Me Dediqué A Perderte – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Alejandro Fernández
• Album: A Corazón Abierto

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

¿Por qué no te besé en el alma cuando aún podía?

Why didn't I kiss your soul when I still could?

¿Por qué no te abracé la vida cuando la tenía?

Why didn't I embrace life when I had it?

Y yo que no me daba cuenta cuánto te dolía

And I, who didn't realize how much it hurt you

Y yo que no sabía el daño que me hacía

And I, who didn't know the damage it did to me

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¿Cómo es que nunca me fijé que ya no sonreías?

How is it that I never noticed you weren't smiling anymore?

Y que antes de apagar la luz, ya nada me decías

And that before turning off the light, you said nothing to me

Que aquel amor se te escapó que había llegado el día

That love slipped away from you, that the day had come

Que ya no me sentías, que ya ni te dolía

That you no longer felt me, that it didn't even hurt you anymore

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Me dediqué a perderte

I dedicated myself to losing you

Y me ausenté en momentos que se han ido para siempre

And I was absent in moments that are gone forever

Me dediqué a no verte

I dedicated myself to not seeing you

Y me encerré en mi mundo y no pudiste detenerme

And I locked myself in my world and you couldn't stop me

Y me alejé mil veces

And I distanced myself a thousand times

Y cuando regresé te había perdido para siempre

And when I returned, I had lost you forever

Y quise detenerte

And I wanted to stop you

Y entonces descubrí que ya mirabas diferente

And then I discovered that you were already looking different

Me dediqué a perderte

I dedicated myself to losing you

Me dediqué a perderte

I dedicated myself to losing you

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¿Por qué no te llené de mí cuando aún había tiempo?

Why didn't I fill you with me when there was still time?

¿Por qué no pude comprender lo que hasta ahora entiendo?

Why couldn't I understand what I now understand?

Que fuiste todo para mí y que yo estaba ciego

That you were everything to me and that I was blind

Te dejé para luego

I left you for later

Este maldito ego, mmh

This damn ego, mmh

Me dediqué a perderte

I dedicated myself to losing you

Y me ausenté en momentos que se han ido para siempre

And I was absent in moments that are gone forever

Me dediqué a no verte

I dedicated myself to not seeing you

Y me encerré en mi mundo y no pudiste detenerme

And I locked myself in my world and you couldn't stop me

Y me alejé mil veces

And I distanced myself a thousand times

Y cuando regresé te había perdido para siempre

And when I returned, I had lost you forever

Y quise detenerte

And I wanted to stop you

Entonces descubrí que ya mirabas diferente

Then I discovered that you were already looking different

Me dediqué a perderte

I dedicated myself to losing you

Me dediqué a perderte

I dedicated myself to losing you

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
alma /ˈalma/ B1	noun - soul
vida /ˈbiða/ A1	noun - life
dolía /doˈli.a/ B1	verb - it hurt (imperfect tense of doler)
daño /ˈdaɲo/ B1	noun - harm, damage
sonreías /son.reˈi.as/ B2	verb - you smiled (imperfect tense of sonreír)
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
perderte /peɾˈðeɾ.te/ B1	verb - to lose you
momentos /moˈmen.tos/ A2	noun - moments
mundo /ˈmun.do/ A1	noun - world
veces /ˈbe.θes/ A1	noun - times
tiempo /ˈtjem.po/ A1	noun - time
ciego /ˈθje.ɣo/ B1	adjective - blind
ego /ˈe.ɣo/ B2	noun - ego
diferente /di.feˈɾen.te/ A2	adjective - different
llené /ʎeˈne/ B1	verb - I filled (past tense of llenar)

Key Grammar Structures

• ¿Por qué no te besé en el alma cuando aún podía?

  ➔ Past Subjunctive (besé) in a question expressing regret; Conditional Perfect Implied.

  ➔ The use of the past subjunctive "besé" indicates a hypothetical situation in the past that did not happen. The implied conditional perfect is 'If I could have, I would have kissed you.'

• Y yo que no me daba cuenta cuánto te dolía

  ➔ Emphatic structure with 'yo que'; Imperfect tense (daba, dolía) indicating ongoing actions in the past.

  ➔ 'Yo que' emphasizes the speaker's unawareness. The imperfect tense describes the continuous state of the other person's pain and the speaker's lack of realization.

• Me dediqué a perderte

  ➔ Reflexive verb 'dedicarse a' + infinitive (perderte); expressing dedication to an action.

  ➔ 'Dedicarse a' indicates a deliberate action, a focus of effort. In this case, the effort was (unintentionally) towards losing the other person.

• Y me ausenté en momentos que se han ido para siempre

  ➔ Preterite tense (ausenté) indicating a completed action; Relative clause with Present Perfect (se han ido).

  ➔ The preterite 'ausenté' signifies a specific instance of being absent. The present perfect in the relative clause highlights that those moments are irrevocably gone.

• Y cuando regresé te había perdido para siempre

  ➔ Past Perfect (había perdido) indicating an action completed before another in the past.

  ➔ The past perfect 'había perdido' shows that the loss of the person happened before the speaker's return.

• Entonces descubrí que ya mirabas diferente

  ➔ Imperfect tense (mirabas) describing a state or characteristic in the past.

  ➔ The imperfect 'mirabas' portrays the way the other person *used to* look, emphasizing the change over time.