Sé Que Lloraré – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: La Maquinaria Norteña

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Perdona si escuchaste este mensaje

Forgive me if you heard this message

Prometí no molestarte, te juré que no te iba a llamar

I promised not to bother you, I swore I wouldn't call you

Perdona que mi corazón no entienda

Forgive me that my heart doesn't understand

Lo tomaste por sorpresa, no esperaba tan pronto el final

You took it by surprise, I didn't expect the end so soon

No aguantaba este momento de desesperación

I couldn't stand this moment of desperation

Me dejaste acostumbrado al sonido de tu voz

You got me used to the sound of your voice

Mis labios piden a gritos ese dulce de tus besos

My lips are crying out for the sweetness of your kisses

Y aunque llore por tu ausencia sé que ya no habrá regreso

And even though I cry for your absence, I know there will be no return

Hoy sé que lloraré, me duele el alma

Today I know that I will cry, my soul hurts

Sé que te extrañare, que me harás falta

I know I will miss you, that I will need you

Trataré de borrar de mi memoria

I will try to erase from my memory

Todo lo mágico de nuestra historia

All the magic of our story

Y hasta borré tu número de mi teléfono

And I even deleted your number from my phone

Lo único malo es que lo sé de memoria

The only bad thing is that I know it by heart

Qué maquinaria, compadre

What a machinery, buddy

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Hoy sé que lloraré, me duele el alma

Today I know that I will cry, my soul hurts

Sé que te extrañare, que me harás falta

I know I will miss you, that I will need you

Trataré de borrar de mi memoria

I will try to erase from my memory

Todo lo mágico de nuestra historia

All the magic of our story

Y hasta borré tu número de mi teléfono

And I even deleted your number from my phone

Lo único malo es que lo sé de memoria

The only bad thing is that I know it by heart

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Key Grammar Structures

• Perdona si escuchaste este mensaje

  ➔ Use of 'si' to introduce a conditional clause

  ➔ 'si' means 'if' and introduces a condition that influences the main clause.

• Me dejaste acostumbrado al sonido de tu voz

  ➔ Use of 'dejar + participle' to indicate allowing or leaving someone in a certain state

  ➔ 'Dejar' means 'to leave' or 'allow', combined with the participle to describe allowing someone or something to be in a particular state.

• Lo tomaste por sorpresa

  ➔ Use of 'por' + noun to indicate 'by' or 'through' with a sense of manner or cause

  ➔ 'Por' is used to indicate the manner of an action or the cause/reason behind it.

• Trataré de borrar de mi memoria

  ➔ Use of 'tratar de' + infinitive to express an effort or attempt to do something

  ➔ 'Tratar de' means 'to try to' or 'to attempt to', followed by an infinitive verb indicating the attempt to do something.

• Ya no habrá regreso

  ➔ Use of 'habrá' (future tense of 'haber') to indicate existence or occurrence in the future

  ➔ 'Habrá' is the future tense of 'haber', used here to indicate that something will happen or exist in the future.

• Sé que te extrañare, que me harás falta

  ➔ Use of the future indicative tense ('extrañare', 'harás') to express certainty about future actions

  ➔ The verbs 'extrañare' and 'harás' are in the future tense in Spanish, expressing certainty that these actions will happen.