Mi Soledad Y Yo – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Alejandro Sanz

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the depths of love and longing with Alejandro Sanz's "Mi Soledad Y Yo." This classic ballad offers a window into Spanish language and culture through its heartfelt lyrics and emotional delivery. Discover the nuances of expressing love and loss as you learn the story behind this timeless song .

[English]

How are you? How's it going?

Is it daytime or nighttime there?

That's a beautiful city

To go on vacation

And the hotel, is it really as romantic and luxurious

As in the advertisement?

With those beaches from the photos?

...

In Madrid it's raining and everything's still the same

Except that you're not here and time passes slowly

I'm dying for you to come back, it's been so long since you left

You're not going to fall in love there, are you?

You promised.

Please,

Call me when you can,

Because my loneliness and I

Don't get along well without you.

I spend the whole day planning

Our imagined meeting.

...

I'll kiss you

Like no one in this world has ever kissed you.

I'll love you

With body and mind, with skin and heart.

Come back soon, we're waiting for you,

My loneliness and I.

I'll kiss you

Like no one in this world has ever kissed you.

I'll love you

With body and mind, with skin and heart.

Come back soon, we're waiting for you,

My loneliness and I.

...

I won't keep you any longer,

I know someone is waiting for you.

Tell him to speak more quietly,

To the one who said not to be long.

Just one last favor, I'm asking you, before hanging up:

Tell him to take good care of you.

Do you promise me you will?

And now calm down,

Don't let him notice you've cried.

Act like you're okay,

Just like I do.

And meanwhile I'll keep thinking

Of our imagined meeting.

I'll kiss you

Like no one in this world has ever kissed you.

I'll love you

With body and mind, with skin and heart.

Come back soon, we're waiting for you,

My loneliness and I.

Like no one in this world has ever kissed you.

I'll love you

With skin and heart.

...

My loneliness and I.

I'll kiss you

Like no one in this world has ever kissed you.

I'll love you

With body and mind, with skin and heart.

Come back soon, we're waiting for you,

My loneliness and I.

...

[Spanish]

¿Cómo estás?, ¿qué tal te va?

¿Allí es de día o es de noche?

Es bonita esa ciudad

Para ir de vacaciones

Y el hotel, era verdad que es tan romántico y lujoso

Como en la publicidad

Con esas playas de las fotos

En Madrid está lloviendo y todo sigue como siempre

Solamente que no estás y el tiempo pasa lentamente

Estoy loco porque vuelvas, hace tanto que te fuiste

No te irás a enamorar allí

Lo prometiste

Por favor

Cuando puedas llámame

Que mi soledad y yo

Sin ti no nos llevamos bien

Me paso el día planeando

Nuestro encuentro imaginario

Te besaré

Como nadie en este mundo te besó

Te amaré

Con el cuerpo y con la mente, con la piel y el corazón

Vuelve pronto, te esperamos

Mi soledad y yo

Te besaré

Como nadie en este mundo te besó

Te amaré

Con el cuerpo y con la mente, con la piel y el corazón

Vuelve pronto, te esperamos

Mi soledad y yo

Ya no te entretengo más

Sé que te está esperando alguien

Dile que debe hablar más bajo

Al que ha dicho que no tardes

Solo un último favor, te pido, antes de colgar

Dile que te cuide mucho

¿Me prometes que lo harás?

