Si Te Vas – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: J Balvin, Jay Wheeler
• Album: Mixteip

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotional world of Latin reggaeton with "Si Te Vas" by J Balvin and Jay Wheeler! This powerful collaboration, rich with confessional lyrics and a melodic reggaeton beat, offers a unique opportunity to connect with Spanish language and culture. You'll learn how to express deep feelings of longing, heartbreak, and resilience through contemporary Spanish, and appreciate the creative journey of a song born from a viral social media moment. The raw honesty and relatable themes make it a special track for any language learner.

[English]

Tell me if you're leaving so I can get drunk once and for all

Imagining you with someone else makes me die of jealousy, and you don't help

You're a total criminal; because of you I discovered that men do cry

Lying has become trendy; if you're going to leave, go ahead, leave now

Tell me if you're leaving

So I can get drunk once and for all

Imagining you with another person makes me die of jealousy, and you don't help

You're a total criminal

Because of you I learned that men can cry

Lying became fashionable; if you're leaving, go ahead, leave now

Now, baby

I put life on pause

Whenever we fight you want to end everything; stop

What do you gain by being indifferent?

You're the one who messes with my mind

I know them all; I've heard all those stories before

I know you'll ask me to come back again

And I, being foolish, say "Yes" again (I say "Yes" again)

I know you and I aren't serious at all

But I don't know why it feels this way with you

You're the same, girl, stop the mystery

I don't know what happened when I undressed you

And now I'm speaking to you clearly

No other baby compares to you

That other people's flow separates you

Tell me if you're leaving so I can get drunk once and for all

Imagining you with someone else makes me die of jealousy, and you don't help

You're a total criminal

Because of you I discovered that men do cry

Lying became trendy; if you're leaving, go ahead, leave now

Now, baby

And if you don't come back, I know I'll be happy in the future

I want to thank you for what I learned

I no longer think about you, I say it without resentment (I already have someone else in my seat)

I'm unfocused

Because of the two who wear that bra

You fight a lot

But anyway I don't want to lose you

Tell me if you're leaving

So I can get drunk once and for all

Imagining you with another person makes me die of jealousy, and you don't help

You're a total criminal

Because of you I discovered that men do cry

Lying became fashionable; if you're going to leave, go ahead, leave now

Now, baby

Final, final

That's it

J Balvin, man

A bolero there

So that you fall in love

Or you fall out of love

Let's go

Go away

Don't come back here

[Spanish]

Dime si te vas pa' emborracharme de una vez por todas

Pa' imaginarte con otra persona me muero de celos y no colaboras

Toa una criminal, por ti descubrí que los hombres sí lloran

Que decir mentiras se puso de moda, si te vas a ir, dale, vete ahora

Dime si te vas

Pa' emborracharme de una vez por todas

Imaginarte con otra persona me muero de celos y no colaboras

Toa una criminal

Por ti descubrí que los hombres sí lloran

Que decir mentiras se puso de moda, si te vas a ir, dale, vete ahora

Ahora, baby

Pongo la vida en stop

Siempre que peleamos quiere acabar con todo, detente

¿Qué ganas con ser indiferente?

Eres tú quien me daña la mente

Me la sé, todos esos cuentos ya yo me los sé

Sé que vas a pedirme volver otra vez

Y yo, de pendejo, digo "Sí" otra vez (Digo "Sí" otra vez)

Se que tú y yo no somos nada serio

Pero no sé por qué contigo se siente así

Tú estás igual, chica, deja el misterio

Yo no sé lo que pasó cuando te desvestí

Y ahora yo, hablándotela clara

Ninguna baby contigo se compara

Ese flow de las demás te separa

Dime si te vas pa' emborracharme de una vez por todas

Imaginarte con otra persona me muero de celos y no colaboras

Toa una criminal

Por ti descubrí que los hombres sí lloran

Que decir mentiras se puso de moda, si te vas a ir, dale, vete ahora

Ahora, baby

Y si no vuelves, sé que en el futuro voy a ser feliz

Quiero darte gracias por lo que aprendí

Ya no pienso en ti, lo digo sin resentimiento (Ya tengo a otra en mi asiento)

