Sabrá Dios – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José
• Album: Sabor A Mí

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the poetic beauty of the Spanish language through 'Sabrá Dios.' This song is a perfect study in emotional vocabulary and the cultural nuances of Mexican Bolero, teaching learners how to express romantic longing and existential contemplation through traditional, melodic phrasing.

[English]

God only knows

If you love me or you're deceiving me

Since I cannot tell

I'll keep thinking that you love me

Only me

In reality, I have no right

To doubt you

Or to not live happily

But I have a feeling it's not with me

Even though you're here

God only knows

One never really knows anything

I'll be ashamed if this love

Fails simply

Because of my mistake

And I must be crazy

To torment myself

For no reason

But I am going to fight

Until I tear this thankless lie

Out of my heart

God only knows

...

One never really knows anything

I'll be ashamed if this love

Fails simply

Because of my mistake

And I must be crazy

To torment myself

For no reason

But I am going to fight

Until I tear this thankless lie

Out of my heart

...

[Spanish]

Sabrá dios

Si tu me quieres o me engañas

Como no adivinio

Seguiré pensando que me quieres

Solamente a mí

No tengo derecho en realidad

Para dudar de ti

O para no vivir feliz

Pero yo presiento que no es conmigo

Aunque estés aqui

Sabrá dios

Uno no sabe nunca nada

Me dará verguenza si este amor

Fracasa nada más

Por mi equivocación

Y debo de estar loco

Para atormentarme

Sin haber razón

Pero voy a luchar

Hasta arrancar esta ingrata mentira

De mi corazón

Sabrá dios

Uno no sabe nunca nada

Me dará verguenza si este amor

Fracasa nada más

Por mi equivocación

Y debo estar loco

Para atormentarme

Sin haber razón

Pero voy a luchar

Hasta arrancar esta ingrata mentira

De mi corazón

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Sabrá sa-brá A2	verb - Will know (future tense of to know).
Engañas en-ga-ñas B1	verb - To deceive or to cheat.
Adivino a-di-vi-no B2	verb - To guess or predict.
Derecho de-re-cho A2	noun - Right or entitlement.
Dudar du-dar B1	verb - To doubt.
Presiento pre-sien-to C1	verb - To have a premonition or intuition.
Vergüenza ver-güen-za A2	noun - Shame or embarrassment.
Fracasa fra-ca-sa B1	verb - To fail.
Equivocación e-qui-vo-ca-ción B2	noun - Mistake or error.
Atormentarme a-tor-men-tar-me C1	verb - To torment oneself.
Luchar lu-char A2	verb - To fight or strive.
Arrancar a-rran-car B2	verb - To rip out or pull out.
Ingrata in-gra-ta C1	adjective - Ungrateful or unpleasant.
Mentira men-ti-ra A1	noun - Lie.
Corazón co-ra-zón A1	noun - Heart.

Key Grammar Structures

• Sabrá dios

  ➔ Future of probability (Futuro de probabilidad)

  ➔ The future tense "sabrá" is used here not for time, but to express uncertainty or supposition in the present.

• Como no adivino

  ➔ Negative adverb + Verb (Indicative)

  ➔ The negation "no" is placed before the verb "adivino" to indicate the lack of ability to predict.

• No tengo derecho en realidad / Para dudar de ti

  ➔ Prepositional phrase + Infinitive

  ➔ The preposition "para" is followed by the infinitive "dudar" to express purpose or necessity.

• Aunque estés aquí

  ➔ Concessive clause (Aunque + Subjunctive)

  ➔ The conjunction "aunque" is used with the subjunctive "estés" because the speaker is admitting a situation despite the lingering doubt.

• Me dará verguenza si este amor / Fracasa

  ➔ Conditional 'if' clause (Si + Present Indicative)

  ➔ The "si" clause here introduces a possible real-world scenario that triggers an emotional consequence.

• Debo de estar loco

  ➔ Verb phrase of obligation/supposition (Deber de + Infinitive)

  ➔ "Deber de" followed by an infinitive indicates logical deduction or strong probability about the subject.

• Sin haber razón

  ➔ Preposition + Perfect Infinitive

  ➔ The use of "haber" (infinitive) + past participle (implied) forms a compound infinitive expressing an action completed before the main action.

• Hasta arrancar esta ingrata mentira

  ➔ Preposition of limit + Infinitive

  ➔ "Hasta" functions as a preposition indicating the extent or point until which an action is performed.