Verte a Ti – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotional depth of Spanish music with José José's "Verte a Ti." Learning this song offers insight into classic romantic Latin balladry, where powerful vocal delivery conveys deep feelings about love's healing and renewing power. The clear, emotive Spanish will help you connect directly with expressions of devotion.

[English]

The cold caught up with me

And in its curtain, it wrapped around me

The cloak of pain

With its sway, it shook me

The fury of life

Treated me mercilessly

And the poor heart

Always stayed silent

The longing for passion

Renewed my illusion

People around me

Advised me to see you

The dream I dreamed

With your presence, I adorned it

And now

Every hour I sing like this

Seeing you is to return to life

Seeing you is to be born again

Seeing you is to reach the summit

Where love nests

And to know love

Seeing you

Is finding my religion

It’s like reviving

My heart

Seeing you

Is finding my religion

It’s like reviving

My heart

...

The dream I dreamed

With your presence, I adorned it

And now

Every hour I sing like this

Seeing you

Is finding my religion

It’s like reviving

My heart

Seeing you

Is finding my religion

It’s like reviving

My heart

...

[Spanish]

El frio me alcanzo

Y en su cortina me envolvió

El manto del dolor

Con su vaivén me sacudió

La furia de la vida

Despiadada me trato

Y el pobre corazon

Siempre calló

Las ansias de pasión

Me renovaron la ilusión

Las gentes por ahí

Me aconsejaron verte a ti

El sueño que soñé

Con tu presencia lo adorne

Y ahora

Cada hora canto así

Verte a ti, es volver a la vida

Verte a ti, es volver a nacer

Verte a ti, es llegar a la cima

Donde anida el querer

Y el amor conocer

Verte a ti

Es encontrar mi religión

Es como avivar

Mi corazón

Verte a ti

Es encontrar mi religión

Es como avivar

Mi corazón

El sueño que soñé

Con tu presencia lo adorne

Y ahora

Cada hora canto así

Verte a ti

Es encontrar mi religión

Es como avivar

Mi corazón

Verte a ti

Es encontrar mi religión

Es como avivar

Mi corazón

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
alcanzó al.kanˈso A2	verb - to reach
envolvió em.bol.βiˈo B1	verb - to envelop
manto ˈman.to B1	noun - cloak
vaivén baiˈβen B2	noun - back and forth movement
sacudió sa.kuˈði.o A2	verb - to shake
despiadada des.pjaˈða.ða B1	adjective - ruthless
renovaron re.no.βaˈɾon B1	verb - to renew
ilusión i.luˈsjon A2	noun - illusion
aconsejaron a.kon.se.xaˈɾon A2	verb - to advise
adorné a.ðoɾˈne B1	verb - to adorn
cima ˈsi.ma A2	noun - summit
anida a.ˈni.ða B2	verb - to nest
querer keˈɾeɾ A1	verb - to love
conocer ko.noˈθeɾ A1	verb - to know
avivar a.bi.ˈβaɾ B1	verb - to revive
religión re.li.xiˈon A1	noun - religion

Key Grammar Structures

• El frio me alcanzó

  ➔ Preterite tense (Indefinido)

  ➔ The verb "alcanzó" is in the preterite tense, used to describe a completed action in the past.

• Con su vaivén me sacudió

  ➔ Direct Object Pronoun (me)

  ➔ The pronoun "me" acts as the direct object, indicating who received the action of being shaken.

• El pobre corazón siempre calló

  ➔ Adverb of frequency with Preterite

  ➔ Using "siempre" (always) with a preterite verb emphasizes a persistent state in the past.

• Las ansias de pasión me renovaron la ilusión

  ➔ Compound subject structure

  ➔ The subject "Las ansias de pasión" (The longings for passion) triggers the plural verb "renovaron".

• Verte a ti es volver a la vida

  ➔ Infinitive as subject

  ➔ The infinitive phrase "Verte a ti" (Seeing you) acts as the subject of the sentence.

• Donde anida el querer

  ➔ Relative adverb (donde)

  ➔ The word "donde" introduces a relative clause describing the location where love dwells.

• Con tu presencia lo adorné

  ➔ Object pronoun placement

  ➔ The pronoun "lo" (it) is placed before the conjugated verb to replace the direct object.

• Es como avivar mi corazón

  ➔ Comparison with 'como'

  ➔ The structure "es como" is used to create a simile, comparing an action to the concept of "reviving".