Me Basta – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José
• Album: Gracias

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the profound emotional landscape of Spanish with José José's iconic ballad, "Me Basta." This song offers a rich vocabulary of devotion, resignation, and complex romantic feelings, allowing listeners to connect deeply with the subtleties of loving unconditionally in Spanish.

[English]

(José José - Me Basta)

Do you know what people are saying out there?

Poor nightingale, where have you fallen?

They say I'm blinded by your love

And that you play with me

I don’t demand explanations, my dear

I don’t want to know who owns you

Give me whatever you can give me

My love, I accept it

That’s enough for me

With a little bit of your love

The one you have hidden

The one nobody has wanted

It doesn’t matter to me, no

That’s enough for me

With a little bit of your love

With what you have kept

With what you’ve forgotten

That’s what I’ll keep

(Música)

Do you know what people are saying out there?

Poor nightingale, they’ve subdued you

They say I’m crazy about your love

And it’s true, I’m a lost madman

And it’s true that sometimes I feel like dying

Who do you think I am?

I’m jealous

But one day I had to choose

And now you see what I prefer

That’s enough for me

With a little bit of your love

The one you have hidden

The one nobody has wanted

It doesn’t matter to me, no

That’s enough for me

With a little bit of your love

With what you have kept

With what you’ve forgotten

That’s what I’ll keep

That’s enough for me

With a little bit of your love

The one you have hidden

The one nobody has wanted

It doesn’t matter to me, no

That’s enough for me

With a little bit of your love

With what you have kept

With what you’ve forgotten

That’s what I’ll keep

That’s enough for me

With a little bit of your love

[Spanish]

(José José - Me Basta)

¿Sabes lo que dicen por ahí?

Pobre ruiseñor, dónde ha caído

Dicen que estoy ciego por tu amor

Y que tú juegas conmigo

No te pido cuentas, corazón

No quiero saber quién es tu dueño

Dame lo que tú me puedas dar

Corazón, que yo lo acepto

Me basta

Con un poco de tu amor

El que tengas escondido

El que nadie haya querido

Que a mí no me importa, no

Me basta

Con un poco de tu amor

Con lo que tengas guardado

Con lo que hayas olvidado

Con eso me quedo yo

(Música)

¿Sabes lo que dicen por ahí?

Pobre ruiseñor, le han sometido

Dicen que estoy loco por tu amor

Y es verdad, loco perdido

Y es verdad que a veces creo morir

¿Quién te crees que soy?

Yo tengo celos

Pero un día tuve que elegir

Y ya ves lo que prefiero

Me basta

Con un poco de tu amor

El que tengas escondido

El que nadie haya querido

Que a mí no me importa, no

Me basta

Con un poco de tu amor

Con lo que tengas guardado

Con lo que hayas olvidado

Con eso me quedo yo

Me basta

Con un poco de tu amor

El que tengas escondido

El que nadie haya querido

Que a mí no me importa, no

Me basta

Con un poco de tu amor

Con lo que tengas guardado

Con lo que hayas olvidado

Con eso me quedo yo

Me basta

Con un poco de tu amor

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
basta ˈbasta A2	verb - enough
ruiseñor rwi.seˈŋor B1	noun - nightingale
ciego ˈθjeɣo A2	adjective - blind
juegas ˈxweɣas A2	verb - you play
cuentas ˈkweŋtas A2	noun - accounts
dueño ˈdweɲo A2	noun - owner
escondido eskonˈdiðo B1	adjective - hidden
importa imˈpɔrta A2	verb - matters
guardado ɡwarˈðaðo B1	adjective - kept
olvidado olβiˈðaðo B1	adjective - forgotten
quedó keˈðo A2	verb - stayed
celos ˈθelos B1	noun - jealousy
prefiero pɾeˈfjeɾo A2	verb - I prefer

Key Grammar Structures

• ¿Sabes lo que dicen por ahí?

  ➔ Indirect question with *saber* + relative clause

  ➔ The phrase "lo que" introduces an indirect question meaning “what”.

• Dicen que estoy ciego por tu amor

  ➔ Reporting verb + subordinate clause with indicative

  ➔ "Dicen" introduces a reported statement, and the clause "que estoy ciego" uses the indicative mood.

• No te pido cuentas, corazón

  ➔ Imperative-like expression with indirect object pronoun

  ➔ "te" is the indirect object pronoun referring to the person being spoken to.

• No quiero saber quién es tu dueño

  ➔ Infinitive + indirect question clause

  ➔ "saber" is in infinitive form after "quiero", and "quién es tu dueño" is an indirect question.

• Dame lo que tú me puedas dar

  ➔ Imperative + relative clause with subjunctive

  ➔ "puedas" is in the subjunctive because it follows a relative clause introduced by "lo que".

• Me basta con un poco de tu amor

  ➔ Verb *bastar* + prepositional phrase with *con*

  ➔ "basta" works like “is enough”, and the phrase "con un poco de tu amor" tells what is sufficient.

• El que tengas escondido

  ➔ Relative pronoun *el que* + subjunctive verb

  ➔ "tengas" is subjunctive because it follows the indefinite relative pronoun "el que" expressing an unknown or non‑specific item.

• Y es verdad que a veces creo morir

  ➔ Verb *creer* + infinitive complement

  ➔ "morir" is an infinitive that functions as the object of "creo", meaning “I think about dying”.