Un Alma Sentenciada – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Thalia

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotional depth of Spanish with Thalía's powerful ballad, 'Un Alma Sentenciada.' This song offers a rich vocabulary for expressing profound emotions like heartbreak, longing, and despair. Its poetic lyrics and Thalía's emotive delivery make it an excellent choice for learners to grasp nuanced Spanish expressions and immerse themselves in the language through its passionate storytelling.

[English]

Love that tears me apart

That breaks me with fear

That sometimes slips away from me

And suddenly I can't find

Love of so many doubts

And regrets

That sometimes I stay silent

That sometimes I believe

Love that is so lethal

Like a stab

First it wounds me...

Then it bleeds me dry

Love, this madness

That has driven me to despair

Love is not having you

And not having forgotten you

My whole life fades away

My world goes blind...

Love, it's asking you

And shouting for you to come back

That I'm on the decline

My soul is in ruins...

Today I want to ask you

And shout for you to come back

Love, it's telling you my love

To please come back...

To what condemnation and what pain

You have sentenced me

To what condemnation and what pain

You have sentenced me

Love, it's you

The truth of my time

My sweet, my beloved

My home, my temple

My love, my truth

My passion, my intention

My secret that comes

And goes with the wind

Love, it's you

To love, it's you

The night and your eyes

That are drops of light

And I hear your voice

And I feel you here

And I feel you flooding everything!

My whole life fades away

My world goes blind...

Love is asking you

And shouting for you to come back

That I'm on the decline

My soul is in ruins

Today I want to ask you

And shout for you to come back

Love is telling you my love

To please come back

That I am a soul in full death

A soul that you condemn and you have sentenced

A soul that out of sorrow you have crucified

A soul that goes

A soul that is not

A soul that gets lost in the void

My whole life fades away

My world goes blind

Love is asking you and shouting for you to come back

That I'm on the decline

My soul is in ruins

Today I want to ask you and shout for you to come back

Love is telling you my love to please come back

To what condemnation and what pain you have sentenced me

To what condemnation and what pain you have sentenced me

...

[Spanish]

Amor que me desgarras

Que me partes de miedo

Que a veces te me escapas

Y de pronto no encuentro

Amor de tantas dudas

Y remordimientos

Que a veces me callo

Que a veces me creo

Amor que es tan letal

Como una puñalada

Primero me hiere...

Después me desangra

Amor, esta locura

Que ha desesperado

Amor es no tenerte

Y no haberte olvidado

Toda mi vida se apaga

Mi mundo se ciega...

Amor, es pedirte

Y gritarte que vuelvas

Que estoy de bajada

Mi alma está en quiebra...

Hoy quiero pedirte

Y gritarte que vuelvas

Amor, es decirte mi amor

Que vuelvas por favor...

A qué condena y qué dolor

Me has sentenciado

A qué condena y qué dolor

Me has sentenciado

Amor, eres tú

La verdad de mi tiempo

Mi dulce, mi amado

Mi casa, mi templo

Mi amor, mi verdad

Mi pasión, mi intención

Mi secreto que viene

Y que va con el viento

Amor, eres tú

Amar, eres tú

La noche y tus ojos

Que son gotas de luz

Y escucho tu voz

Y te siento aquí

¡Y te siento inundándolo todo!

Toda mi vida se apaga

Mi mundo se ciega...

