Oye – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Enrique Guzmán
• Album: Álbum de Oro de Enrique Guzmán

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Oye

Hey

Tú que hablas tanto de amor

You talk so much about love

Nunca supiste en verdad

You never really knew

Lo que era fracasar...

What it means to fail...

Ella

She

Te tiene loco de amor

Has you crazy in love

Si no la puedes conquistar

If you can't win her over

Y el corazón robar...

And steal her heart...

Mejor olvidala

Better forget her

Nunca la vas a alcanzar

You'll never reach her

Por más que trates no podrás

No matter how hard you try

Hacerla despertar...

You won't wake her up...

Un consejo te doy es mejor

A piece of advice, it's better

Que la olvides

That you forget her

O es que tienes una obsesión

Or maybe you're obsessed

O perdiste ya la razón

Or you've already lost your mind

Y no importa que siempre a ti

And it doesn't matter if she

Ella te ignore

Always ignores you

...

...

Un consejo te doy es mejor

A piece of advice, it's better

Que la olvides

That you forget her

O es que tienes una obsesión

Or maybe you're obsessed

O perdiste ya la razón

Or you've already lost your mind

Y no importa que siempre a ti...

And it doesn't matter if she

Ella te ignore...

Always ignores you...

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hablas /aˈβlau̯s/ A2	verb - to speak
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
fracasar /fɾakaˈsaɾ/ B1	verb - to fail
loca /ˈloko/ A2	adjective - crazy
conquistar /konkistaɾ/ B2	verb - to conquer
corazón /koɾaˈson/ A2	noun - heart
olvidala /olβiˈðaɾa/ B1	verb (imperative form) - forget her
alcanzar /alkaŋˈsaɾ/ B2	verb - to reach
trates /tɾa.tes/ A2	verb - to try, to attempt
despertar /despeɾˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to wake up
razón /raˈson/ A2	noun - reason
ignorar /iɣnoˈɾaɾ/ B2	verb - to ignore

Key Grammar Structures

• Nunca supiste en verdad

  ➔ Use of 'nunca' with the preterite tense to express 'never' doing something.

  ➔ The word '**nunca**' (never) emphasizes that the action was not performed at any time in the past.

• Nunca la vas a alcanzar

  ➔ Use of 'vas a' + infinitive to express a near future intention or possibility.

  ➔ 'Vas a' forms a compound construction to indicate a future action or intention.

• O es que tienes una obsesión

  ➔ Use of 'es que' + indicative to introduce a reason or explanation.

  ➔ 'Es que' introduces an explanation or reason for the previous statement.

• Y no importa que siempre a ti ella te ignore

  ➔ Use of 'que' with the subjunctive to express concession or 'even if'.

  ➔ 'Que' + subjunctive expresses a concessive clause, meaning 'even if' or 'regardless of'.

• Ella te ignore

  ➔ Use of the present subjunctive or indicative to express habitual or general actions. (In this case, indicative: 'ignores')

  ➔ The verb 'ignore' is in the present tense, indicating a habitual or ongoing action.