Vuelve – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Grupo Firme
• Album: Vuelve

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the passion of Spanish through 'Vuelve' by Grupo Firme. This song is perfect for learners to practice emotional vocabulary and imperative verbs (like 'vuelve' - return), all while experiencing the rich, vibrant sounds of modern Mexican music.

[English]

I keep thinking about her

I've been drinking since yesterday

The one I want doesn't want anything to do with me

To be honest, Cupid has me feeling stuck

And I just can't seem to find the time to forget you

With every drink, you sink deeper into my heart

And if they tell you that my "I love you" isn't a lie

Only one little kiss from you can heal my wounds

Come back

It feels so awful waking up without your caresses

Not even a clown can make me smile

That's why I'm in such a rush

I want to be called the love of your life again

Come back

To shower you with kisses and sweet gestures

You hold the keys to my house and my heart

Sorry for calling you

I know you're tired of my life being a mess

And you won't come back

And I just can't seem to find the time to forget you

With every drink, you sink deeper into my heart

And if they tell you that my "I love you" isn't a lie

Only one little kiss from you can heal my wounds

Come back

It feels so awful waking up without your caresses

Not even a clown can make me smile

That's why I'm in such a rush

I want to be called the love of your life again

Come back

To shower you with kisses and sweet gestures

You hold the keys to my house and my heart

Sorry for calling you

I know you're tired of my life being a mess

Come back

...

[Spanish]

Sigo pensando en ella

Ando tomando desde ayer

La que yo quiero, no quiere nada conmigo

La neta, traigo atravesado a Cupido

Y pa olvidarte nomás no llega la hora

Con cada trago, más te clavas en mi cora

Y si te dicen que un "te amo" no es mentira

Solo un besito tuyo cura mis heridas

Vuelve

Se siente bien gacho despertar sin tus caricias

Ni con un payaso me sacan una sonrisa

Por eso, mi prisa

Quiero volver a llamarme el amor de tu vida

Vuelve

Para llenarte de besitos y de detalles

De mi casa y de mi corazón, tienes las llaves

Sorry que te llame

Sé que estás cansada que mi vida sea un desmadre

Y tú no vuelves

Y pa olvidarte nomás no llega la hora

Con cada trago, más te clavas en mi cora

Y si te dicen que un "te amo" no es mentira

Solo un besito tuyo cura mis heridas

Vuelve

Se siente bien gacho despertar sin tus caricias

Ni con un payaso me sacan una sonrisa

Por eso mi prisa

Quiero volver a llamarme el amor de tu vida

Vuelve

Para llenarte de besitos y de detalles

De mi casa y de mi corazón, tienes las llaves

Sorry que te llame

Sé que estás cansada que mi vida sea un desmadre

Vuelve

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Vuelve bwel-be A2	verb - to return
pensando pen-san-do A1	verb - thinking
tomando to-man-do A1	verb - drinking (alcohol)
neta ne-ta C1	noun - truth / reality (slang)
clavas kla-bas B2	verb - to nail / to stick deep
mentira men-ti-ra A1	noun - lie
cura ku-ra B1	verb - cures / heals
heridas e-ri-das B1	noun - wounds
gacho ga-cho C2	adjective - lousy / unpleasant (slang)
despertar des-per-tar A2	verb - to wake up
caricias ka-ri-sias B2	noun - caresses
payaso pa-ya-so A2	noun - clown
sonrisa son-ri-sa A1	noun - smile
prisa pri-sa A2	noun - haste / urgency
desmadre des-ma-dre C2	noun - chaos / mess (slang)

Key Grammar Structures

• Sigo pensando en ella

  ➔ Periphrastic construction 'Seguir + gerund'

  ➔ The structure "seguir + gerund" indicates an action that continues to happen.

• Ando tomando desde ayer

  ➔ Andar + gerund (colloquial usage)

  ➔ In Mexico/colloquial Spanish, "andar + gerund" often replaces "estar + gerund" to express a current state of being.

• La que yo quiero, no quiere nada conmigo

  ➔ Relative pronoun 'La que' (The one who)

  ➔ The article + relative pronoun "la que" functions as the subject, meaning "the one (female) who".

• Pa olvidarte nomás no llega la hora

  ➔ Aphaeresis (Pa for Para) and colloquial 'nomás'

  ➔ "Pa" is a common shortening of "para". "Nomás" (no más) is used as an intensifier meaning "simply" or "just".

• Con cada trago, más te clavas en mi cora

  ➔ Comparative structure 'Más + verb + more'

  ➔ The correlative "más... más..." structure is used to show that as one thing increases, the other increases proportionally.

• Sé que estás cansada que mi vida sea un desmadre

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after 'cansada de que'

  ➔ The expression "cansada de que" triggers the subjunctive ("sea") because it expresses emotion/subjective judgment.

• Solo un besito tuyo cura mis heridas

  ➔ Diminutive suffix '-ito'

  ➔ The suffix "-ito" is added to "beso" to express affection or smallness.

• Se siente bien gacho

  ➔ Impersonal 'Se' and Mexican slang 'gacho'

  ➔ "Se siente" is an impersonal construction meaning "it feels". "Gacho" is Mexican slang for "bad" or "sad".