Tanto La Queria – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Andy & Lucas
• Album: En Su Salsa

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the heartfelt world of Spanish pop with Andy & Lucas's iconic song, "Tanto La Quería." This emotionally charged ballad, blending pop with subtle flamenco influences, offers a powerful way to connect with the Spanish language. You'll learn vocabulary related to love, heartbreak, and longing, and experience how deep emotions are expressed through music. Its poignant lyrics and memorable melody make it a special piece for anyone looking to learn Spanish through an authentic and moving cultural experience.

[English]

Why are you so beautiful and, at the same time, so difficult?

Why does life go by and I want you by my side?

If you treated me like a dirty and abandoned toy

If you don't understand that loving is more than just kissing

I envy everyone who has found love

Mine is not to go from flower to flower, I'm tired of that

I just wanted to adorn the nights with your dark face

And tell you that there are hearts that don't run from the storm

Sometimes I look at her and I cry and cry

Thinking that it could have been and it wasn't in the end

Seeing the clouds cover the stars

Stars that only want to look at you

Because you are the cradle that rocks without anything

Because you are the rain that doesn't make you wet

Without you I saw afternoons of stories

Stories that I never wanted to see end

I loved her so much, so much that I

I would die for her, God knows that well

She is the queen of my inspiration

For whom I suffer, the muse of my love

...

I search in my memory and I don't find my past

The bells and more bells that my soul has heard

You know well that I would have taken you to the last frontier

That the paths of life must be taken with both hands

Sometimes I look at her and I cry and cry

Thinking that it could have been and it wasn't the end

Seeing the clouds cover the stars

Stars that only want to look at you

Because you are the cradle that rocks without anything

Because you are the rain that doesn't make you wet

Without you I saw afternoons of stories

Stories that I never wanted to see end

I loved her so much, so much that I

I would die for her, God knows that well

She is the queen of my inspiration

For whom I suffer, the muse of my love

I loved her so much (Only for her, only for her)

So much that I (I will live)

I would die for her (Only for her, only without her)

God knows that well (I will live, no, no, no)

She is the queen (Only for her, only without her)

Of my inspiration (I will live)

For whom I suffer, the muse of my love (Only for her, only, only without her)

I loved her so much, so much, so much I loved her

That I would die for her, oh, for her I would die

She is the queen, queen of my queen

For whom I suffer, oh, oh, oh, no

...

[Spanish]

¿Por qué eres tan hermosa y, a la vez, tan difícil?

¿Por qué la vida pasa y pasa y te quiero a mi vera?

Si me trataste como a un juguete sucio y abandonado

Si no comprendes que el amar es algo más que besarnos

Envidio a todo aquel que el amor ha encontrado

Que lo mío no es ir de flor en flor, que de eso ya me he cansado

Sólo quería adornar las noches con tu cara morena

Y decirte que hay corazones que no huyen de la tormenta

A veces, la miro y lloro y lloro

Pensando que pudo y no fue al final

Ver a las nubes tapar las estrellas

Estrellas que sólo te quieren mirar

Porque eres la cuna que mece sin nada

Porque eres la lluvia que no hace mojar

Sin ti yo veía tardes de historias

Historias que nunca quise ver acabar

Tanto la quería, tanto que yo

Por ella moría, eso bien lo sabe Dios

Ella es la reina de mi inspiración

Por la que yo sufro, la musa de mi amor

Busco en el recuerdo y no encuentro mi pasado

Las campanas y más campanas que mi alma ha escuchado

Tú sabes bien que a la última frontera te hubiera llevado

Que los senderos de la vida hay que cojerlos con dos manos

A veces, la miro y lloro y lloro

Pensando que pudo y no fue el final

Ver a las nubes tapar las estrellas

Estrellas que sólo te quieren mirar

Porque eres la cuna que mece sin nada

Porque eres la lluvia que no hace mojar

Sin ti yo veía tardes de historias

Historias que nunca quise ver acabar

Tanto la quería, tanto que yo

Por ella moría, eso bien lo sabe Dios

Ella es la reina de mi inspiración

Por la que yo sufro, la musa de mi amor

Tanto la quería (Sólo por ella, sólo por ella)

