Pisando Fuerte – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Alejandro Sanz

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Ya ves, mi edad es tan difícil de llevar

You see, my age is so hard to handle

Mezcla de pasión e ingenuidad, difícil controlar

A mix of passion and naivety, hard to control

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Tú siempre tan fantástica y yo sé

You're always so fantastic, and I know

Que tengo mucho que aprender, pero tú también

That I have a lot to learn, but you do too

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Yo sigo pretendiendo desnudar

I'm still trying to unveil

A media luz tu intimidad

Your intimacy in the dim light

Y vestir mi piel

And find comfort in my own skin

Sabes aprovecharte de la luz que desprendo al mirarte

You know how to take advantage of the light I give off when I look at you

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Mi habitación en silencio está

My room is silent

Templado el aire, yo que pienso en soledad

The air is mild, and I think in solitude

Locamente enamorado (locamente enamorado)

Madly in love (madly in love)

No sé qué es lo que me pasa

I don't know what's happening to me

Pero solo puedo pensar en ti

But I can only think of you

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Locamente enamorado, locamente enamorado, sí-eeh

Madly in love, madly in love, oh yeah

Todo irá bien, ya verás

Everything will be fine, you'll see

Me digo porque quiero estar convencido

I tell myself because I want to be convinced

Son tan fuertes tus miradas

Your gazes are so strong

Elegantes y estudiadas

Elegant and studied

Yo soy solo un adolescente

I'm just an adolescent

Pero entraré en tu mente

But I'll get inside your mind

Pisando fuerte, pisando fuerte

Stepping in with confidence, stepping in with confidence

Compartiendo las miradas

Sharing glances

Con las luces apagadas

With the lights off

Empiezo a sentirme yo mismo

I start to feel like myself

A sentirme más seguro

To feel more secure

Pisando fuerte, pisando fuerte, eh-e-eah

Stepping in with confidence, stepping in with confidence, oh yeah

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Compartiendo las miradas

Sharing glances

Con las luces apagadas

With the lights off

Empiezo a sentirme yo mismo

I start to feel like myself

A sentirme más seguro

To feel more secure

Pisando fuerte, pisando fuerte

Stepping in with confidence, stepping in with confidence

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Es tan bonito esto de soñar

It's so beautiful, this dreaming

Y tan violenta la verdad, ya no puedo más

And the truth is so harsh, I can't take it anymore

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Pero ya me conoces y aunque todo se hunda

But you know me, and even if everything collapses

Yo seguiré aquí en pie, en pie

I'll still be standing here, standing

Son tan fuertes tus miradas

Your gazes are so strong

Elegantes y estudiadas

Elegant and studied

Yo soy solo un adolescente

I'm just an adolescent

Pero entraré en tu mente

But I'll get inside your mind

Pisando fuerte, pisando fuerte

Stepping in with confidence, stepping in with confidence

Compartiendo las miradas

Sharing glances

Con las luces apagadas

With the lights off

Empiezo a sentirme yo mismo

I start to feel like myself

A sentirme más seguro

To feel more secure

Pisando fuerte, pisando fuerte

Stepping in with confidence, stepping in with confidence

...

...

Compartiendo las miradas

Sharing glances

Con las luces apagadas

With the lights off

Volviendo a sentirme yo mismo

Getting back to feeling like myself

A sentirme más seguro

To feel more secure

Es tan bonito esto de soñar

It's so beautiful, this dreaming

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Key Grammar Structures

• Ya ves, mi edad es tan difícil de llevar

  ➔ Construction: tan + adjective + de + infinitive

  ➔ The structure "tan + adjective + de + infinitive" is used to express that something is "so" (intensifier) of a certain quality that it's difficult or impossible to perform the action of the infinitive. Here, "tan difícil de llevar" means "so difficult to bear/handle."

• Mezcla de pasión e ingenuidad, difícil controlar

  ➔ Use of 'e' instead of 'y'; Impersonal construction with adjective + infinitive

  ➔ The conjunction "e" is used instead of "y" (and) when the following word starts with an 'i' or 'hi' sound, to avoid phonetic awkwardness (e.g., "pasión e ingenuidad"). "Difícil controlar" is an impersonal construction where an adjective is followed by an infinitive, implying "it is difficult to control."

• Yo sigo pretendiendo desnudar

  ➔ Periphrasis: seguir + gerund

  ➔ The verbal periphrasis "seguir + gerund" (or "continuar + gerund") expresses the continuation of an action. Here, "sigo pretendiendo" means "I keep on pretending" or "I am still pretending."

• Sabes aprovecharte de la luz que desprendo al mirarte

  ➔ Reflexive verb 'aprovecharse de'; Relative clause; Preposition 'al' + infinitive

  ➔ "Aprovecharse de" means "to take advantage of" and is a pronominal verb requiring the reflexive pronoun and the preposition "de." "Que desprendo" is a relative clause modifying "la luz." "Al + infinitive" (e.g., "al mirarte") indicates an action happening at the same time as the main verb, meaning "upon looking at you" or "when I look at you."

• No sé qué es lo que me pasa

  ➔ Interrogative pronoun 'qué'; Relative structure 'lo que'

  ➔ "Qué" is an interrogative pronoun used here in an indirect question. "Lo que" is a neutral relative pronoun meaning "what" or "that which." It refers to an idea, situation, or unspecified thing. "No sé qué es lo que me pasa" translates to "I don't know what is happening to me."

• Me digo porque quiero estar convencido

  ➔ Reflexive verb 'decirse'; Verb 'estar' + past participle

  ➔ "Me digo" is a reflexive verb, meaning "I tell myself." "Estar convencido" uses the verb "estar" (to be) with a past participle acting as an adjective to describe a state or condition resulting from an action, meaning "to be convinced."

• Yo soy solo un adolescente pero entraré en tu mente

  ➔ Verb 'ser' for identity; Simple Future tense for intention/prediction

  ➔ "Soy" is a conjugation of the verb "ser," used to express permanent identity or characteristics. "Entraré" is the simple future tense of "entrar," indicating a future action with a sense of determination or prediction. This contrasts the current state with a future intention.

• Pisando fuerte, pisando fuerte

  ➔ Gerund used adverbially (fixed expression)

  ➔ "Pisando" is the gerund of "pisar" (to step). When combined with "fuerte" (strongly/loudly), "pisando fuerte" acts as an adverbial phrase, meaning "stepping strongly" or "making a strong impact/presence." It's often used idiomatically.

• Empiezo a sentirme yo mismo

  ➔ Periphrasis: empezar a + infinitive; Reflexive verb; Emphatic pronoun

  ➔ "Empezar a + infinitive" means "to start to do something." "Sentirme" is the reflexive verb "sentirse" (to feel oneself). "Yo mismo" uses an emphatic pronoun to emphasize the subject, meaning "myself" or "my true self."

• aunque todo se hunda, Yo seguiré aquí en pie

  ➔ Concessive clause with 'aunque' + subjunctive; Simple Future tense; Fixed expression 'en pie'

  ➔ "Aunque" (although/even if) takes the subjunctive ("se hunda") when the action is uncertain, hypothetical, or expresses a concession despite doubt. "Seguiré" is the simple future tense. "En pie" is a fixed expression meaning "standing" or "on my feet" (figuratively, "resilient" or "standing strong").