QUERERTE A TI – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: ÁNGELA CARRASCO

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the depths of unrequited love through Ángela Carrasco's "Quererte a Ti." This heartfelt ballad, with its poetic lyrics and emotional delivery, offers a powerful expression of longing and resilience, allowing listeners to connect with the universal experience of loving without being loved in return.

[English]

Loving you is like wanting

To pull a sigh from the wind

A kiss into the void

And a smile into the silence

Loving you is to conjugate

The verb "to love" in solitude

A "I love you" without a reply

And not wanting to see that my caresses bother you

Loving you

Is wanting to win heaven for love

Is having lost the fear of pain

Is fighting against no one in battle

And drowning the fire that arises in my guts

Loving you, loving you

Is to be silent and wait

Loving you

Is wanting to win heaven for love

Is having lost the fear of pain

Is fighting against no one in battle

And drowning the fire that arises in my guts

Loving you, loving you

Loving you

Is to nourish the word "tenderness"

And hide my tears on my back

From my nights in white and dark

Tears of jealousy and doubts

It’s of no use for me to cry for you

It’s of no use for me to implore you

Until when and until where

Do I have to wait for you to fall in love with me?

Loving you

Is wanting to win heaven for love

Is having lost the fear of pain

Is fighting against no one in battle

And drowning the fire that arises in my guts

Loving you, loving you

Is to be silent and wait

Loving you

Is wanting to win heaven for love

Is having lost the fear of pain

Is fighting against no one in battle

And drowning the fire that arises in my guts

Loving you, loving you

Loving you

Loving you

Is wanting to win heaven for love

Is having lost the fear of pain

Is fighting against no one...

...

[Spanish]

Quererte a ti es como querer

Arrancarle un quejido al viento

Un beso al vacío

Y una sonrisa al silencio

Quererte a ti es conjugar

El verbo "amar" en soledad

Un "te quiero" sin respuesta

Y no querer ver que mis caricias te molestan

Quererte a ti

Es querer ganar el cielo por amor

Es haber perdido el miedo al dolor

Es luchar contra nadie en la batalla

Y ahogar el fuego que me nace en las entrañas

Quererte a ti, quererte a ti

Es callar y esperar

Quererte a ti

Es querer ganar el cielo por amor

Es haber perdido el miedo al dolor

Es luchar contra nadie en la batalla

Y ahogar el fuego que me nace en las entrañas

Quererte a ti, quererte a ti

Quererte a ti

Alimentar la palabra "ternura"

Y esconder mis lágrimas en las espaldas

De mis noches en blanco y oscuras

Lágrimas de celos y dudas

De nada sirve que yo te llore

De nada sirve que yo te implore

¿Hasta cuándo y hasta dónde

Tengo que esperar que de mí te enamores?

Quererte a ti

Es querer ganar el cielo por amor

Es haber perdido el miedo al dolor

Es luchar contra nadie en la batalla

Y ahogar el fuego que me nace en las entrañas

Quererte a ti, quererte a ti

Es callar y esperar

Quererte a ti

Es querer ganar el cielo por amor

Es haber perdido el miedo al dolor

Es luchar contra nadie en la batalla

Y ahogar el fuego que me nace en las entrañas

Quererte a ti, quererte a ti

Quererte a ti

Quererte a ti

Es querer ganar el cielo por amor

Es haber perdido el miedo al dolor

Es luchar contra nadie...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A2	verb - to want, to love
viento /ˈbjento/ A1	noun - wind
beso /ˈbeso/ A1	noun - kiss
vacío /baˈθio/ B1	noun - emptiness, void adjective - empty
sonrisa /sonˈrisa/ A2	noun - smile
silencio /siˈlenθjo/ A2	noun - silence
amar /aˈmaɾ/ A1	verb - to love
soledad /soleˈðað/ B1	noun - solitude, loneliness
respuesta /resˈpuesta/ A2	noun - answer, reply
caricias /kaˈɾisjas/ B2	noun - caresses, affections
molestar /molesˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to bother, to annoy
cielo /ˈθjelo/ A1	noun - sky, heaven
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
miedo /ˈmjeðo/ A2	noun - fear
dolor /doˈloɾ/ A2	noun - pain
luchar /luˈt͡ʃaɾ/ B1	verb - to fight
batalla /baˈtaʎa/ B1	noun - battle
fuego /ˈfweɣo/ A1	noun - fire
lágrimas /ˈlaɡɾimas/ A2	noun - tears
noche /ˈnotʃe/ A1	noun - night
dudas /ˈdudas/ B1	noun - doubts
celos /ˈθelos/ B1	noun - jealousy
esperar /espeˈɾaɾ/ A2	verb - to wait

Key Grammar Structures

• Quererte a ti es como querer arrancarle un quejido al viento.

  ➔ Use of 'es como' to express comparison.

  ➔ The phrase "es como" introduces a simile, comparing the act of loving to something else.

• Es luchar contra nadie en la batalla.

  ➔ Use of 'contra' to indicate opposition.

  ➔ The word "contra" indicates that there is no one to fight against, emphasizing the internal struggle.

• Alimentar la palabra 'ternura'.

  ➔ Use of infinitive 'alimentar' to express purpose.

  ➔ The infinitive "alimentar" indicates the action of nurturing the concept of tenderness.

• ¿Hasta cuándo y hasta dónde tengo que esperar que de mí te enamores?

  ➔ Use of indirect questions.

  ➔ The phrase introduces an indirect question about the duration and extent of waiting for love.