Tus Ojos – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: La Tana

Lyrics & Translation

Experience the beauty of the Spanish language through 'Tus Ojos.' This song is a perfect gateway to learning poetic vocabulary related to emotions and physical description, while showcasing the rhythmic cadence of the Spanish language through a classic flamenco vocal style.

[English]

Your words hurt me, stabbing like daggers

After all these years, you look at me as if nothing happened

And I still can't believe it; it will be hard for me to process

Only a branch remains of the strong trunk, the root has died

There is no tree left, and even though it hurts, even though it hurts

With great pain, I forget you

It will be for the best, you know

You never wanted it

Why go into more detail? I am wounded

Your eyes no longer reflect in mine

The silence builds up, and upon your cold lips

Your affection and mine drift against the current

Your eyes no longer reflect in mine

The silence builds up, and upon your cold lips

Your affection and mine drift against the current

Your eyes

I know of my bad actions, my character is poisonous

That I make a thousand mistakes and I'm not who I want to be

I have my feet on the ground; I know my flaws are hard to take

If what we had went bankrupt, you saw your part in the blame

And even though it hurts, even though it hurts

With great pain, I forget you

It will be for the best, you know

You never wanted it

Why go into more detail? I am wounded

The nights fall asleep and ache in the dark

The flowers that bloom do not last, they die

And shooting stars do not grant wishes

A broken heart finds no consolation

Your eyes no longer reflect in mine

The silence builds up, and upon your cold lips

Your affection and mine drift against the current

Your eyes no longer reflect in mine

The silence builds up, and upon your cold lips

Your affection and mine drift against the current

Your eyes

The nights fall asleep and ache in the dark

The flowers that bloom do not last, they die

And shooting stars do not grant wishes

A broken heart finds no consolation

The nights fall asleep and ache in the dark

The flowers that bloom do not last, they die

And shooting stars do not grant wishes

A broken heart finds no consolation

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[Spanish]

Tus palabras me hacen daño como puñales se clavan

Después de tantitos años me miras como si nada

Y aún no lo doy por traído, me costará asimilarlo

Del buen tronco quedó rama, murió la raíz

No hay árbol y aunque me duela, me duela

Con mucho dolor te olvido

Será lo mejor, tú sabes

Nunca lo has querido

Para qué dar más detalles, me herí

Tus ojos ya no se reflejan en los míos

Se acumula el silencio y en tus labios fríos

Navega a contracorriente tu cariño y el mío

Tus ojos ya no se reflejan en los míos

Se acumula el silencio y en tus labios fríos

Navega a contracorriente tu cariño y el mío

Tus ojos

Sé de mis malas acciones, mi carácter envenena

Que cometo mil errores y no soy la que quisiera

Tengo los pies en la tierra, sé que con mi olor gusta

Si lo nuestro se fue a quiebra, tú viste parte de culpa

Y aunque me duela, me duela

Con mucho dolor te olvido

Será lo mejor, tú sabes

Nunca lo has querido

Para qué dar más detalles, me herí

Las noches se duermen y a oscuras se duelen

Las flores que nacen no duran, se mueren

Y estrellas fugaces no cumplen deseos

Corazón partido no tiene consuelo

Tus ojos ya no se reflejan en los míos

Se acumula el silencio y en tus labios fríos

Navega a contracorriente tu cariño y el mío

Tus ojos ya no se reflejan en los míos

Se acumula el silencio y en tus labios fríos

Navega a contracorriente tu cariño y el mío

Tus ojos

Las noches se duermen y a oscuras se duelen

Las flores que nacen no duran, se mueren

Y estrellas fugaces no cumplen deseos

Corazón partido no tiene consuelo

Las noches se duermen y a oscuras se duelen

Las flores que nacen no duran, se mueren

Y estrellas fugaces no cumplen deseos

Corazón partido no tiene consuelo

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
puñales pu-ña-les B2	noun - daggers
asimilarlo a-si-mi-lar-lo C1	verb - to assimilate it / to come to terms with it
raíz ra-iz A2	noun - root
herí e-ri B1	verb - I hurt / wounded
reflejan re-fle-jan B1	verb - they reflect
acumula a-cu-mu-la B2	verb - accumulates
contracorriente con-tra-co-rrien-te C1	adjective/adverb - against the current
envenena en-ve-ne-na B2	verb - poisons
quiebra quie-bra B2	noun - bankruptcy / breaking
fugaces fu-ga-ces C1	adjective - fleeting
consuelo con-sue-lo B2	noun - comfort / consolation
carácter ca-rac-ter B1	noun - character / temperament
estrellas es-tre-llas A1	noun - stars
silencio si-len-cio A1	noun - silence
cariño ca-ri-ño A2	noun - affection / love

Key Grammar Structures

• Tus palabras me hacen daño como puñales se clavan

  ➔ Direct Object Pronoun (me)

  ➔ The "me" functions as the direct object of the verb "hacen", indicating who is being affected by the pain.

• Después de tantitos años me miras como si nada

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after 'como si'

  ➔ The phrase "como si" is always followed by the subjunctive (in this case "fuera" is implied), expressing a hypothetical situation.

• Aún no lo doy por traído, me costará asimilarlo

  ➔ Future tense (costará)

  ➔ The verb "costar" is conjugated in the future tense to express a prediction about the difficulty of future acceptance.

• Tus ojos ya no se reflejan en los míos

  ➔ Reflexive verb (reflejarse)

  ➔ The pronoun "se" indicates the reflexive action of the eyes reflecting themselves back.

• Sé de mis malas acciones

  ➔ First person singular present (sé)

  ➔ The irregular verb "saber" is conjugated as "sé" to express personal knowledge or admission.

• No soy la que quisiera

  ➔ Relative pronoun (la que)

  ➔ "La que" functions as a noun phrase referring back to the implied person (the woman she would like to be).

• Tú viste parte de culpa

  ➔ Preterite tense (viste)

  ➔ The verb "ver" (to see) in the preterite denotes a completed action in the past regarding the acknowledgment of fault.

• Las flores que nacen no duran, se mueren

  ➔ Relative clause (que nacen)

  ➔ The clause "que nacen" modifies the noun "flores", describing a specific characteristic of the flowers.