Por Ella – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José, José Feliciano
• Album: Y Algo Mas

Lyrics & Translation

Immerse yourself in the rich emotional landscape of Spanish through José José and José Feliciano's duet, "Por Ella." This powerful track, a staple of Latin romantic music, offers authentic Spanish vocabulary related to deep feeling, sorrow, and farewell, making it a special and heartfelt way to connect with the nuances of the language.

[English]

I want us to toast to her

After everything, it’s better

So that sorrow never knows

What we share, you and I

I want us to toast to her

May the wine kill the pain

May it kill this sadness

Not the friendship of the two of us

May love never know the love we felt

May it never realize that we are lost

For her, for her

Leave her and think she never existed

Raise your glass and let’s toast to her

I want us to toast to her

May time erase her love

May it be lost in memory

The sorrow she left us

I want us to toast to her

May the wine kill the pain

May it kill this sadness

Not the friendship of the two of us

...

[Spanish]

Quiero que brindemos por ella

Despues de todo es mejor

Que nunca sepa la pena

Que compartimos tu y yo.

Quiero que brindemos por ella

Que el vino mate el dolor

Que mate esta tristeza

No la amistad de los dos.

Que nunca sepa el amor que sentimos

Que nunca sepa que estamos perdidos

Por ella, por ella.

Dejala y piensa que nunca existio

Alza tu copa y brindemos por ella.

Quiero que brindemos por ella

Que el tiempo borre su amor

Que en el recuerdo se pierda

La pena que nos dejo.

Quiero que brindemos por ella

Que el vino mate el dolor

Que mate esta tristeza

No la amistad de los dos.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
brindemos bɾinˈde.mos A2	verb - let's toast
pena ˈpe.na A1	noun - sorrow
compartimos kom.parˈti.mos A2	verb - we shared
vino ˈbi.no A1	noun - wine
mate ˈma.te A2	verb - kill
tristeza trisˈte.sa A1	noun - sadness
amistad amisˈtat A1	noun - friendship
amor aˈmor A1	noun - love
sentimos senˈti.mos A2	verb - we felt
perdidos perˈdi.ðos A2	adjective - lost
dejala deˈxa.la A2	verb - leave her
piensa ˈpjen.sa A1	verb - think
existio eksisˈti.o A2	verb - existed
recuerdo reˈkwer.do A2	noun - memory
pierda ˈpjer.ða A2	verb - lose

Key Grammar Structures

• Quiero que brindemos por ella

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood

  ➔ The verb 'brindemos' is in the subjunctive mood, used after 'quiero que' to express a wish or desire.

• Que el vino mate el dolor

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood

  ➔ The verb 'mate' is in the subjunctive mood, used after 'que' to express a desired outcome.

• Que nunca sepa la pena

  ➔ Negative Subjunctive

  ➔ The phrase uses the negative subjunctive 'nunca sepa' to express a strong wish that something does not happen.

• Que el tiempo borre su amor

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood

  ➔ The verb 'borre' is in the subjunctive mood, expressing a desire for the action to occur.

• Dejala y piensa que nunca existio

  ➔ Imperative Mood + Subjunctive Mood

  ➔ 'Dejala' is in the imperative mood, giving a command, while 'piensa que nunca existio' uses the subjunctive to express a hypothetical situation.