No Es a Mí – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the classic sound of Latin Ballad through José José's "No Es a Mí." This song, featured on the 1983 album *Mi Vida*, showcases the emotional depth characteristic of the genre, making it a wonderful piece to explore the nuances and expressions of the Spanish language in romantic music.

[English]

It's not me,

whom you should love

it's not me,

I appreciate the love but no,

I can't accept it, please

don't reopen yesterday's wounds,

I wouldn't know how to love again

and I'd only make you cry.

It's not me,

whom you should love

it's not me,

look somewhere else because I

would only hurt you if I loved you,

it's not me,

in my heart, love is gone,

someone cruel and merciless killed it,

I only have pain to offer you.

It's not me,

whom you should love

it's not me,

look somewhere else because here

you'll only find suffering,

go now,

there are thousands who can love

the way you deserve and more,

I would only make you cry.

It's not me,

whom you should love

it's not me,

I appreciate the love but no,

I can't accept it, please

don't reopen yesterday's wounds,

I wouldn't know how to love again

and I'd only make you cry.

It's not me,

whom you should love

it's not me,

look somewhere else because I

would only hurt you if I loved you,

it's not me,

in my heart, love is gone,

someone cruel and merciless killed it,

I only have pain to offer you.

It's not me,

whom you should love

it's not me,

look somewhere else because here

you'll only find suffering,

go now,

there are thousands who can love

the way you deserve and more,

I would only make you cry.

It's not me,

...

whom you should love

it's not me,

look somewhere else because I

would only hurt you if I loved you,

it's not me,

in my heart, love is gone...

in my heart, love is gone...

[Spanish]

No es a mi,

a quien debes amar

no es a mi,

agradezco el amor pero no,

no lo puedo aceptar, porfavor

no remuevas heridas de ayer,

no sabría volver a querer

y te haría llorar.

No es a mi,

a quien debes amar

no es a mi,

busca en otro lugar porque yo

solo daño te haría al quererte,

no es a mi,

en mi pecho el amor se acabó,

alguien cruel sin piedad lo mató,

solo tengo dolor que ofrecerte.

No es a mi,

a quien debes amar

no es a mi,

busca en otro lugar porque aquí

solo vas a encontrar sufrimientos,

vete ya,

hay millares que pueden amar

como tú te mereces y más,

yo tan solo te haría llorar.

No es a mi,

a quien debes amar

no es a mi,

agradezco el amor pero no,

no lo puedo aceptar, porfavor

no remuevas heridas de ayer,

no sabría volver a querer

y te haría llorar.

No es a mi,

a quien debes amar

no es a mi,

busca en otro lugar porque yo

solo daño te haría al quererte,

no es a mi,

en mi pecho el amor se acabó,

alguien cruel sin piedad lo mató,

solo tengo dolor que ofrecerte.

No es a mi,

a quien debes amar

no es a mi,

busca en otro lugar porque aquí

solo vas a encontrar sufrimientos,

vete ya,

hay millares que pueden amar

como tú te mereces y más,

yo tan solo te haría llorar.

No es a mi,

a quien debes amar

no es a mi,

busca en otro lugar porque yo

solo daño te haría al quererte,

no es a mi,

en mi pecho el amor se acabó...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amar a.ˈmaɾ A1	verb - to love
agradezco a.ɡɾaˈðesko A2	verb - I thank
aceptar a.θepˈtaɾ A1	verb - to accept
remuevas re.ˈmwe.βas B1	verb - you stir
heridas e.ˈri.ðas A2	noun - wounds
querer ke.ˈɾeɾ A1	verb - to want/to love
daño ˈda.ɲo A2	noun - damage/harm
pecho ˈpe.tʃo A2	noun - chest
acabó a.ka.ˈβo A2	verb - ended
cruel kɾu.ˈel A2	adjective - cruel
piedad pi.e.ˈðað B1	noun - pity
dolor do.ˈloɾ A1	noun - pain
sufrimientos su.fɾi.ˈmjen.tos B1	noun - sufferings
millares mi.ˈʎa.ɾes B1	noun - thousands
mereces me.ˈɾe.θes A2	verb - you deserve

Key Grammar Structures

• No es a mí, a quien debes amar

  ➔ Double object pronoun and relative pronoun

  ➔ “a mí” is an indirect object pronoun, and “a quien” is a relative pronoun introducing a clause.

• agradezco el amor pero no, no lo puedo aceptar

  ➔ Present tense and double negation

  ➔ “agradezco” is in the present tense, and “pero no, no lo puedo aceptar” uses double negation for emphasis.

• no remuevas heridas de ayer

  ➔ Negative command

  ➔ “no remuevas” is a negative command used to express a prohibition.

• alguien cruel sin piedad lo mató

  ➔ Past tense and adjective placement

  ➔ “mató” is in the preterite past tense, and “cruel sin piedad” are adjectives placed after the noun for emphasis.

• solo tengo dolor que ofrecerte

  ➔ Present tense and object pronoun

  ➔ “tengo” is in the present tense, and “ofrecerte” includes the object pronoun “te”.