Me llamas – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

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

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Spanish through music can be a deeply emotional experience, and José Luis Perales's 'Me llamas' is a perfect example. This classic ballad not only tells a compelling story of heartbreak and empowerment but also showcases a rich vocabulary of emotions and everyday situations. By listening to this song, you can learn expressions related to relationships, feelings, and the determination to start anew, all wrapped in a beautiful melody that has touched hearts for decades.

[English]

You call me

To tell me you're leaving

That you can't take it anymore

That you're fed up

Of seeing him every day

Of sharing his bed

Of Sundays watching football

Stuck at home

You tell me that love

Just like it arrives, it passes

And yours went away

Through the window

And it found a place

In another bed

And you've painted your smile with carmine lipstick

And you've put on the purse he gave you

And that dress you never wore

You're wearing it today

And you go out into the street

Looking for love

And you've painted your smile with carmine lipstick

And you've put on the purse he gave you

And that dress you never wore

You're wearing it today

And you go out into the street

Looking for love

...

You call me

To tell me that he's cheating on you

That nothing is left

Of your love

That he looked for another nest

That he abandoned your house

That you lack caresses

In the mornings

You tell me that love

Just like it arrives, it passes

And yours went away

Through the window

And it found a place

In another bed

And you've painted your smile with carmine lipstick

And you've put on the purse he gave you

And that dress you never wore

You're wearing it today

And you go out into the street

Looking for love

And you've painted your smile with carmine lipstick

And you've put on the purse he gave you

And that dress you never wore

You're wearing it today

And you go out into the street

Looking for love

...

[Spanish]

Me llamas

Para decirme que te marchas

Que ya no aguantas más

Que ya estás harta

De verle cada día

De compartir su cama

De domingos de fútbol

Metida en casa

Me dices que el amor

Igual que llega, pasa

Y el tuyo se marchó

Por la ventana

Y que encontró un lugar

En otra cama

Y te has pintado la sonrisa de carmín

Y te has colgado el bolso que te regaló

Y aquel vestido que nunca estrenaste

Lo estrenas hoy

Y sales a la calle

Buscando amor

Y te has pintado la sonrisa de carmín

Y te has colgado el bolso que te regaló

Y aquel vestido que nunca estrenaste

Lo estrenas hoy

Y sales a la calle

Buscando amor

Me llamas

Para decirme que te engaña

Que ya de vuestro amor

No queda nada

Que se buscó otro nido

Que abandonó tu casa

Que te faltan caricias

Por las mañanas

Me dices que el amor

Igual que llega, pasa

Y el tuyo se marchó

Por la ventana

Y que encontró un lugar

En otra cama

Y te has pintado la sonrisa de carmín

Y te has colgado el bolso que te regaló

Y aquel vestido que nunca estrenaste

Lo estrenas hoy

Y sales a la calle

Buscando amor

Y te has pintado la sonrisa de carmín

Y te has colgado el bolso que te regaló

Y aquel vestido que nunca estrenaste

Lo estrenas hoy

Y sales a la calle

Buscando amor

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'