Pasan los días – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Natalia Lafourcade
• Album: De Todas Las Flores

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a heartfelt journey with Natalia Lafourcade's "Pasan los días." This poignant song, rich with poetic Spanish lyrics, beautifully articulates the complex emotions of enduring love and inevitable goodbyes. Through its soulful melody and evocative storytelling, you can explore expressions of longing, acceptance, and personal growth, making it a powerful and relatable piece for understanding the nuances of the Spanish language and emotional depth in music.

[English]

(Music)

Days go by and I keep thinking of you

Hours pass and I can't let go

It's so absurd to imagine that our love

isn't enough to bring us back

Life goes on and I keep thinking that

we had everything to make each other so happy

that distance couldn't destroy

the space we built in illusion

And tell me how I can breathe

in this world so empty that stays within me

Where has that magic between us ended?

Please, I beg you, don't forget it

(Music)

Days go by and I keep thinking of you

Hours pass and I can't let go

It's so absurd to imagine that our love

isn't enough to bring us back

Life goes on and I keep thinking that

we had everything to make each other so happy

that distance couldn't destroy

the space we built in illusion

And tell me, tell me how I can breathe

in this world so empty that stays within me

Where has that magic, that magic between us ended?

Please, I beg you, don't forget it

I just want to love you

I just want to hug you

In this crazy universe, watching you, growing, and loving you from afar

I just want to love you

I just want to kiss you

In this, our goodbye, watching you walk away and loving you from a distance

I just want to love you

I just want to hug you

In this crazy universe, watching you, growing, and loving you from afar

I just want to love you

I just want to kiss you

In this our farewell, watching you, pulling away

and loving you from a distance

I just want, want, want to hug you

(Music)

(From All the Flowers – Days Go By) (Directed by: Natalia Lafourcade * Martín Bautista)

[Spanish]

(Música)

Pasan los días y sigo pensando en ti

Pasan las horas, no me logro desprender

Es tan absurdo imaginar que nuestro amor

No es suficiente para hacernos regresar

Pasa la vida y sigo pensando que

Teníamos todo para hacernos mucho bien

Que la distancia no podría destruir

Aquel espacio construido en la ilusión

Y dime cómo hago para respirar

En este mundo tan vacío que queda en mí

¿Dónde ha quedado aquel encanto entre los dos?

Te lo suplico no lo olvides, por favor

(Música)

Pasan los días y sigo pensando en ti

Pasan las horas, no me logro desprender

Es tan absurdo imaginar que nuestro amor

No es suficiente para hacernos regresar

Pasa la vida y sigo pensando que

Teníamos todo para hacernos tanto bien

Que la distancia no podría destruir

Aquel espacio construido en la ilusión

Y dime cómo, dime cómo hago para respirar

En este mundo tan vacío que queda en mí

¿Dónde ha quedado aquel encanto, aquel encanto entre los dos?

Te lo suplico no lo olvides, por favor

Solo quiero quererte

Yo solo quiero abrazarte

En este universo loco mirarte, crecer y en la distancia amarte

Solo quiero quererte

Yo solo quiero besarte

En esta, nuestra despedida, mirarte arrancar y en la distancia amarte

Solo quiero quererte

Yo solo quiero abrazarte

En este universo loco mirarte, crecer y en la distancia amarte

Solo quiero quererte

Yo solo quiero besarte

En esta nuestra despedida mirarte, arrancar

Y en la distancia amarte

Solo quiero, quiero, quiero abrazarte

(Música)

(DE TODAS LAS FLORES - PASAN LOS DÍAS) (DIRECCIÓN: NATALIA LAFOURCADE * MARTÍN BAUTISTA)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
desprender desprender B2	verb - to detach, to let go
absurdo absurdo B1	adjective - absurd, ridiculous
suficiente suficiente B1	adjective - enough, sufficient
regresar regresar B1	verb - to return, go back
distancia distancia B1	noun - distance
destruir destruir B1	verb - to destroy
construido construido B2	adjective (past participle) - built
ilusión ilusión B2	noun - illusion, hope
respirar respirar A2	verb - to breathe
vacío vacío B1	adjective / noun - empty
encanto encanto B2	noun - charm, enchantment
suplico suplico B2	verb (first person singular) - I beg
olvides olvides B1	verb (subjunctive, 2nd person singular) - you forget
abrazarte abrazarte B1	verb (infinitive with pronoun) - to hug you
despedida despedida B2	noun - farewell, goodbye
arrancar arrancar B2	verb - to pull out, to start
amarte amarte B1	verb (infinitive with pronoun) - to love you
loco loco A2	adjective - crazy, insane

Key Grammar Structures

• Pasan los días y sigo pensando en ti

  ➔ Present progressive with ‘seguir + gerundio’ (ongoing action)

  ➔ The verb **sigo** + **pensando** shows that the speaker’s thinking is continuous: “I keep *thinking* about you.”

• Pasan las horas, no me logro desprender

  ➔ Reflexive verb + infinitive (lograr + infinitive) expressing difficulty

  ➔ The phrase **me logro** + **desprender** literally means ‘I manage *to detach* myself’, used to stress the difficulty of letting go.

• Es tan absurdo imaginar que nuestro amor no es suficiente para hacernos regresar

  ➔ Infinitive clause as object of a verb (imaginar que ...) and purpose clause ‘para + infinitive’

  ➔ The verb **imaginar** takes a clause introduced by **que**; the whole clause **que nuestro amor… regresar** functions as its object. The phrase **para hacernos regresar** expresses purpose: ‘in order to make us return’.

• Pasa la vida y sigo pensando que teníamos todo para hacernos tanto bien

  ➔ Imperfect tense in a subordinate clause after a verb of thinking (pensando que …)

  ➔ The clause **que teníamos todo…** uses the imperfect **teníamos** to describe a past, ongoing situation that the speaker is recalling.

• Que la distancia no podría destruir

  ➔ Simple conditional tense (podría) expressing potential or doubt

  ➔ The verb **podría** (conditional of *poder*) translates to ‘could’, indicating that the distance *could* destroy something, but it is not certain.

• Aquel espacio construido en la ilusión

  ➔ Past participle used as an adjective (construido)

  ➔ The word **construido** (built) modifies **espacio**, acting like an adjective: ‘the space *built* in illusion’.

• ¿Dónde ha quedado aquel encanto entre los dos?

  ➔ Present perfect tense (ha quedado) indicating a result up to now

  ➔ The auxiliary **ha** + past participle **quedado** forms the present perfect, meaning ‘has remained’ or ‘has become’. It asks where the charm **has remained**.

• Te lo suplico, no lo olvides, por favor

  ➔ Imperative mood with double object pronouns and a subordinate negative command (no lo olvides)

  ➔ The speaker uses **te** (indirect object) and **lo** (direct object) together: **te lo suplico** = ‘I beg *you* (te) *it* (lo)’. The negative command **no lo olvides** (‘don’t forget it’) follows.

• Solo quiero quererte

  ➔ Infinitive complement after a modal‑like verb (querer + infinitive)

  ➔ The verb **quiero** (I want) is followed by the infinitive **quererte** (to love you). This structure expresses a desire: ‘I only want *to love you*’.