Voy a pintar un corazón – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Los Acosta

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poignant world of "Voy a pintar un corazón" by Los Acosta, a romantic ballad that beautifully articulates the universal feelings of longing and enduring hope for a lost love. Learning the Spanish lyrics of this song will not only introduce you to rich, emotional vocabulary but also immerse you in the authentic expressions of Mexican romantic music, making language learning a truly heartfelt experience through its captivating melody and relatable message.

[English]

Day by day, you're always on my mind

I feel a void so hard to fill

I don't know what to do to forget

I don't know what to do

If you are here

Day by day, I despair more and more

But it's useless, you left the city

No one can comfort me

Only my wound

You will heal

I'm going to paint a heart

So you know where I am

If one day you think of returning

For you, my love, I will wait

I'm going to paint a heart

Where you and I were

On that bench I will wait

Every afternoon, my love

...

Day by day, I miss your voice

I always carry you, my love, wherever I am

It's impossible to bear

That you no longer want to

You, to come back

I'm going to paint a heart

So you know where I am

If one day you think of returning

For you, my love, I will wait

I'm going to paint a heart

Where you and I were

On that bench I will wait

Every afternoon, my love

...

[Spanish]

Día con día, en mi mente siempre estás

Siento un vacío tan difícil de llenar

No sé qué hacer para olvidar

No sé qué hacer

Si tú estás

Día con día, desespero más y más

Pero es inútil, se fue de la ciudad

Nadie me puede consolar

Solo mi herida

Tú sanarás

Voy a pintar un corazón

Para que sepas dónde estoy

Si un día piensas regresar

Por ti, mi amor, voy a esperar

Voy a pintar un corazón

Donde estuvimos tú y yo

En esa banca esperaré

Todas las tardes, mi amor

Día con día, extraño yo su voz

Siempre te llevo, amor mío, donde estoy

Es imposible soportar

Que ya no quieras

Tú, regresar

Voy a pintar un corazón

Para que sepas dónde estoy

Si un día piensas regresar

Por ti, mi amor, voy a esperar

Voy a pintar un corazón

Donde estuvimos tú y yo

En esa banca esperaré

Todas las tardes, mi amor

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
día /ˈdi.a/ A1	noun - day
mente /ˈmen.te/ B1	noun - mind
vacío /baˈsi.o/ B1	noun - emptiness, void adjective - empty
llenar /ʝeˈnaɾ/ A2	verb - to fill
olvidar /olβiˈðaɾ/ A2	verb - to forget
desesperar /desespeˈɾaɾ/ B2	verb - to despair, lose hope
ciudad /θjuˈðað/ or /sjuˈðað/ A2	noun - city
consolar /konsoˈlaɾ/ B2	verb - to comfort
herida /eˈɾiða/ B1	noun - wound, injury
sanar /saˈnaɾ/ B1	verb - to heal, to cure
pintar /pinˈtaɾ/ A2	verb - to paint, to draw
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ or /koɾaˈson/ A2	noun - heart
regresar /reɣɾeˈsaɾ/ A2	verb - to return, to come back
esperar /espeˈɾaɾ/ A1	verb - to wait, to hope
banca /ˈbaŋka/ A2	noun - bench
tarde /ˈtaɾðe/ A1	noun - afternoon, evening
voz /boθ/ or /bos/ A2	noun - voice
imposible /impoˈsiβle/ B1	adjective - impossible

Key Grammar Structures

• Día con día, en mi mente siempre estás

  ➔ Present indicative to express habitual actions

  ➔ The verb "estás" is in present indicative, showing the continuous presence of someone in the speaker's mind.

• No sé qué hacer para olvidar

  ➔ Use of "no sé" with infinitive to express inability or uncertainty

  ➔ "No sé" means "I don't know," the infinitive "hacer" follows to express the action the speaker does not know how to do.

• Si tú estás

  ➔ Conditional clause with "si" indicating a real or possible condition

  ➔ "Si" introduces a condition. Here it means "if you are (here)" implying possible presence.

• Tú sanarás

  ➔ Future tense to express a promise or certainty

  ➔ "Sanarás" is the future form meaning "you will heal," showing certainty or promise of healing.

• Voy a pintar un corazón

  ➔ Periphrastic future with "ir a + infinitive" to express intention

  ➔ "Voy a pintar" means "I am going to paint," showing a planned or intended action.

• Si un día piensas regresar

  ➔ Conditional clause with present indicative to express a likely future event

  ➔ "Si piensas regresar" uses present tense to indicate a realistic possibility of returning in the future.

• Donde estuvimos tú y yo

  ➔ Use of preterite tense "estuvimos" to indicate past completed action

  ➔ "Estuvimos" is preterite indicating the definite past time when "you and I were" together.

• En esa banca esperaré

  ➔ Future tense "esperaré" to express intention or promise

  ➔ "Esperaré" means "I will wait," showing a firm intention or promise to wait.