Tanto que yo (Yo viviré)

Por ella moría (Sólo por ella, sólo sin ella)

Eso bien lo sabe Dios (Yo viviré, no, no, no)

Ella es la reina (Sólo por ella, sólo sin ella)

De mi inspiración (Yo viviré)

Por la que yo sufro, la musa de mi amor (Sólo por ella, sólo, sólo sin ella)

Tanto la quería, tanto, tanto la quería

Que por ella moría, ay, por ella yo moría

Ella es la reina, reina de mi reina

Por la que yo sufro, oh, oh, oh, no

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hermosa /eɾˈmosa/ B1	adjective - beautiful
difícil /diˈfisil/ B2	adjective - difficult
vida /ˈbi.ða/ A2	noun - life
pasar /paˈsaɾ/ A2	verb - to pass
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A2	verb - to want, to love
juguete /xuˈɣete/ B2	noun - toy
amarnós /aˈmaɾnos/ C1	verb - to love
besarnos /besˈaɾnos/ B2	verb - to kiss
cielo /ˈθje.lo/ /ˈje.lo/ A2	noun - sky, heaven
estrellas /esˈtɾe.ʝas/ A2	noun - stars
corazones /ko.ˈɾa.θo.nes/ /ko.ɾa.ʝo.nes/ A2	noun - hearts
reina /ˈrei.na/ B1	noun - queen
inspiración /ins.pi.ɾaˈθjon/ B2	noun - inspiration
musa /ˈmu.sa/ C1	noun - muse, source of inspiration

Key Grammar Structures

• ¿Por qué eres tan hermosa y, a la vez, tan difícil?

  ➔ Adjective + *tan* + adjective/adverb + *y a la vez* + adjective/adverb.

  ➔ *Tan* intensifies the adjective. *Y a la vez* means 'at the same time' or 'simultaneously'.

• Si me trataste como a un juguete sucio y abandonado

  ➔ *Tratar como* + a + noun: to treat someone/something *as* something else.

  ➔ This sentence uses the structure *tratar como a*, which expresses a comparison in the treatment.

• Envidio a todo aquel que el amor ha encontrado

  ➔ Relative Clause with *aquel que*: 'the one who/that'

  ➔ *Aquel que* is a relative pronoun referring to a person or thing. It's used here to specify 'everyone who has found love'.

• Que lo mío no es ir de flor en flor, que de eso ya me he cansado

  ➔ Idiomatic expression: *Ir de flor en flor* (to flit from one person to another).

  ➔ The idiom *ir de flor en flor* refers to being unfaithful or fickle in relationships. The perfect tense *me he cansado* indicates that the speaker is tired of doing this.

• Sólo quería adornar las noches con tu cara morena

  ➔ Verb + *con* + noun: to do something *with* something.

  ➔ Here, *con* indicates the means or instrument used to adorn the nights. *Con tu cara morena* means 'with your dark face'.

• Y decirte que hay corazones que no huyen de la tormenta

  ➔ Relative clause with *que* + Subjunctive: expressing a characteristic or possibility

  ➔ The use of the subjunctive *huyan* after *que* indicates a characteristic of the hearts being described – they are hearts that *don't* flee from the storm.

• Pensando que pudo y no fue al final

  ➔ Past Subjunctive *pudo*: Expressing a possibility that didn't happen.

  ➔ *Pudo* is the past subjunctive form of *poder*, expressing something that was possible but ultimately didn't occur. 'Thinking that it could have been and it wasn't in the end'.

• Porque eres la cuna que mece sin nada

  ➔ Relative clause: *que* as relative pronoun, introducing defining relative clauses.

  ➔ *Que mece sin nada* is a relative clause that defines the noun *cuna*. It specifies which kind of cradle is being referred to.

• Por la que yo sufro, la musa de mi amor

  ➔ *Por la que* + Verb: Using *por* to indicate the reason or cause.

  ➔ *Por la que* introduces a relative clause that indicates the reason for his suffering. It translates to 'because of whom' or 'for whom'.