think?

Para volver a mí

To come back to me

¡Que importa ya!

What does it matter now?

¿Que tienen que decir?

What do they have to say?

Si vine ya, vine por tí

If I already came, I came for you

Solo por tí, ¡Ay, amor!

Only for you, oh love!

No me mates más con ese rencor

Don't hurt me anymore with that resentment

No me tires más con la soledad

Don't push me further with loneliness

No hagas alianzas con el dolor

Don't make alliances with pain

No empeores mi realidad

Don't worsen my reality

Yo te doy hasta la luna con su esplendor

I'll give you even the moon in its splendor

Te doy hasta mi sangre por tu piedad

I'll give you even my blood for your mercy

Doy lo que sea para que tu corazón

I'll do anything so your heart

Mire lo grande que es perdonar

Can see how great forgiveness is

Y no me mates más con ese rencor (No)

And don't hurt me anymore with that resentment (No)

Y no me tires más con la soledad (Con la soledad)

And don't push me further with loneliness (With loneliness)

Y no hagas alianzas con el dolor

Don't make alliances with pain

No empeores mi realidad

Don't worsen my reality

Yo te doy hasta la luna con su esplendor (Oye)

I'll give you even the moon in its splendor (Hey)

Te doy hasta mi sangre por tu piedad

I'll give you even my blood for your mercy

Doy lo que sea para que tu corazón

I'll do anything so your heart

Mire lo grande que es perdonar

Can see how great forgiveness is

Doy lo que sea para que tu corazón

I'll do anything so your heart

Mire lo grande que es perdonar

Can see how great forgiveness is

¡Ay, amor! (Hay heridas imposibles de sanar)

Oh, love! (There are wounds impossible to heal)

¿Que hacer con este amor? (Nadie gana la partida)

What to do with this love? (No one wins the game)

No sé quién soy (¿Por qué llorar, por qué sufrir así?)

I don't know who I am (Why cry, why suffer like this?)

Me mata este dolor (Si hoy vine por ti)

This pain kills me (If I came today for you)

A decirte (Amor)

To tell you (Love)

Regresa y no mires atrás (¿Qué hacer con esté amor?

Come back and don't look back (What to do with this love?)

No, no, no empeores mi realidad (No sé quién soy)

No, don't worsen my reality (I don't know who I am)

Te doy mi vida, te doy mi sangre (Me mata esté dolor)

I give you my life, I give you my blood (This pain kills me)

Yo, yo aún te venero

I still adore you

¡Ay, amor! (¿Qué vas a hacer?)

Oh, love! (What will you do?)

¿Que hacer con esté amor? (Al realizar que ya no estoy aquí)

What to do with this love? (Realizing I'm no longer here)

No sé quién soy (Si ya no duermes en la noche)

I don't know who I am (If you no longer sleep at night)

Me mata este dolor (Y nada dejan los reproches, corazón)

This pain kills me (And reproaches leave nothing, my heart)

Regresa a mí, amor (Te doy hasta la luna)

Come back to me, love (I'll give you even the moon)

¿Qué hacer con esté amor? (Yo mi vida entera)

What to do with this love? (My entire life)

No sé quién soy (Y como tú no hay ninguna)

I don't know who I am (And there's no one like you)

No mires atrás

Don't look back

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
heridas /eˈɾiðas/ B1	noun - wounds
orgullo /oɾˈɣuʝo/ B2	noun - pride
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A2	noun - heart
dolor /doˈloɾ/ A2	noun - pain
soledad /soleˈðad/ B1	noun - solitude
perdonar /peɾdoˈnaɾ/ B1	verb - to forgive
sangre /ˈsaŋɡɾe/ A2	noun - blood
vida /ˈbiða/ A1	noun - life
luna /ˈluna/ A1	noun - moon
importa /imˈpoɾta/ B1	verb - to matter
regresar /reɣɾeˈsaɾ/ B1	verb - to return
realidad /realiˈðað/ B2	noun - reality
quejas /ˈke.xas/ B1	noun - complaints
partida /paɾˈti.ða/ B2	noun - game or match
alianzas /a.ljanˈsas/ B2	noun - alliances
piedad /pjeˈðad/ B2	noun - mercy

Key Grammar Structures

• Se que te hice mil heridas, casi imposibles de sanar

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood (Present Subjunctive)

  ➔ The use of 'se que' (I know that) is followed by the subjunctive 'hice' because there is a degree of uncertainty or subjectivity depending on the speaker.

• Cuando el orgullo no te deja entrar en tiempo y en razón

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood (Present Subjunctive after 'cuando')

  ➔ The word “cuando” (when) is followed by subjunctive mood when it introduces an uncertain or hypothetical situation. Here, it emphasizes the possibility that pride prevents reason.

• Hay que callar todas sus quejas

  ➔ Impersonal 'Hay que' + Infinitive

  ➔ 'Hay que' is an impersonal construction meaning 'one must' or 'it is necessary to'. It's always followed by an infinitive verb.

• ¿Que vas a hacer en nuestra esquina? Al realizar que ya no estoy

  ➔ Future Tense ('vas a hacer') and Subjunctive after 'realizar que'

  ➔ The expression 'vas a hacer' indicates a future action. 'Realizar que' (to realize that) often precedes the subjunctive because the realization itself is uncertain at the time of speaking.

• Si tú no estás, no sé quién soy

  ➔ Conditional Sentence (Type 1 or 0 depending on the context)

  ➔ This is a conditional sentence. Depending on the context, it could be a Type 0 (general truth: if you are not here, generally I don't know who I am) or a Type 1 (real possibility: if you are not here, I won't know who I am).

• Doy lo que sea para que tu corazón Mire lo grande que es perdonar

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood after 'para que' and 'Doy lo que sea'

  ➔ 'Para que' (so that) always introduces a clause in the subjunctive because it expresses a purpose or a desired outcome. 'Doy lo que sea' implies a strong desire which is usually followed by subjunctive.