Me llamas – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Jose Luis Perales
• Album: Mis 30 Mejores Canciones

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Me llamas

You call me

Para decirme que te marchas

To tell me you're leaving

Que ya no aguantas más

That you can't take it anymore

Que ya estás harta

That you're fed up

De verle cada día

Of seeing him every day

De compartir su cama

Of sharing his bed

De domingos de fútbol

Of Sundays watching football

Metida en casa

Stuck at home

Me dices que el amor

You tell me that love

Igual que llega, pasa

Just like it arrives, it passes

Y el tuyo se marchó

And yours went away

Por la ventana

Through the window

Y que encontró un lugar

And it found a place

En otra cama

In another bed

Y te has pintado la sonrisa de carmín

And you've painted your smile with carmine lipstick

Y te has colgado el bolso que te regaló

And you've put on the purse he gave you

Y aquel vestido que nunca estrenaste

And that dress you never wore

Lo estrenas hoy

You're wearing it today

Y sales a la calle

And you go out into the street

Buscando amor

Looking for love

Y te has pintado la sonrisa de carmín

And you've painted your smile with carmine lipstick

Y te has colgado el bolso que te regaló

And you've put on the purse he gave you

Y aquel vestido que nunca estrenaste

And that dress you never wore

Lo estrenas hoy

You're wearing it today

Y sales a la calle

And you go out into the street

Buscando amor

Looking for love

...

...

Me llamas

You call me

Para decirme que te engaña

To tell me that he's cheating on you

Que ya de vuestro amor

That nothing is left

No queda nada

Of your love

Que se buscó otro nido

That he looked for another nest

Que abandonó tu casa

That he abandoned your house

Que te faltan caricias

That you lack caresses

Por las mañanas

In the mornings

Me dices que el amor

You tell me that love

Igual que llega, pasa

Just like it arrives, it passes

Y el tuyo se marchó

And yours went away

Por la ventana

Through the window

Y que encontró un lugar

And it found a place

En otra cama

In another bed

Y te has pintado la sonrisa de carmín

And you've painted your smile with carmine lipstick

Y te has colgado el bolso que te regaló

And you've put on the purse he gave you

Y aquel vestido que nunca estrenaste

And that dress you never wore

Lo estrenas hoy

You're wearing it today

Y sales a la calle

And you go out into the street

Buscando amor

Looking for love

Y te has pintado la sonrisa de carmín

And you've painted your smile with carmine lipstick

Y te has colgado el bolso que te regaló

And you've put on the purse he gave you

Y aquel vestido que nunca estrenaste

And that dress you never wore

Lo estrenas hoy

You're wearing it today

Y sales a la calle

And you go out into the street

Buscando amor

Looking for love

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
llamas /ˈʎa.mas/ A1	verb - you call
amor /aˈmor/ A1	noun - love
cama /ˈka.ma/ A1	noun - bed
ventana /benˈta.na/ A2	noun - window
sonrisa /sonˈri.sa/ A2	noun - smile
pintar /pinˈtar/ A2	verb - to paint
buscar /busˈkar/ A2	verb - to search
regalo /reˈɣa.lo/ B1	noun - gift
estrenar /es.tɾeˈnaɾ/ B1	verb - to wear for the first time
harta /ˈaɾ.ta/ B1	adjective - fed up
nido /ˈni.ðo/ B2	noun - nest
caricias /kaˈɾi.θjas/ B2	noun - caresses
domingo /doˈmin.ɡo/ B2	noun - Sunday
fútbol /ˈfut.bol/ B2	noun - football/soccer
marchar /maɾˈt͡ʃaɾ/ B2	verb - to leave
encontrar /eŋ.konˈtɾaɾ/ B2	verb - to find

Key Grammar Structures

• Ya no aguantas más

  ➔ Present tense conjugation with 'ya no' to indicate cessation

  ➔ 'ya no' means 'no longer' or 'not anymore', expressing the end of an action or state

• Buscando amor

  ➔ Present participle used after 'está' or as part of a continuous phrase

  ➔ The gerund form 'buscando' conveys ongoing action, similar to 'searching' in English

• Me llamas

  ➔ Present simple tense of 'llamar' in the second person singular

  ➔ The verb 'llamas' is conjugated in the present tense for 'tú', meaning 'you call' or 'you are calling'

• Le pasa

  ➔ Present tense third person singular of 'pasar' with indirect object pronoun 'le'

  ➔ 'Le pasa' means 'it happens to him/her', with 'le' as an indirect object pronoun referring to 'him/her'

• Se marchó

  ➔ Preterite tense of 'marchar' in third person singular, indicating a completed action

  ➔ 'Se marchó' is the preterite form meaning 'he/she left' or 'he/she has gone away'

• Y que encontró un lugar

  ➔ Subjunctive mood used in relative clauses expressing possibility or doubt

  ➔ The phrase 'que encontró un lugar' uses the subjunctive mood to connect relative clauses expressing uncertainty or possibility

• Y sales a la calle

  ➔ Present tense indicating an action begun and ongoing in the present

  ➔ 'Sales' is the second person singular present indicative of 'salir', meaning 'you go out' or 'you are going out'