Ojos Tristes – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Selena Gomez, benny blanco, The Marías
• Album: I Said I Love You First

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a captivating linguistic journey with "Ojos Tristes"! This beautifully melancholic, bilingual track by Selena Gomez, benny blanco, and The Marías offers a unique opportunity to learn Spanish through its heartfelt lyrics and dreamy melodies. You'll grasp authentic emotional expressions and poetic phrases in both English and Spanish, making language learning an immersive and moving experience. The song's blend of cultural influences and its poignant story make it a special piece that resonates deeply and will enrich your understanding of Spanish vocabulary and sentiment.

[English]

No, it's not hard to see that you probably feel worse than me

It's not your fault I have to leave

Please don't you look that way, baby

Those sad eyes, sad eyes

You know I don't wanna say goodbye

Don't cry, don't cry, just hold me for one last time

The boy with the sad eyes

Lives alone and needs love

Like the air needs to see me

Like the sun, I need him too

The boy with the sad eyes

Has finally found a reason

To make his gaze laugh

With my kisses and my great love

Two years have passed

I still think about you

In all my senses

Before it was your eyes

Raining in autumn

And now it's mine

How it changed, love

We were both happy

And now I cry, for God's sake

Sadness dawned on me

The boy with the sad eyes

Lives alone and needs love

Like the air needs to see me

Like the sun, I need him too

The boy with the sad eyes

Has finally found a reason

To make his gaze laugh

With my kisses and my great love

La-da-da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da

La-da-da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da

La-da-da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da

La-da-da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da

...

[Spanish]

No, it's not hard to see that you probably feel worse than me

It's not your fault I have to leave

Please don't you look that way, baby

Those sad eyes, sad eyes

You know I don't wanna say goodbye

Don't cry, don't cry, just hold me for one last time

El muchacho de los ojos tristes

Vive solo y necesita amor

Como el aire necesita verme

Como el sol lo necesito yo

El muchacho de los ojos tristes

Ha encontrado al fin una razón

Para hacer que su mirada ría

Con mis besos y mi gran amor

Han passado dos anos

Te sigo pensando

En todos mis sentidos

Antes eran tus ojos

Lloviendo en otoño

Y ahora son los míos

Como cambió, amor

Felices éramos los dos

Y ahora lloro, por Dios

Tristeza en mi amaneció

El muchacho de los ojos tristes

Vive solo y necesita amor

Como el aire necesita verme

Como el sol lo necesito yo

El muchacho de los ojos tristes

Ha encontrado al fin una razón

Para hacer que su mirada ría

Con mis besos y mi gran amor

La-da-da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da

La-da-da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da

La-da-da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da

La-da-da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ojos /ˈojos/ A2	noun - eyes
tristes /ˈtristes/ A2	adjective - sad
muchacho /muˈtʃatʃo/ B1	noun - boy
vive /ˈbiβe/ A2	verb - lives
necesita /neθeˈsita/ B1	verb - needs
amor /aˈmor/ A2	noun - love
aire /ˈajɾe/ A2	noun - air
sol /sol/ A2	noun - sun
razón /raˈθon/ B1	noun - reason
mirada /miˈɾaða/ B1	noun - gaze, look
ría /ˈɾia/ B2	verb - laugh
besos /ˈbesos/ A2	noun - kisses
sentidos /senˈtiðos/ B2	noun - senses
llorando /ʎoˈɾando/ B1	verb - crying
cambió /kamˈβjo/ B1	verb - changed
amaneció /amaneˈθjo/ B2	verb - dawned

Key Grammar Structures

• No, it's not hard to see that you probably feel worse than me

  ➔ Comparative Adjective

  ➔ The phrase 'worse than me' uses the comparative form of the adjective 'bad' to compare feelings.

• It's not your fault I have to leave

  ➔ Present Simple with Modal Verb

  ➔ 'Have to' is a modal verb expressing necessity or obligation in the present simple tense.

• Please don't you look that way, baby

  ➔ Negative Imperative

  ➔ The phrase 'don't you look' is a negative imperative used to give a command or request.

• El muchacho de los ojos tristes

  ➔ Noun Phrase with Adjective

  ➔ 'El muchacho de los ojos tristes' is a noun phrase where 'tristes' (sad) modifies 'ojos' (eyes).

• Vive solo y necesita amor

  ➔ Present Simple with Conjunction

  ➔ The conjunction 'y' (and) connects two verbs in the present simple tense.

• Como el aire necesita verme

  ➔ Comparative Construction with 'Como'

  ➔ 'Como' is used to compare the need for love to the need for air.

• Han passado dos anos

  ➔ Present Perfect in Spanish

  ➔ 'Han passado' is the present perfect form in Spanish, indicating an action completed in the past with relevance to the present.

• Tristeza en mi amaneció

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase

  ➔ 'En mi amaneció' is a prepositional phrase indicating where the sadness began.