Amor es pedirte

Y gritarte que vuelvas

Que estoy de bajada

Mi alma está en quiebra

Hoy quiero pedirte

Y gritarte que vuelvas

Amor es decirte mi amor

Que vuelvas por favor

Que soy un alma en plena muerte

Un alma que condenas y tú has sentenciado

Un alma que de pena tú has crucificado

Un alma que va

Un alma que no está

Un alma que se pierde en el vacío

Toda mi vida se apaga

Mi mundo se ciega

Amor es pedirte y gritarte que vuelvas

Que estoy de bajada

Mi alma está en quiebra

Hoy quiero pedirte y gritarte que vuelvas

Amor es decirte mi amor que vuelvas por favor

A qué condena y qué dolor me has sentenciado

A qué condena y qué dolor me has sentenciado

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
desgarras /desˈɣaɾas/ B2	verb - to tear apart
miedo /ˈmjeðo/ A2	noun - fear
escapas /esˈkapas/ B1	verb - to escape
dudas /ˈduda/ A2	noun - doubts
remordimientos /reˌmoɾdiˈmjen.tos/ C1	noun - remorse
callo /ˈkaʝo/ B2	verb - to keep silent
letal /leˈtal/ B2	adjective - lethal, deadly
hiere /ˈjeɾe/ B2	verb - to wound
desangra /deˈsaŋ.ɣɾa/ C1	verb - to bleed out
destino /desˈtino/ B1	noun - destiny, fate
locura /loˈkuɾa/ B2	noun - madness, insanity
sentenciada /senteˈθjaða/ C1	verb - to sentence (someone to a punishment)

Key Grammar Structures

• Amor que me desgarras, Que me partes de miedo

  ➔ Relative Pronoun 'que' introducing a relative clause modifying 'Amor'.

  ➔ The pronoun "que" links the noun 'Amor' to the clauses that describe it. 'Que me desgarras' means 'that tears me apart', and 'Que me partes de miedo' means 'that fills me with fear'.

• Amor de tantas dudas Y remordimientos, Que a veces me callo, Que a veces me creo

  ➔ Use of 'a veces' + present simple to express habitual actions or occurrences. Relative Pronoun 'que' introducing a relative clause.

  ➔ 'A veces me callo' means 'Sometimes I keep quiet', illustrating a recurring action. The 'que' again introduces descriptive clauses.

• Amor que es tan letal Como una puñalada

  ➔ Comparison using 'tan...como' (as...as).

  ➔ The phrase 'tan letal como una puñalada' means 'as lethal as a stab'. It's a direct comparison of the love's deadliness to the deadliness of being stabbed.

• Amor es no tenerte Y no haberte olvidado

  ➔ Use of the infinitive after 'es' to define or describe. 'Haber' + past participle (haber olvidado) - present perfect subjunctive (though here it acts as an infinitive)

  ➔ 'Amor es no tenerte' means 'Love is not having you'. 'Y no haberte olvidado' means 'and not having forgotten you'. The infinitive phrases describe what love *is* in this context.

• Toda mi vida se apaga, Mi mundo se ciega... Amor, es pedirte Y gritarte que vuelvas

  ➔ Use of 'se' + verb to indicate a passive or impersonal construction. Subjunctive mood after 'que' when expressing a request or command (vuelvas).

  ➔ 'Toda mi vida se apaga' means 'My whole life fades away'. The verb 'apagar' is conjugated with 'se', indicating that the action is happening to 'vida' without specifying an actor. 'Gritarte que vuelvas' uses the subjunctive 'vuelvas' because it is a request.

• Que estoy de bajada, Mi alma está en quiebra...

  ➔ Idiomatic expression 'estar de bajada' (to be on a downturn). Use of 'estar' + prepositional phrase to express a state.

  ➔ 'Estoy de bajada' means 'I am on a downturn' or 'I am going downhill', expressing a state of decline or hardship. 'Mi alma está en quiebra' means 'My soul is bankrupt', indicating a state of emotional ruin.

• A qué condena y qué dolor Me has sentenciado

  ➔ Interrogative sentence with inverted subject and verb ('Me has sentenciado' vs. 'Has sentenciado'). Use of 'qué' (what) as an interrogative adjective modifying 'condena' and 'dolor'.

  ➔ 'A qué condena y qué dolor Me has sentenciado' means 'To what condemnation and what pain have you sentenced me?'. The question emphasizes the severity of the sentence or judgment imposed by the subject of the love.