Prometimos No Llorar – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Palito Ortega
• Album: Felicidades

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Habíamos prometido no llorar

We had promised not to cry

Perdóname

Forgive me

Quizás esta sea la última vez que nos sentamos a tomar un café juntos

Maybe this is the last time we sit down to have coffee together

Quizás es la última vez que nos vemos así que tratemos de estar bien por favor

Maybe it's the last time we see each other, so let's try to be okay, please

Me quiero llevar como recuerdo una sonrisa

I want to take a smile as a memory

Por favor no llores más

Please don't cry anymore

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Te acordás aquella tarde que nos conocimos

Do you remember that afternoon we met?

Fue muy lindo conocerte

It was very nice to meet you

Y fue muy lindo todo lo que pasó entre nosotros, pero

And everything that happened between us was very nice, but

Ya pasó

It's already over

Ahora es necesario separarnos

Now it's necessary for us to part ways

No sigamos haciéndonos mal

Let's not keep hurting each other

Lo nuestro ya se estaba convirtiendo simplemente en una rutina, y el amor

What we had was simply becoming a routine, and love

El amor es otra cosa

Love is something else

Al amor hay que alimentarlo todos los días con esas pequeñas cosas que nosotros

Love needs to be nourished every day with those little things that we

Ya perdimos

Have already lost

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Se enfría tu café

Your coffee is getting cold

Aquí nadie se tiene que sentir culpable

Here, no one should feel guilty

La gente nos mira, por favor no llores más

People are watching us, please don't cry anymore

Te quiero

I love you

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Te quiero

I love you

No

No

Lo nuestro es una costumbre

What we had is a habit

Y el amor es otra cosa

And love is something else

Ahora me voy

Now I'm leaving

Es lo mejor para los dos

It's the best for both of us

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Te deseo mucha suerte

I wish you lots of luck

Que seas muy feliz

May you be very happy

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Adiós

Goodbye

Te quiero, te quiero

I love you, I love you

Adiós

Goodbye

Chao

Bye

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
prometido /pɾomeˈtiðo/ B1	verb (participio) - promised
llorar /ʝoˈɾaɾ/ A2	verb - to cry
sentamos /senˈta.mos/ A2	verb - we sit
recordar /re.korˈdar/ B1	verb - to remember
lindo /ˈlindo/ A2	adjective - beautiful, pretty
pasó /paˈs'o/ A2	verb (pasado de pasar) - happened, passed
separarnos /se.paˈɾaɾ.nos/ B2	verb - to separate ourselves
mal /mal/ A2	adjective - bad, wrong
rutina /ruˈti.na/ B1	noun - routine
amando /aˈman.do/ B1	verb (gerundium) - loving
alimentarlo /a.li.menˈtaɾ.lo/ B2	verb - to feed it
suerte /ˈsweɾ.te/ A2	noun - luck, fortune
feliz /feˈllis/ A2	adjective - happy

Key Grammar Structures

• Habíamos prometido no llorar

  ➔ Past perfect tense (habíamos prometido)

  ➔ Expresses an action that was completed before another past action.

• No sigamos haciéndonos mal

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in the present (sigamos)

  ➔ Expresses a suggestion or hope that an action continues or is performed.

• El amor es otra cosa

  ➔ Present tense of 'ser' (es)

  ➔ States a general truth or defining characteristic in the present.

• Lo nuestro ya se estaba convirtiendo en una rutina

  ➔ Imperfect progressive tense (se estaba convirtiendo)

  ➔ Describes an ongoing process in the past that was happening at the time.

• Y el amor es otra cosa

  ➔ Repetition of the present tense of 'ser' (es)

  ➔ Emphasizes a contrast or clarification; reiterates the idea that love is different.

• Que seas muy feliz

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (seas)

  ➔ Expresses a wish or hope for someone’s happiness.

• Adiós

  ➔ Interjection used to say farewell

  ➔ A common word used to say goodbye or farewell.