Para Que Olvidar – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Valentin Elizalde

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the heartfelt world of Valentín Elizalde's "Para Que Olvidar," a quintessential Regional Mexican ballad. This song offers a beautiful opportunity to learn Spanish through its poetic lyrics that explore deep emotions of love, loss, and enduring hope. Experience the raw sincerity and emotional depth that made 'El Gallo de Oro' a beloved voice in Mexican music, and discover how language beautifully conveys universal human experiences.

[English]

I know they have good intentions

Those who advise me to send you away into oblivion

They want me to keep singing my songs

And it hurts them to see me looking so lost.

I don't know, and the reasons are very clear to me

Because they speak of you with sadness and pain.

But they ignore my feelings

But they ignore that I'm not that unhappy.

Why forget when I like to remember that you loved me

In my dreams I'm happy; you never left.

There you keep loving me; I have all your love.

Why forget if I swore it would be the last thing I'd do

Besides, what if you come back someday

I pray to God that you regret everything.

And why forget it all if that's how I'm happy

I don't know, and the reasons are very clear to me

Because they speak of you with sadness and pain.

But they ignore my feelings

But they ignore that I'm not that unhappy.

Why forget when I like to remember that you loved me

In my dreams I'm happy; you never left.

There you keep loving me; I have all your love.

Why forget if I swore it would be the last thing I'd do

Besides, what if you come back someday

I ask God that you regret everything.

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[Spanish]

Yo se que tienen buenas intenciones

Los que me aconsejan que te mande al olvido

Quieren que siga cantando mis canciones

Y les duele mirarme como ando perdido.

Yo no se y veo muy claras las razones

Por las que hablan de ti con tristeza y dolor

Pero ignoran mis sentimientos

Pero ignoran que no soy tan infeliz.

Para que olvidar si me gusta recordar que me quisiste

En mis sueños soy feliz jamás te fuiste

Ahí me sigues queriendo tengo todo tu amor

Para que olvidar si jure seria lo último que haría

Además que tal si vuelves algún día

Te arrepientes de todo es lo que pido a Dios

"I para que olvidar mi tano si asi soi feliz"

Yo no se y veo muy claras las razones

Por las que hablan de ti con tristeza y dolor

Pero ignoran mis sentimientos

Pero ignoran que no soy tan infeliz.

Para que olvidar si me gusta recordar que me quisiste

En mis sueños soy feliz jamás te fuiste

Ahí me sigues queriendo tengo todo tu amor

Para que olvidar si jure seria lo último que haría

Además que tal si vuelves algún día

Te arrepientes de todo es lo que pido a Dios

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
olvidar o.liˈβi.ðar A2	verb - to forget
recordar re.korˈðar A2	verb - to remember
querer keˈreɾ A2	verb - to love / to want
feliz feˈliθ A1	adjective - happy
perdido perˈdi.ðo A2	adjective - lost
tristeza trisˈte.θa A2	noun - sadness
dolor doˈlor A2	noun - pain
sentimientos sen.tiˈmjen.tos A2	noun - feelings
infeliz in.feˈliθ A2	adjective - unhappy
jurar xuˈɾar B1	verb - to swear
arrepentirse arre.penˈtiɾ.se B1	verb - to repent
consejar kon.seˈxaɾ A2	verb - to advise
razones ra.θoˈnes A2	noun - reasons
ignorar iɣ.noˈɾar A2	verb - to ignore
volver bolˈβeɾ A2	verb - to return

Key Grammar Structures

• Yo se que tienen buenas intenciones

  ➔ Present tense of 'saber'

  ➔ The verb 'se' (from 'saber') is used to express knowledge or certainty. Here, it indicates the speaker's awareness of the good intentions of those advising them.

• Quieren que siga cantando mis canciones

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after 'querer que'

  ➔ The subjunctive mood is used after 'querer que' to express a wish or desire. Here, it indicates the desire of others for the speaker to continue singing their songs.

• Para que olvidar si me gusta recordar que me quisiste

  ➔ Conditional clause with 'si'

  ➔ The conditional clause introduced by 'si' expresses a condition or hypothesis. Here, it contrasts the idea of forgetting with the enjoyment of remembering the love received.

• Te arrepientes de todo es lo que pido a Dios

  ➔ Present tense of 'arrepentirse' in a subordinate clause

  ➔ The present tense of 'arrepentirse' is used in a subordinate clause to express a wish or prayer. Here, it indicates the speaker's hope that the other person regrets everything.