Un Minuto de Amor – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotive world of Spanish romanticism with José José. This song is perfect for learners to practice expressing deep emotions and longing, while experiencing the impeccable diction and phrasing of one of Mexico's greatest vocalists.

[English]

There is only one heart

That could love you more

Whether there is a reason or not

There is a reason to love you

Just one single heart

And I have it right here

Centuries of pain

And years of sorrow

Threaten to bring me down

And it is you who threatens me

By not giving me

Your life and your love

There is only one heart

That would sacrifice everything for you

If you gave it just one minute of love

You would make it so happy

Just one minute of your love

I know that my song

Could steal that minute from you

One minute of your love

With centuries of pain

I can pay you back for it

There is only one heart

That would sacrifice everything for you

If you gave it just one minute of love

You would make it so happy

Just one minute of your love

I know that my song

Could steal that minute from you

One minute of your love

With centuries of pain

I can pay you back for it

[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-ɾa-ˈson A1	noun - heart
querer ke-ˈɾer A1	verb - to want / to love
razón ra-ˈson A2	noun - reason
siglos ˈsi-ɣlos A2	noun - centuries
dolor do-ˈloɾ A2	noun - pain
pesar pe-ˈsaɾ B1	noun - grief / sorrow
amenazar a-me-na-ˈθaɾ B1	verb - to threaten
sacrificio sa-kɾi-ˈfi-θjo B2	noun - sacrifice
feliz fe-ˈliθ A1	adjective - happy
robar ro-ˈβaɾ A2	verb - to steal / to captivate
pagar pa-ˈɣaɾ A1	verb - to pay

Key Grammar Structures

• Que ha de quererte más

  ➔ Periphrastic construction 'haber de + infinitive'

  ➔ The structure "ha de" indicates obligation or future intent (is to/has to).

• Encuentre o no razón

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in conditional clause

  ➔ The use of "encuentre" (subjunctive) expresses uncertainty or concession (whether I find a reason or not).

• Que llegaría al sacrificio

  ➔ Conditional tense

  ➔ "llegaría" is in the conditional tense to express a hypothetical action.

• Si tú le dieras un minuto

  ➔ Conditional sentence (Type 2: Si + imperfect subjunctive, conditional)

  ➔ The structure "Si... dieras" (imperfect subjunctive) creates a hypothetical condition.

• Lo dejarías tan feliz

  ➔ Direct object pronoun placement

  ➔ "Lo" functions as the direct object pronoun referring to the heart.

• Yo sé que mi canción

  ➔ Subordinate clause introduced by 'que'

  ➔ "que" acts as a conjunction connecting the main verb "sé" to the subordinate clause.

• Te lo puede robar

  ➔ Double object pronouns (Indirect + Direct)

  ➔ "Te" (indirect) and "lo" (direct) are used together before the verb.

• Muchos siglos de dolor

  ➔ Quantifier 'muchos' with plural noun

  ➔ "Muchos" is an indefinite quantifier that agrees in gender and number with "siglos".