Pero Te Extraño – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the heart-wrenching beauty of Spanish through José José's classic, "Pero Te Extraño." This song is a masterclass in expressing profound *añoranza* (yearning), allowing you to learn vocabulary related to deep emotion and loss, all set to a timeless, romantic melody.

[English]

I miss you

Like starless nights are missed

Like beautiful mornings are missed

Not being with you, my God, it hurts me so

I miss you

When I walk, when I cry, when I laugh

When the sun shines, when it's so cold

Because I feel you are so much mine

I miss you

Like the trees miss the autumn

In those nights when I cannot conceive of sleep

You can't imagine, my love

how I miss you

I miss you

With every step I feel alone

Every moment I live through daily

I am suffering, my love,

because I miss you

I miss you

When the dawn begins to show its colors

With your virtues, with all your errors

For whatever reason, I don't know

But I miss you

[Spanish]

Te extraño

Como se extrañan las noches sin estrellas

Como se extrañan las mañanas bellas

No estar contigo, por Dios, que me hace daño

Te extraño

Cuando camino, cuando lloro, cuando río

Cuando el sol brilla, cuando hace mucho frío

Porque te siento como algo muy mío

Te extraño

Como los árboles extrañan el otoño

En esas noches que no concibo el sueño

No te imaginas amor

cómo te extraño

Te extraño

En cada paso que siento solitario

Cada momento que estoy viviendo a diario

Estoy sufriendo, amor,

porque te extraño

Te extraño

Cuando la aurora comienza a dar colores

Con tus virtudes, con todos tus errores

Por lo que quieras, no sé

Pero te extraño

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
extrañar eks-tra-ñar A2	verb - to miss
noches no-ches A1	noun - nights
estrellas es-tre-yas A1	noun - stars
mañanas ma-ña-nas A1	noun - mornings
bellas be-yas A1	adjective - beautiful
daño da-ño A2	noun - harm
camino ka-mi-no A1	verb - I walk
lloro yo-ro A1	verb - I cry
río ri-o A1	verb - I laugh
brilla bri-ya A2	verb - shines
frío fri-o A1	adjective - cold
siento sien-to A2	verb - I feel
árboles ar-bo-les A1	noun - trees
otoño o-to-ño A1	noun - autumn
sueño swe-ño A2	noun - sleep
amor a-mor A1	noun - love
aurora au-ro-ra B1	noun - dawn
virtudes vir-tu-des B1	noun - virtues
errores e-ro-res A2	noun - errors

Key Grammar Structures

• Te extraño

  ➔ Personal Pronoun + Verb

  ➔ The pronoun 'Te' (you) is used as an indirect object, and 'extraño' (I miss) is the verb conjugated in the first person singular.

• Como se extrañan las noches sin estrellas

  ➔ Comparative Clause with 'Como'

  ➔ The phrase 'Como se extrañan' introduces a comparative clause, comparing the act of missing to how starry nights are missed.

• No estar contigo, por Dios, que me hace daño

  ➔ Negative Construction + Exclamatory Expression

  ➔ The negative construction 'No estar contigo' (Not being with you) is followed by an exclamatory expression 'por Dios, que me hace daño' (for God’s sake, it hurts me).

• Porque te siento como algo muy mío

  ➔ Comparative Adverb + Possessive Adjective

  ➔ The comparative adverb 'como' (like) is used to compare feeling you to something very personal, emphasized by the possessive adjective 'mío' (my).

• No te imaginas amor cómo te extraño

  ➔ Negative Command + Direct Object Pronoun

  ➔ The negative command 'No te imaginas' (You can't imagine) is followed by the direct object pronoun 'te' (you) and the verb 'extraño' (I miss).