Yo estoy desenfocado

Por culpa de las dos que cargan ese sostén

Tú peleas mucho

Pero como quiera no te quiero perder

Dime si te vas

Pa' emborracharme de una vez por todas

Imaginarte con otra persona me muero de celos y no colaboras

Toa una criminal

Por ti descubrí que los hombres sí lloran

Que decir mentiras se puso de moda, si te vas a ir, dale, vete ahora

Ahora, baby

Final, final

No va más

J Balvin, man

Un bolero ahí

Pa' que te enamores

O te desenamores

Leggo

Vete

No vuelvas aquí

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
emborrachar /em.boˈra.tʃar/ B1	verb - to make drunk; to get drunk
celos /ˈse.los/ A2	noun - jealousy, envy
colaborar /ko.la.βoˈɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to cooperate, to work together
criminal /kɾi.miˈnal/ B2	noun - a person who commits crimes adjective - relating to crime; illegal
descubrir /des.kuˈβɾiɾ/ B1	verb - to discover, to find out
hombre /ˈom.bɾe/ A1	noun - man, male adult
llorar /ʝoˈɾaɾ/ A2	verb - to cry
mentira /menˈti.ɾa/ A2	noun - lie, falsehood
moda /ˈmo.ða/ B1	noun - fashion, trend
indiferente /in.di.feˈɾen.te/ B2	adjective - indifferent, unconcerned
dañar /daˈɲaɾ/ B1	verb - to damage, to hurt
mente /ˈmen.te/ B1	noun - mind, intellect
cuento /ˈkwen.to/ A2	noun - story, tale
volver /βolˈβeɾ/ A2	verb - to return, to go back
serio /ˈse.ɾjo/ B1	adjective - serious, solemn
misterio /misˈte.ɾjo/ B2	noun - mystery, something unknown
desvestir /des.beˈstiɾ/ B2	verb - to undress, to strip
feliz /feˈlis/ A1	adjective - happy, joyful
pendejo /penˈde.xo/ C1	noun - idiot, fool (vulgar)

Key Grammar Structures

• Dime si te vas pa' emborracharme de una vez por todas

  ➔ Indirect yes‑no question introduced by *si* + present indicative.

  ➔ The word "*si*" introduces an indirect question: "Dime *si* te vas..."

• Por ti descubrí que los hombres sí lloran

  ➔ Relative clause introduced by *que* after a verb of perception/discovery.

  ➔ "*que*" links the clause "los hombres sí lloran" to the main verb: "descubrí *que*..."

• Que decir mentiras se puso de moda

  ➔ Infinitive phrase (*decir mentiras*) as subject; impersonal passive with *se* + past tense.

  ➔ "*Que*" introduces the infinitive clause "decir mentiras" which acts as the subject of "se puso de moda".

• Si te vas a ir, dale, vete ahora

  ➔ Conditional clause with *si* + present; two imperatives (*dale*, *vete*).

  ➔ "*Si*" starts a conditional: "Si te vas a ir..."; "*dale*" and "*vete*" are imperatives meaning "give it" and "go away".

• Siempre que peleamos quiere acabar con todo, detente

  ➔ Temporal clause with *siempre que* + present; main clause contains a verb of desire (*quiere*) + infinitive, followed by an imperative (*detente*).

  ➔ "*Siempre que*" means "whenever" and introduces a repeated condition: "Siempre que peleamos...".

• Sé que vas a pedirme volver otra vez

  ➔ Future intention expressed with *ir a* + infinitive; subordinate clause introduced by *que* after a verb of knowledge (*sé*).

  ➔ "*vas a*" (from *ir a*) shows a near‑future action: "vas a pedirme volver".

• Ya no pienso en ti, lo digo sin resentimiento

  ➔ Present simple with negative adverb *ya no*; object pronoun *lo* before a verb; prepositional phrase *sin resentimiento*.

  ➔ "*Ya no*" means "no longer"; "*lo*" is the direct object pronoun referring to the previous statement.

• Pa' que te enamores o te desenamores

  ➔ Purpose clause with *para que* (contraction *pa'*) + subjunctive (*enamores*, *desenamores*).

  ➔ "*pa' que*" (short for *para que*) introduces a purpose clause and triggers the subjunctive: "te *enamores*" / "te *desenamores*".

• No va más

  ➔ Colloquial expression using the verb *ir* in third‑person singular to indicate cessation; implicit subject.

  ➔ "*No va*" literally means "it doesn't go" and is used idiomatically to say "it's over".