Y ahora cálmate

Que no note que has llorado

Disimula que estás bien

Como yo lo hago

Y mientras seguiré pensando

En nuestro encuentro imaginario

Te besaré

Como nadie en este mundo te besó

Te amaré

Con el cuerpo y con la mente, con la piel y el corazón

Vuelve pronto, te esperamos

Mi soledad y yo

Como nadie en este mundo te besó

Te amaré

Con la piel y el corazón

Mi soledad y yo

Te besaré

Como nadie en este mundo te besó

Te amaré

Con el cuerpo y con la mente, con la piel y el corazón

Vuelve pronto, te esperamos

Mi soledad y yo

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
soledad /soleˈðað/ A2	noun - solitude, loneliness
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A1	noun - heart (anatomical, emotional core)
besar /beˈsaɾ/ A1	verb - to kiss
amar /aˈmaɾ/ A1	verb - to love
volver /bolˈβeɾ/ A1	verb - to return, to come back
esperar /espeˈɾaɾ/ A1	verb - to wait; to hope
encuentro /enˈkwentɾo/ A2	noun - encounter, meeting
imaginario /imaxiˈnaɾjo/ B1	adjective - imaginary
cuerpo /ˈkweɾpo/ A1	noun - body
mente /ˈmente/ A1	noun - mind
piel /ˈpjel/ A1	noun - skin
prometer /pɾomeˈteɾ/ A2	verb - to promise
llorar /ʎoˈɾaɾ/ A1	verb - to cry
disimular /disimuˈlaɾ/ B1	verb - to dissimulate, to conceal, to hide (emotions)
ciudad /θjuˈðað/ A1	noun - city
vacaciones /bakaˈθjones/ A1	noun - holidays, vacation (plural)
tiempo /ˈtjempot/ A1	noun - time noun - weather

Key Grammar Structures

• ¿Allí es de día o es de noche?

  ➔ Use of "Ser" for impersonal expressions of time.

  ➔ The verb "es" (from "ser") is used impersonally to describe the state of time, as in "es de día" (it is daytime) or "es de noche" (it is nighttime).

• En Madrid está lloviendo

  ➔ Present Progressive tense (Presente Progresivo/Continuo).

  ➔ The phrase "está lloviendo" is formed with "estar" (to be) + gerund (-ndo form), indicating an action that is currently happening (it is raining).

• Estoy loco porque vuelvas

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after expressions of emotion/desire.

  ➔ The subjunctive verb "vuelvas" (that you return) is used because the main clause "Estoy loco" (I'm desperate/crazy) expresses an emotion or strong desire.

• hace tanto que te fuiste

  ➔ The "hace + time + que" construction.

  ➔ The entire phrase "hace tanto que te fuiste" means 'it's been so long since you left'. This structure is used to express how long ago an action happened.

• Cuando puedas llámame

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after "cuando" for future events, and Imperative with attached pronoun.

  ➔ The subjunctive "puedas" (you can) is used after "cuando" because it refers to a future, uncertain action. "llámame" is an imperative (command) with the direct object pronoun "me" (me) attached.

• Sin ti no nos llevamos bien

  ➔ Reflexive verb "llevarse bien/mal" (to get along well/badly).

  ➔ The phrase "nos llevamos bien" is an idiomatic reflexive verb construction meaning 'we get along well'. The "nos" indicates that the subjects (my loneliness and I) interact with each other.

• Me paso el día planeando

  ➔ Reflexive verb "pasarse" with a duration and a gerund.

  ➔ The construction "Me paso ... planeando" uses the reflexive verb "pasarse" (to spend time) followed by a time expression ("el día" - the day) and a gerund ("planeando" - planning), indicating spending a continuous period doing an action.

• Te besaré

  ➔ Simple Future tense (Futuro Simple).

  ➔ The verb "besaré" is in the Simple Future tense, used to express an action that will happen in the future.

• Dile que debe hablar más bajo

  ➔ Imperative with attached indirect object pronoun; "deber + infinitive"; comparative adverb.

  ➔ "Dile" is an imperative (tell him/her) with the indirect object pronoun "le" attached. "debe hablar" uses the modal verb "deber" (should/must) followed by an infinitive. "más bajo" is a comparative adverb meaning 'more quietly' or 'lower'.

• Que no note que has llorado

  ➔ "Que + subjunctive" for wishes/commands.

  ➔ The construction "Que no note" uses "Que" followed by a verb in the subjunctive mood to express a wish, command, or strong suggestion, implying 'Let him not notice...' or 'I hope he doesn't notice...'.