PENAS – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: SANDRO
• Album: SANDRO DE AMERICA

Lyrics & Translation

Experience the raw emotion of Sandro's "Penas." This timeless song, released in 1968, offers a window into the power of Spanish-language ballads, exploring themes of sorrow and lost love. By listening to "Penas," you can connect with the passionate storytelling and vocal expressiveness that made Sandro an icon, gaining insight into the cultural impact of Latin American music.

[English]

No one would give me

Two days of life

For the way I feel today

My gaze is filled with

Empty anxiety

There's no happiness where I go

Pain and pain and pain

Inside of me

And they won't go away

Because you're not beside me

I'll remember you

As something that was

Just a beautiful dream, nothing more

If you forgave me

If you forgot everything

If your love returned to me

How happy I would be

I wouldn't cry anymore

I would only live for you

Pain and pain and pain

Inside of me

And they won't go away

Because you're not beside me

I'll remember you

As something that was

Just a beautiful dream, nothing more

...

Pain and pain

Inside of me

And they won't go away

Because you're not beside me

I'll remember you

As something that was

Just a beautiful dream, nothing more

Pain and pain and pain

Inside of me

And they won't go away

Because you're not beside me

I'll remember you

As something that was

Just a beautiful dream, nothing more

Pain and pain and pain

...

[Spanish]

Nadie me daría

Dos días de vida

Por la forma en que encuentro hoy

Tengo la mirada

De ansiedad vacía

Ya no hay alegría donde voy

Penas y penas y penas

Hay dentro de mí

Y ya no se irán

Porque a mi lado tú no estás

Te recordaré

Como algo que fue

Solo un sueño hermoso, nada más

Si me perdonaras

Si todo olvidaras

Si tu amor volviera junto a mí

Qué feliz sería

Ya no lloraría

Solo viviría para ti

Penas y penas y penas

Hay dentro de mí

Y ya no se irán

Porque a mi lado tú no estás

Te recordaré

Como algo que fue

Solo un sueño hermoso, nada más

Penas y penas

Hay dentro de mí

Y ya no se irán

Porque a mi lado tú no estás

Te recordaré

Como algo que fue

Solo un sueño hermoso, nada más

Penas y penas y penas

Hay dentro de mí

Y ya no se irán

Porque a mi lado tú no estás

Te recordaré

Como algo que fue

Solo un sueño hermoso, nada más

Penas y penas y penas

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
dar /dar/ A2	verb - to give
vida /ˈbi.ða/ A1	noun - life
encuentro /enˈkwen.tɾo/ B1	verb - to find
mirada /miˈɾa.ða/ A2	noun - gaze, look
ansiedad /ansi.eˈðað/ B2	noun - anxiety
alegría /aleˈɣɾi.a/ A2	noun - happiness, joy
pena /ˈpe.na/ A1	noun - sorrow, grief
sueño /ˈswe.ɲo/ A2	noun - dream
olvidar /olβiˈðaɾ/ B1	verb - to forget
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
volver /bolˈβeɾ/ B1	verb - to return, to come back
llorar /ʝoˈɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to cry
vivir /biˈβiɾ/ A2	verb - to live

Key Grammar Structures

• Hay dentro de mí

  ➔ Present tense with 'hay' meaning 'there is' or 'there are'.

  ➔ It indicates the existence of feelings or objects inside, equivalent to 'there is/are' in English.

• Solo un sueño hermoso, nada más

  ➔ Use of 'nada más' meaning 'nothing more' or 'just'.

  ➔ It emphasizes that what was experienced was nothing more than a beautiful dream, nothing else.

• Si me perdonaras

  ➔ Use of the imperfect subjunctive tense to express hypothetical or contrary-to-fact situations.

  ➔ It describes a hypothetical situation, often translated as 'if you would forgive me' in English.

• Ya no se irán

  ➔ Future tense 'irán' from 'ir' meaning 'they will go', with 'ya no' indicating 'no longer'.

  ➔ It indicates that they will no longer go or happen in the future.

• De ansiedad vacía

  ➔ Prepositional phrase describing 'empty anxiety', 'de' indicating possession or composition.

  ➔ It describes a state of feeling anxious with no substance or relief, emphasizing emptiness.