POR QUÉ SERÁ – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Grupo Frontera, Maluma
• Album: JUGANDO A QUE NO PASA NADA

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the poignant lyrics and regional Mexican rhythms of "POR QUÉ SERÁ?" by Grupo Frontera and Maluma. This song offers a relatable journey through the emotions of heartbreak and the universal questions about love, making it a great way to connect with Spanish music and its expressive storytelling.

[English]

I wish I could go back to the day we met

So I wouldn't go

...

I wish I had a button to turn off feelings

And not suffer so much

Not suffer so much anymore

Why is it

That when I want to love, they want to play with me?

When I want to have something and I start to get excited

It ends up being a failure

Another love that breaks into pieces

Thinking about it

I was born to love

The one who doesn't love me

And that hurts

Why is it

That when I want to love, they want to play with me?

When I want to have something and I start to get excited

It ends up being a failure

Another love that breaks into pieces

Thinking about it

I was born to love

The one who doesn't love me

And that hurts

...

This is Grupo Frontera

With your buddy Maluma baby, my love, ¡jua!

...

I wish I didn't want to love and you loved me

So you could feel what I feel and it would hurt you the same way

Why do you pay me like this, if I truly loved you?

What happened to you?, what changed you?, you weren't like this

Since when

Am I superfluous in your heart?

If in mine you were the one in charge

I thought you loved me

Why is it

That when I want to love, they want to play with me?

When I want to have something and I start to get excited

It ends up being a failure

Another love that breaks into pieces

Thinking about it

I was born to love

The one who doesn't love me

And that hurts

Why is it

That when I want to love, they want to play with me?

When I want to have something and I start to get excited

It ends up being a failure

Another love that breaks into pieces

Thinking about it

I was born to love

The one who doesn't love me

And that hurts

...

[Spanish]

Quisiera volver al día en que nos conocimos

Pa no ir

Quisiera un botón para apagar los sentimientos

Y no sufrir tanto

Ya no sufrir tanto

¿Por qué será

Que cuando quiero querer, conmigo quieren jugar?

Cuando algo quiero tener y me empiezo a ilusionar

Termina siendo un fracaso

Otro amor que se me rompe en pedazos

Pensándolo bien

Yo nací pa querer

A la que no me quiere

Y eso duele

¿Por qué será

Que cuando quiero querer, conmigo quieren jugar?

Cuando algo quiero tener y me empiezo a ilusionar

Termina siendo un fracaso

Otro amor que se me rompe en pedazos

Pensándolo bien

Yo nací pa querer

A la que no me quiere

Y eso duele

Esto es Grupo Frontera

Con su parcero Maluma baby, mi amor, ¡jua!

Yo quisiera no querer y que tú me quisieras

Pa que sientas lo que siento y así mismo te doliera

¿Por qué me pagas así, si yo te quise de a deveras?

¿Qué te pasó?, ¿qué te cambió?, tú así no eras

¿Desde cuándo

En tu corazón yo ando sobrando?

Si en el mío eras la que mandabas

Yo pensaba que me amabas

¿Por qué será

Que cuando quiero querer, conmigo quieren jugar?

Cuando algo quiero tener y me empiezo a ilusionar

Termina siendo un fracaso

Otro amor que se me rompe en pedazos

Pensándolo bien

Yo nací pa querer

A la que no me quiere

Y eso duele

¿Por qué será

Que cuando quiero querer, conmigo quieren jugar?

Cuando algo quiero tener y me empiezo a ilusionar

Termina siendo un fracaso

Otro amor que se me rompe en pedazos

Pensándolo bien

Yo nací pa querer

A la que no me quiere

Y eso duele

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
volver /bolˈbeɾ/ B1	verb - to return
conocer /ko.noˈθeɾ/ B1	verb - to know, to meet
sentimientos /sen.tiˈmjen.tos/ B2	noun - feelings
apagar /a.paˈɣaɾ/ B2	verb - to turn off, to extinguish
sufrir /suˈfɾiɾ/ B2	verb - to suffer
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A2	verb - to want, to love
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
rompe /ˈrom.pe/ B1	verb - breaks
pedazos /peˈða.sos/ B2	noun - pieces, fragments
fracaso /fɾaˈka.so/ B2	noun - failure, breakup
pa /pa/ A2	preposition - for, to
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A2	verb - to want, to love
jugar /xuˈɣaɾ/ B1	verb - to play
frustración /fɾus.tɾaˈθjon/ B2	noun - frustration
querido /keˈɾiðo/ B1	adjective - dear, loved

Key Grammar Structures

• ¿Por qué será

  ➔ Use of the interrogative phrase '¿Por qué será' to ask about reasons or causes.

  ➔ '¿Por qué será' is a common Spanish expression used to ask 'why' about a particular situation, often implying curiosity or reflection.

• Yo nací pa querer

  ➔ Use of the verb 'nací' (I was born) with the infinitive 'querer' (to love) to express innate tendency or destiny.

  ➔ 'Nací pa' is a colloquial contraction of 'nací para', meaning 'I was born to'. The verb 'querer' in its infinitive form indicates purpose or innate tendency.

• cuando quiero querer, conmigo quieren jugar

  ➔ Use of the present tense 'quiero' (I want) to express desire, and the reflexive verb 'querer jugar' (to want to play) indicating simultaneous desire and action.

  ➔ 'Quiero' is the first person singular of 'querer' in the present tense, meaning 'I want.' The phrase 'querer jugar' indicates a desire to play, often implying a conflict between feelings and actions.

• ¿Desde cuándo

  ➔ Use of the interrogative phrase '¿Desde cuándo' to ask about the duration since a certain point in time.

  ➔ '¿Desde cuándo' expresses curiosity about the starting point or duration of an ongoing situation or feeling, asking 'since when'.

• Y eso duele

  ➔ Use of the verb 'duele' (hurts) in the third person singular to express emotional pain or suffering.

  ➔ 'Duele' is derived from the verb 'doler', meaning 'to hurt'. When used as 'eso duele', it expresses that 'that hurts' emotionally or psychologically.