Sale El Sol

• By: Shakira
• Album: Sale El Sol

Lyrics:

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Estas semanas sin verte

These weeks without seeing you

Me parecieron años

Felt like years

Tanto te quise besar

I wanted to kiss you so much

Que me duelen los labios

That it hurts my lips

Mira que el miedo nos hizo

Look, fear made us

Cometer estupideces

Commit stupid mistakes

Nos dejó sordos y ciegos

It left us deaf and blind

Tantas veces

So many times

Y un día después de la tormenta

And one day after the storm

Cuando menos piensas, sale el sol

When you least expect it, the sun comes out

De tanto sumar, pierdes la cuenta

From so much adding up, you lose count

Porque uno y uno no siempre son dos

Because one and one don’t always make two

Cuando menos piensas, sale el sol

When you least expect it, the sun comes out

...

...

Te lloré hasta el extremo

I cried for you until the extreme

De lo que era posible

Of what was possible

Cuando creía que era

When I believed I was

Invencible

Invincible

No hay mal que dure cien años

There’s no bad that lasts a hundred years

Ni cuerpo que lo aguante

Nor body that can endure it

Y lo mejor siempre espera

And the best always waits

Adelante

Ahead

Y un día después de la tormenta

And one day after the storm

Cuando menos piensas, sale el sol

When you least expect it, the sun comes out

De tanto sumar, pierdes la cuenta

From so much adding up, you lose count

Porque uno y uno no siempre son dos

Because one and one don’t always make two

Cuando menos piensas, sale el sol

When you least expect it, the sun comes out

Cuando menos piensas, sale el sol

When you least expect it, the sun comes out

Y un día después de la tormenta

And one day after the storm

Cuando menos piensas, sale el sol

When you least expect it, the sun comes out

De tanto sumar, pierdes la cuenta

From so much adding up, you lose count

Porque uno y uno no siempre son dos

Because one and one don’t always make two

Y un día después, y un día después

And one day after, and one day after

Sale el sol

The sun comes out

...

...

Y un día después de la tormenta

And one day after the storm

Cuando menos piensas, sale el sol

When you least expect it, the sun comes out

De tanto sumar, pierdes la cuenta

From so much adding up, you lose count

Porque uno y uno no siempre son dos

Because one and one don’t always make two

Cuando menos piensas, sale el sol

When you least expect it, the sun comes out

...

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
ver /ber/ A2	verb - to see
querer /keˈreɾ/ A2	verb - to want, to love
besar /beˈsaɾ/ A2	verb - to kiss
dolor /doˈloɾ/ B1	noun - pain, ache
miedo /ˈmjeðo/ A2	noun - fear, fright
tormenta /torˈmen.ta/ B2	noun - storm
sol /sol/ A1	noun - sun
cantar /kanˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to sing
salir /saˈliɾ/ A2	verb - to go out, to leave
suma /ˈsu.ma/ A2	verb (forma conjugada de sumar) - to add, to sum
cuenta /ˈkwen.ta/ A2	noun - account, bill
uno /ˈu.no/ A1	noun - one
pequeño /peˈke.ɲo/ A2	adjective - small
día /ˈdi.a/ A1	noun - day
espera /esˈpeɾa/ B2	verb - to wait, to hope

Grammar:

• Cuando menos piensas, sale el sol

  ➔ Subjunctive mood used in conditional sentences.

  ➔ The phrase "Cuando menos piensas" translates to "When you least expect it," indicating a condition.

• No hay mal que dure cien años

  ➔ Negative expressions with indefinite pronouns.

  ➔ The phrase "No hay mal" means "There is no evil," indicating a general truth.

• Te lloré hasta el extremo

  ➔ Past tense used to express completed actions.

  ➔ The phrase "Te lloré" translates to "I cried for you," indicating a completed action.

• Porque uno y uno no siempre son dos

  ➔ Use of conjunctions to express cause and effect.

  ➔ The phrase "Porque uno y uno no siempre son dos" means "Because one and one are not always two," indicating a complex situation.