Sabor a Mí – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Eydie Gorme, Los Panchos
• Album: Canta En Español Con Los Panchos

Lyrics & Translation

Immerse yourself in the romantic elegance of Spanish through this bolero classic. By listening to the smooth phrasing of Eydie Gormé and Los Panchos, you can learn expressive romantic vocabulary and the poetic nuances of Spanish lyrical structure, making it a perfect gateway to understanding the soul of Latin balladry.

[English]

We have enjoyed this love for so long

Our souls have drawn so close to one another

That I carry your flavor, but you carry it too

The taste of me

If you were to deny my presence in your life

It would be enough to just hold you and talk

I gave you so much of my life, that you now surely have

The taste of me

...

I do not claim to be your owner

I am nothing, I have no vanity

I give the best of my life

I am so poor, what else could I possibly give?

More than a thousand years will pass, many more

And I do not know if eternity holds love

But there, just as here, you will carry on your lips

The taste of me

...

I do not claim to be your owner

I am nothing, I have no vanity

I give the best of my life

I am so poor, what else could I possibly give?

More than a thousand years will pass, many more

And I do not know if eternity holds love

But there, just as here, you will carry on your lips

The taste of me

The taste of me

...

[Spanish]

Tanto tiempo disfrutamos de este amor

Nuestras almas se acercaron tanto así

Que yo guardo tu sabor, pero tú llevas también

Sabor a mí

Si negaras mi presencia en tu vivir

Bastaría con abrazarte y conversar

Tanta vida yo te di, que por fuerza tienes ya

Sabor a mí

No pretendo ser tu dueña

No soy nada, yo no tengo vanidad

De mi vida doy lo bueno

Soy tan pobre, qué otra cosa puedo dar

Pasarán más de mil años, muchos más

Y yo no sé si tenga amor la eternidad

Pero allá tal como aquí en la boca llevarás

Sabor a mí

No pretendo ser tu dueño

No soy nada, yo no tengo vanidad

De mi vida doy lo bueno

Soy tan pobre, qué otra cosa puedo dar

Pasarán mas de mil años, muchos más

Y yo no sé si tenga amor la eternidad

Pero allá tal como aquí en la boca llevarás

Sabor a mí

Sabor a mí

Key Grammar Structures

• Tanto tiempo disfrutamos de este amor

  ➔ Preterite Tense (Pretérito Indefinido)

  ➔ The verb "disfrutamos" is in the preterite tense, indicating a completed action in the past.

• Nuestras almas se acercaron tanto así

  ➔ Reflexive verb usage and intensifier

  ➔ "Se acercaron" is a reflexive construction; "tanto así" functions as an intensifier.

• Si negaras mi presencia en tu vivir

  ➔ Imperfect Subjunctive (Subjuntivo Imperfecto)

  ➔ The verb "negaras" is in the imperfect subjunctive, used here in a conditional "si" clause.

• Bastaría con abrazarte y conversar

  ➔ Conditional Tense (Condicional Simple)

  ➔ The verb "bastaría" expresses a hypothetical consequence.

• No pretendo ser tu dueña

  ➔ Verb + Infinitive construction

  ➔ "Pretendo ser" follows the structure of a conjugated verb followed by an infinitive.

• De mi vida doy lo bueno

  ➔ Neutral article "lo" + adjective

  ➔ "Lo bueno" uses the neutral article "lo" to substantivize the adjective into a noun concept ("the good things").

• Pasarán más de mil años

  ➔ Future Tense (Futuro Simple)

  ➔ The verb "pasarán" is in the future tense to indicate events yet to come.

• Yo no sé si tenga amor la eternidad

  ➔ Present Subjunctive (Subjuntivo Presente)

  ➔ "Tenga" is in the present subjunctive, triggered by the verb of doubt "no sé si".