Que Se Sepa Nuestro Amor – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Mon Laferte, Alejandro Fernández

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Desde que estoy a tu lado no sé concentrarme

Since I'm by your side, I can't concentrate

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Pierdo noción de las horas, no sé a dónde voy

I lose track of time, I don't know where I'm going

Cuando me ven mis amigos, suelen preguntarme

When my friends see me, they usually ask me

Qué es lo que pasa conmigo, no saben quién soy

What's going on with me, they don't know who I am

Ya les voy a contar

I'm going to tell them

Que muero por verte, que grande es mi suerte

That I'm dying to see you, how lucky I am

Que a estas alturas que tiene mi vida, llegué a conocerte

That at this point in my life, I got to meet you

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Nada me importa la gente

I don't care about anyone

Lo nuestro tiene que saberse en honor a esta pasión

Ours has to be known in honor of this passion

Hay que decirlo de frente

We have to say it face to face

Que a este mundo le es urgente que se sepa nuestro amor

That this world urgently needs our love to be known

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Ya les voy a contar

I'm going to tell them

Que muero por verte, que grande es mi suerte

That I'm dying to see you, how lucky I am

Y que a estas alturas que tiene mi vida, llegué a conocerte

And that at this point in my life, I got to meet you

...

...

Nada me importa la gente

I don't care about anyone

Lo nuestro tiene que saberse en honor a esta pasión

Ours has to be known in honor of this passion

Hay que decirlo de frente

We have to say it face to face

Que a este mundo le es urgente que se sepa nuestro amor

That this world urgently needs our love to be known

Nada me importa la gente

I don't care about anyone

Lo nuestro tiene que saberse en honor a esta pasión

Ours has to be known in honor of this passion

Hay que decirlo de frente

We have to say it face to face

Que a este mundo le es urgente que se sepa nuestro amor

That this world urgently needs our love to be known

...

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
concentrar /koŋsɛnˈtɾaɾ/ B2	verb - to focus or concentrate
pierdo /ˈpjeɾðo/ A2	verb - I lose
noción /noˈsjon/ B1	noun - notion, idea, awareness
amigos /aˈmi.ɣos/ A1	noun - friends
preguntarme /pɾe.ɣunˈtaɾ.me/ B1	verb (reflexive) - to ask myself
suerte /sweɾˈte/ A2	noun - luck, fortune
vida /ˈβi.ða/ A1	noun - life
conocerte /ko.no.ˈθeɾ.te/ B2	verb (reflexive) - to meet, to get to know you
pasar /paˈsaɾ/ A2	verb - to pass, to happen
saber /saˈβeɾ/ A2	verb - to know
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A2	verb - to want, to love

Key Grammar Structures

• Desde que estoy a tu lado no sé concentrarme

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood (indirect)

  ➔ The sentence structure implies a condition or possibility. "Desde que estoy" uses the indicative mood since it's a factual statement, but the overall context hints at a state of being caused by being with the other person. The inability to concentrate can be seen as a result of this condition.

• Cuando me ven mis amigos, suelen preguntarme

  ➔ Use of "soler" + infinitive to express a habitual action

  ➔ "Suelen preguntarme" indicates that it is a *habitual* action for friends to ask the speaker. "Soler" is a verb that specifically means 'to usually do something'.

• Ya les voy a contar

  ➔ Ir + a + Infinitive: Expressing Near Future.

  ➔ This is a common Spanish structure to indicate something is going to happen very soon. "Voy a contar" literally translates to 'I am going to tell'.

• Que a estas alturas que tiene mi vida, llegué a conocerte

  ➔ "A estas alturas" - an idiomatic expression + preterite

  ➔ "A estas alturas" is an idiomatic expression that means 'at this point', 'at this stage' or 'now'. "Llegué a conocerte" (Preterite tense) shows a completed action in the past.

• Lo nuestro tiene que saberse en honor a esta pasión

  ➔ Obligation with impersonal "tener que" + Passive reflexive "saberse"

  ➔ "Tiene que saberse" is a construction indicating obligation in an impersonal way. "Lo nuestro" has to be known. "Saberse" is used in the reflexive passive voice, meaning 'to become known'.

• Que a este mundo le es urgente que se sepa nuestro amor

  ➔ Impersonal construction with "ser" + Adjective (es urgente) + Subjunctive Clause.

  ➔ "Es urgente que..." is an impersonal construction expressing necessity or urgency. The adjective "urgente" describes what "es" (it) is, and the "que" introduces a subordinate clause using the subjunctive mood ("se sepa") because it expresses a subjective opinion or desire.