Si Te Parece Poco – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José
• Album: Soy Asi

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the poignant ballad "Si Te Parece Poco" by the legendary José José. As a classic example of 80s Latin Pop and romantic balladry, this song is a fantastic way to immerse yourself in Spanish, learning expressive language used to convey deep, perhaps even overwhelming, romantic sentiments. Listen to the powerful vocal delivery to understand how emotion is communicated through tone and phrasing in this genre.

[English]

If it seems like too little to you

That I’ve left everything behind

That I’ve shattered my life

Just to give it all to you

If it seems like too little to you

That I put up with people staring

Like I’m some kind of freak

Who doesn’t know how to live

If it seems like too little to you

That my soul bleeds

Seeing how much you enjoy

Hurting me for no reason

If it seems like too little to you

That I don’t seek shelter

No help, no remedy

No relief anywhere

You tell me

Love

You tell me

I hang on, I burn

I laugh, I leap into the void

I melt, I lose myself

Or maybe I just endure

I die of sorrow

I slit my wrists

I sleep, I forget

Or maybe you’ll tell me

Love, if you want something more

...

If it seems like too little to you

That I’ve turned my life around

More than five hundred degrees

From who I used to be

If it seems like too little to you

That I’ve settled into

The corner of your life

Where you want me to be

If it seems like too little to you

That I’ve left great things behind

For your smallest whims

That you might have

If it seems like too little to you

That I’ve given up on myself

And burned my plans

And my dreams of yesterday

You tell me

Love

You tell me

I hang on, I burn

I laugh, I leap into the void

I lose myself, or maybe you’ll tell me

I endure

I die of sorrow

I slit my wrists

I sleep, I forget

Or maybe I hang on, I burn

I laugh, I leap into the void

I lose myself, or maybe you’ll tell me

I endure

I die of sorrow

I slit my wrists

I sleep, I forget

Or maybe I hang on, I burn

I laugh, I leap into the void

I lose myself, or maybe you’ll tell me

I endure

I die of sorrow

...

[Spanish]

Si te parece poco

Que haya dejado todo

Que haya roto mi vida

Para dártela a ti

Si te parece poco

Que aguante que me miren

Igual que a un bicho raro

Que no sabe vivir

Si te parece poco

Que sangre por el alma

Al ver cómo te encanta

Herirme porque sí

Si te parece poco

Que no busque refugio

Ni auxilio ni remedio

Ni alivio por ahí

Tú dirás

Amor

Tú dirás

Me cuelgo, me quemo

Me río, me lanzo al vacío

Me fundo, me pierdo

O quizás me aguanto

Me muero de pena

Me corto las venas

Me duermo, me olvido

O quizás tú dirás

Amor, si quieres algo más

Si te parece poco

Que haya dado la vuelta

Más de quinientos grados

A mi forma de ser

Si te parece poco

Que me haya acomodado

Al rincón de tu vida

Donde quieres que esté

Si te parece poco

Que deje grandes cosas

Por mínimos caprichos

Que tú puedas tener

Si te parece poco

Que renuncie a mí mismo

Y queme mis proyectos

Y mis sueños de ayer

Tú dirás

Amor

Tú dirás

Me cuelgo, me quemo

Me río, me lanzo al vacío

Me pierdo o quizás tú dirás

Me aguanto

Me muero de pena

Me corto las venas

Me duermo, me olvido

O quizás me cuelgo, me quemo

Me río, me lanzo al vacío

Me pierdo o quizás tú dirás

Me aguanto

Me muero de pena

Me corto las venas

Me duermo, me olvido

O quizás me cuelgo, me quemo

Me río, me lanzo al vacío

Me pierdo o quizás tú dirás

Me aguanto

Me muero de pena

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
vida vida A1	noun - life
sangre sangre A1	noun - blood
alma alma A2	noun - soul
herir herir B1	verb - to wound, to hurt
refugio refugio B1	noun - shelter, refuge
auxilio auxilio B2	noun - help, assistance
remedio remedio B1	noun - remedy, cure
alivio alivio B2	noun - relief, alleviation
cuelgo cuelgo B2	verb - to hang (oneself)
quemo quemo B1	verb - to burn (oneself)
vacío vacío B2	noun - emptiness, void adjective - empty
pena pena B1	noun - sorrow, grief
venas venas B2	noun - veins
renunciar renunciar B2	verb - to renounce, to give up
proyectos proyectos B1	noun - projects
sueños sueños B1	noun - dreams
capricho capricho B2	noun - whim, caprice
acomodado acomodado B2	verb (participle) - settled, accommodated
quinientos quinientos B2	adjective (numeral) - five hundred
rincón rincón B2	noun - corner, nook

Key Grammar Structures

• Si te parece poco

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood

  ➔ The phrase uses the subjunctive mood in 'parece' to express a hypothetical or uncertain condition.

• Que haya dejado todo

  ➔ Subjunctive Perfect

  ➔ 'Haya dejado' is in the subjunctive perfect, indicating a past action that is hypothetical or part of a condition.

• Para dártela a ti

  ➔ Infinitive with Indirect Object Pronoun

  ➔ 'Dártela' combines the infinitive 'dar' with the indirect object pronoun 'te' and the direct object pronoun 'la'.

• Que no sabe vivir

  ➔ Present Subjunctive

  ➔ 'Sabe' is in the present subjunctive, used to express a subjective opinion or uncertainty.

• Tú dirás

  ➔ Future Tense

  ➔ 'Dirás' is in the future tense, indicating a future action or prediction.

• Me lanzo al vacío

  ➔ Pronominal Verb

  ➔ 'Lanzo' is a pronominal verb with 'me' indicating that the action is performed on the subject itself.

• O quizás me aguanto

  ➔ Disjunctive Pronoun

  ➔ 'Me' is a disjunctive pronoun used after 'o quizás' to emphasize the subject.