Me Vas a Echar de Menos – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic Spanish language through José José’s emotive delivery. This song is perfect for learning the 'future tense' of regret and common romantic idioms that reveal the nuances of Spanish expressions of heartbreak and longing.

[English]

♪

You are going to miss me

When you see the rain

And I'm not by your side

And you'll look for my hand

To hold it tight

And you're going to love me like that

You are going to miss me

When you feel lonely

In the arms of another love

And you realize that I still exist

And that I'm living my life

Or maybe I'm not anymore

And you'll be calling for me - every April 20th

And they'll say there's no one there

That I am far away from here

And you'll get very sad

Thinking about - what you did

And you won't be able to pretend

You are going to miss me

When your luck changes

And something goes wrong

And you don't have me near

To tell you "calm down"

Everything will be alright

You are going to miss me

When night falls

And you remember me

And you'll cry with rage

Thinking that I was yours

And that I truly was

And you'll be calling for me - every April 20th

And they'll say there's no one there

That I am far away from here

And you'll get very sad

Thinking about - what you did

And you won't be able to pretend

And you'll want to forget me - but you won't forget me

And you'll come looking for me - but you won't find me

And even in your - good times

You are going to miss me

And more and more every day

♪

[Spanish]

♪

Me vas a echar de menos

Cuando veas la lluvia

Y no esté junto a ti

Y buscarás mi mano

Para apretarla fuerte

Y vas a amarme así

Me vas a echar de menos

Cuando te sientas sola

En brazos de otro amor

Y sepas que aún existo

Y que vivo mi vida

O a lo mejor ya no

Y me estarás llamando cada 20 de abril

Y dirán que no hay nadie

Que estoy lejos de aquí

Y te pondrás muy triste

Pensando en lo que hiciste

Y no podrás fingir

Me vas a echar de menos

Cuando tu suerte cambie

Y algo te salga mal

Y no me tengas cerca

Para decirte calma

Todo se arreglará

Me vas a echar de menos

Cuando llegue la noche

Y te acuerdes de mí

Y llorarás de rabia

De pensar que fui tuyo

Y tanto que lo fui

Y me estarás llamando cada 20 de abril

Y dirán que no hay nadie

Que estoy lejos de aquí

Y te pondrás muy triste

Pensando en lo que hiciste

Y no podrás fingir

Y querrás olvidarme y no me olvidarás

Y vendrás a buscarme y no me encontrarás

Y hasta en tus ratos buenos

Me vas a echar de menos

Y cada día más

♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
echar de menos e-char de me-nos A2	verb - to miss someone or something
lluvia llu-via A1	noun - rain
apretar a-pre-tar B1	verb - to squeeze, to press
sola so-la A1	adjective - lonely, alone
existo e-xis-to B2	verb - to exist
triste tris-te A1	adjective - sad
fingir fin-gir B2	verb - to pretend
suerte suer-te A2	noun - luck
calma cal-ma B1	noun - calm, peace
noche no-che A1	noun - night
rabia ra-bia B2	noun - rage, anger
olvidar ol-vi-dar A2	verb - to forget
buscar bus-car A2	verb - to look for, to search
encontrar en-con-trar A2	verb - to find
ratos ra-tos B1	noun - moments, short periods of time

Key Grammar Structures

• Me vas a echar de menos

  ➔ Periphrastic future (Ir + a + infinitive)

  ➔ The structure "vas a" (you are going to) is used to express a future intention or prediction.

• Cuando veas la lluvia

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in temporal clause

  ➔ When "cuando" refers to a future event, the verb "veas" must be in the subjunctive.

• Y no esté junto a ti

  ➔ Negative present subjunctive

  ➔ The subjunctive "esté" is triggered by the previous temporal clause logic (non-reality at that moment).

• Y sepas que aún existo

  ➔ Subjunctive after emotional/cognitive trigger

  ➔ The verb "sepas" uses subjunctive to denote the hypothetical future realization.

• Y me estarás llamando

  ➔ Future progressive

  ➔ The structure "estarás llamando" emphasizes the ongoing nature of the action in the future.

• Y dirán que no hay nadie

  ➔ Impersonal 'se' / Indefinite subject

  ➔ "Dirán" (they will say) functions here as an impersonal reference to unspecified people.

• Pensando en lo que hiciste

  ➔ Preterite tense / Relative pronoun 'lo que'

  ➔ "Hiciste" is the preterite of "hacer", referring to a completed action in the past.

• Y vendrás a buscarme

  ➔ Periphrastic future (Venir + a + infinitive)

  ➔ This structure emphasizes the movement and intent towards a future action.