Solo Te Pido – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Manolo Escobar

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the heartfelt Spanish ballad "Solo Te Pido" by Manolo Escobar. Through its simple yet profound lyrics, you can learn expressions of devotion and the beauty of asking for shared happiness in a relationship.

[English]

I’m not going to ask you to give me the moon

Because I know you can’t give it to me

Even though sometimes you take me to it

When I’m with you and you start to love me

I’m not going to ask you for impossible things, my love

Things you could never grant me

To stop time or the course of the river

Or for the sun to rise when it’s about to set

I only ask you, I only ask you

To make my life pleasant

If you decide to live it with me

I only ask you, I only ask you

To make my life pleasant

If you decide to live it with me

I have many things, my love, to give you

If you want to come my way

A bunch of dreams to inspire you

And all the good that’s inside of me

I only ask you, I only ask you

To make my life pleasant

If you decide to live it with me

I only ask you, I only ask you

To make my life pleasant

If you decide to live it with me

I’m not going to ask you to be perfect

Nor to change your way of being for me,

But I do ask you to put in a grain of sand

So that our relationship can go well

I know it’s not easy to live as a couple

That means losing freedom,

But I don’t mind if I gain other things

That only you can give me

I only ask you, I only ask you

To make my life pleasant

If you decide to live it with me

I only ask you, I only ask you

To make my life pleasant

If you decide to live it with me

I have many things, my love, to give you

If you want to come my way

A bunch of dreams to inspire you

And all the good that’s inside of me

I only ask you, I only ask you

To make my life pleasant

If you decide to live it with me

I only ask you, I only ask you

To make my life pleasant

If you decide to live it with me

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[Spanish]

No voy a pedirte que me des la luna

Porque sé que tú no me la puedes dar

Aunque algunas veces me llevas a ella

Cuando estoy contigo y me empiezas a amar

No voy a pedirte mi amor, imposibles

Cosa que jamás me podrás conceder

Que pares el tiempo o el curso del río

O que salga el sol cuando va anochecer

Solo te pido, solo te pido

Que me hagas la vida agradable

Si decides vivirla conmigo

Solo te pido, solo te pido

Que me hagas la vida agradable

Si decides vivirla conmigo

Tengo muchas cosas mi amor para darte

Si por mi camino tú quieres venir

Un montón de sueños para ilusionarte

Y todo lo bueno que hay dentro de mí

Solo te pido, solo te pido

Que me hagas la vida agradable

Si decides vivirla conmigo

Solo te pido, solo te pido

Que me hagas la vida agradable

Si decides vivirla conmigo

No voy a pedirte que seas perfecta

Ni que por mi cambies tu forma de ser,

Pero sí que pongas un grano de arena

Para que lo nuestro nos pueda ir bien

Sé que no es sencillo vivir en pareja

Eso significa perder libertad,

Pero no me importa si gano otras cosas

Que tu solamente me las puedes dar

Solo te pido, solo te pido

Que me hagas la vida agradable

Si decides vivirla conmigo

Solo te pido, solo te pido

Que me hagas la vida agradable

Si decides vivirla conmigo

Tengo muchas cosas mi amor para darte

Si por mi camino tú quieres venir

Un montón de sueños para ilusionarte

Y todo lo bueno que hay dentro de mí

Solo te pido, solo te pido

Que me hagas la vida agradable

Si decides vivirla conmigo

Solo te pido, solo te pido

Que me hagas la vida agradable

Si decides vivirla conmigo

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pedirte /peˈðiɾ.te/ B2	verb - to ask for
des /ðe/ (context-dependent) A2	noun - the moon
puedes /ˈpwe.ðes/ A2	verb - to be able to
luna /ˈlu.na/ A2	noun - moon
llevas /ˈʝe.βas/ B1	verb - to carry
contigo /konˈti.ɣo/ A2	adverb - with you
vida /ˈbi.ða/ A2	noun - life
agradable /a.ɣlaˈβle/ B2	adjective - pleasant
decides /dɪˈsa.ðe/ B2	verb - to decide
vivirla /bi.βiɾ.la/ A2	verb - to live it
muchas /ˈmu.tʃas/ A1	adjective - many, a lot of
cosas /ˈko.sas/ A2	noun - things
darte /dar.te/ A2	verb - to give you
sueños /ˈswe.ɲos/ A2	noun - dreams
buenos /ˈbwe.nos/ A2	adjective - good
dentro /ˈden.tɾo/ A2	adjective/adverb - inside