Un Minuto de Amor – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José
• Album: Sabor A Mi

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a linguistic and emotional journey with José José's "Un Minuto de Amor." This classic romantic ballad, a staple of Latin pop, offers learners an excellent opportunity to engage with heartfelt Spanish lyrics. Its poetic expressions of love and sacrifice, delivered with José José's legendary vocal prowess, make it a powerful piece to enhance vocabulary and comprehend nuanced romantic sentiments in Spanish.

[English]

There's only one heart

That will love you more

Whether it has any reason or not

There's a heart ready to love you

One single heart

And I have it right here

Many centuries of pain

And many sorrows

They threaten that I will fall

And it's you who threatens me

By not wanting to give me

Your life and your love

There's only one heart that would make a sacrifice for you

If you gave it a minute of love

It would be so happy

A minute of your love

I know that my song

Can steal it from you

A minute of your love

With centuries of pain

I can pay it back to you

...

...

There's only one heart that would make a sacrifice for you

If you gave it a minute of love

It would be so happy

A minute of your love

I know that my song

Can steal it from you

A minute of your love

With centuries of pain

I can pay it back to you

...

[Spanish]

Hay un solo corazón

Que ha de quererte más

Encuentre o no razón

Hay para quererte a ti

Un solo corazón

Y yo lo tengo aquí

Muchos siglos de dolor

Y muchos de pesar

Me amenazan caer

Y es que me amenazas tú

Con no quererme dar

Tu vida y tu querer

Hay un solo corazón que llegaría al sacrificio por ti

Si tú le dieras un minuto de amor

Lo dejarías tan feliz

Un minuto de tu amor

Yo sé que mi canción

Te lo puede robar

Un minuto de tu amor

Con siglos de dolor

Te lo puedo pagar

Hay un solo corazón que llegaría al sacrificio por ti

Si tú le dieras un minuto de amor

Lo dejarías tan feliz

Un minuto de tu amor

Yo sé que mi canción

Te lo puede robar

Un minuto de tu amor

Con siglos de dolor

Te lo puedo pagar

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
corazón ko-ra-zón A1	noun - heart
querer ke-rer A1	verb - to love
razón ra-zón A2	noun - reason
sacrificio sa-cri-fi-cio B1	noun - sacrifice
minuto mi-nu-to A1	noun - minute
feliz fe-liz A1	adjective - happy
canción can-ción A1	noun - song
pagar pa-gar A2	verb - to pay
dolores do-lo-res A2	noun - pains
amenazar a-me-na-zar B1	verb - to threaten
caer ca-er A2	verb - to fall
siglos si-glos A2	noun - centuries
pesar pe-sar B1	noun - sorrow
dar dar A1	verb - to give
vida vi-da A1	noun - life

Key Grammar Structures

• Hay un solo corazón que ha de quererte más

  ➔ Present Perfect of 'tener' (to have) + Infinitive

  ➔ The phrase 'ha de quererte' uses the present perfect of 'tener' (has) followed by an infinitive to express necessity or obligation.

• Encuentre o no razón

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood

  ➔ The subjunctive mood in 'encuentre' is used to express uncertainty or a hypothetical situation.

• Hay para quererte a ti

  ➔ Impersonal 'Hay' + Infinitive

  ➔ The impersonal 'hay' is used with an infinitive to express existence or availability.

• Si tú le dieras un minuto de amor

  ➔ Imperfect Subjunctive

  ➔ The imperfect subjunctive 'dieras' is used in conditional sentences to express a hypothetical action in the past.

• Lo dejarías tan feliz

  ➔ Conditional Tense

  ➔ The conditional tense 'dejarías' is used to express a hypothetical result based on a condition.