Mis Manos en Tu Cintura – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Adamo
• Album: 16 Grandes Exitos

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the romantic world of Salvatore Adamo through 'Mis Manos en Tu Cintura.' This classic song offers a glimpse into adolescent love, capturing both its sweetness and inevitable end, making it a timeless piece that resonates with enduring emotional depth.

[English]

You shouldn't have to suffer

If you hear my singing from when I was fifteen

...

And you're absent from the things that

My adolescence was dreaming about

...

It was a whim that, without meaning to

I was already preparing this love

That's why, I tell you this

And I sing it softly

That's why, I tell you this

And I sing it softly

And my hands on your waist

But look at me with tenderness

Because you'll have the adventure

Of being my best song

In girls I met before

I already looked for something of yours

And when I finally found you

In your kiss I could understand

That you were the fairy tale

That lit up my dreaming

But this love is a sorrow

That, though beautiful, must have an end

But this love is a sorrow

That, though beautiful, must have an end

And my hands on your waist

But look at me with tenderness

Because you'll have the adventure

Of being my best song

And my hands on your waist

But look at me with tenderness

Because you'll have the adventure

Of being my best song

Lai-la-lara-lara-la-lara-la

Lai-la-lara-lara-la-lara-la

Lai-la-lara-lara-la-lara-la

Lala-lara

...

[Spanish]

No has de sufrir

Si escuchas de mis quince años el cantar

Y ausente estés de las cosas que

Mi adolescencia fue a soñar

Capricho fue que sin querer

Ya preparaba este amor

Por eso así, yo te lo cuento

Y te lo canto a media voz

Por eso así, yo te lo cuento

Y te lo canto a media voz

Y mis manos en tu cintura

Pero mírame con dulzor

Porque tendrás la aventura

De ser tú mi mejor canción

En chicas que yo conocí

Ya un algo tuyo, yo busqué

Y cuando al fin yo te hallé

En tu besar ya pude comprender

Que eras tú la fábula

Que iluminaba mi soñar

Mas este amor es una pena

Que siendo hermoso tenga un final

Mas este amor es una pena

Que siendo hermoso tenga un final

Y mis manos en tu cintura

Pero mírame con dulzor

Porque tendrás la aventura

De ser tú mi mejor canción

Y mis manos en tu cintura

Pero mírame con dulzor

Porque tendrás la aventura

De ser tú mi mejor canción

Lai-la-lara-lara-la-lara-la

Lai-la-lara-lara-la-lara-la

Lai-la-lara-lara-la-lara-la

Lala-lara

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sufrir /suˈfɾiɾ/ B1	verb - to suffer
años /ˈaɲos/ A1	noun - years
cantar /kanˈtar/ B1	verb - to sing noun - singing, song
ausente /auˈsente/ B2	adjective - absent
cosas /ˈkosas/ A1	noun - things
adolescencia /aðolesˈθenθja/ B2	noun - adolescence
soñar /soˈɲar/ B1	verb - to dream
capricho /kaˈpɾitʃo/ B2	noun - whim, caprice
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
manos /ˈmanos/ A1	noun - hands
cintura /θinˈtuɾa/ A2	noun - waist
dulzor /dulˈθoɾ/ B2	noun - sweetness, gentleness
aventura /abenˈtuɾa/ B1	noun - adventure
mejor /meˈxoɾ/ A2	adjective - better, best
canción /kanˈθjon/ A1	noun - song
comprender /kompɾenˈdeɾ/ B1	verb - to understand
fábula /ˈfaβula/ B2	noun - fable
pena /ˈpena/ B1	noun - sorrow, pity, shame
hermoso /eɾˈmoso/ A2	adjective - beautiful, lovely
final /fiˈnal/ A2	noun - end, ending