Ya no Somos ni Seremos – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Christian Nodal

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the nuances of heartbreak in Spanish through Christian Nodal's powerful lyrics. This song is an excellent resource for learning emotive vocabulary and formal grammar structures used to describe past relationships and definitive life changes.

[English]

[music]

You wanted

my skin [singing][music] to fill it with

tattoos to cover the kisses that

you left behind.

I can hide the story [music] that

we lived, but I can't erase you.

They say that time [music] will

heal everything, and I know it's a lie.

[music]

It's impossible for me to forget the love

of my life. [music]

It hits me like crazy.

No other love will either. [music]

What lasted a few months is going to hurt

for an entire [music] lifetime.

When I said "do whatever you want, leave if

you want to [singing]," it wasn't what

I wanted. [music]

It hurts more knowing that my actions were

disappointments and not just a simple anger.

The wounds I caused you never actually

broke your skin, but they opened

[music][singing] your eyes.

And now I have to accept it,

even if it costs me [music] so much to do so,

that we are no longer, nor will we ever be.

[music]

[music]

They say that time will heal

[music] everything, and I know it's a lie.

It's impossible for me to [music] forget

the love of my life. It hits me,

[music][singing]

no other love will either.

What lasted [music] a few months is going to

hurt me for an entire lifetime.

When I said "do [music] whatever you want,

go if you want to leave," it wasn't what

I wanted.

It hurts more knowing that my actions were

disappointments and not just a simple anger.

The wounds I [music] caused you never

broke your skin, but they opened

your eyes. [singing]

[music] And now I have to accept it,

even if it costs me so much to do so, that

[music] we are no longer, nor will we ever be.

[music]

[music]

[Spanish]

[música]

Quises

mi piel [canto][música] llenarla de

tatuajes para cubrir los besos que

dejaste.

Puedo ocultar la historia [música] que

vivimos, pero no puedo borrarte.

Dicen que el tiempo [música] va a

curarlo todo y sé que es mentira.

[música]

Es imposible que pueda olvidar al amor

de mi vida. [música]

Mi toma un como loco.

Ningún otro amor tampoco. [música]

Lo que duró varios meses va a dolerme

para toda una [música] vida.

Cuando dije lo que quieras, métete si te

quieres [canto] ir. No era lo que

quería. [música]

Huele más saber que mis acciones fueron

decepciones que no un simple enojo.

Las heridas que te hice nunca te

abrieron la piel, pero te abrieron

[música][canto] los ojos.

Y ahora me toca aceptarlo,

aunque me cueste [música] tanto hacerlo,

que ya no somos ni seremos.

[música]

[música]

Dicen que el tiempo va a curarlo

[música] todo y sé que es mentira.

Es imposible que pueda [música] olvidar

el amor de mi vida. Mi tomo,

[música][canto]

ningún otro amor tampoco.

Lo que duró [música] varios meses va a

dolerme para toda una vida.

Cuando dije lo que [música] quieras,

vete si te quieres ir. No era lo que

quería.

Huele más saber que mis acciones fueron

decepciones y no un simple enojo.

Las heridas que te [música] hice nunca

te abrieron la piel, pero te abrieron

los ojos. [canto]

[música] Y ahora me toca aceptarlo,

aunque me cueste tanto hacerlo, que ya

[música] no somos ni seremos.

[música]

[música]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
tatuajes ta-twa-hes B2	noun - tattoos
borrarte bo-rar-te A2	verb - to erase you / to forget you
curarlo ku-ra-rlo B1	verb - to heal it
mentira men-ti-ra A1	noun - lie
imposible im-po-si-ble A2	adjective - impossible
olvidar ol-bi-dar A2	verb - to forget
dolerme do-ler-me B1	verb - to cause me pain
acciones ak-sjo-nes B1	noun - actions
decepciones de-sep-sjo-nes B2	noun - disappointments
enojo e-no-ho B1	noun - anger
heridas e-ri-das A2	noun - wounds
aceptarlo a-sep-ta-rlo B1	verb - to accept it
cueste kwes-te B1	verb - to be difficult / cost

Key Grammar Structures

• Quise en mi piel llenarla de tatuajes

  ➔ Preterite tense (Indefinido)

  ➔ The verb "quise" (I wanted) is in the preterite, used for a completed action in the past.

• Puedo ocultar la historia que vivimos

  ➔ Relative clause with "que"

  ➔ The "que" functions as a relative pronoun connecting "historia" to the action "vivimos".

• Dicen que el tiempo va a curarlo todo

  ➔ Periphrastic future (Ir a + infinitive)

  ➔ Used to express an action that will happen in the near future.

• Es imposible que pueda olvidar

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (Present)

  ➔ The expression "es imposible que" triggers the subjunctive mood.

• Lo que duró varios meses

  ➔ Relative pronoun "Lo que" (What/That which)

  ➔ Used to refer to a situation or concept rather than a specific noun.

• Vete si te quieres ir

  ➔ Imperative mood (Affirmative)

  ➔ The form "vete" is the informal imperative of "irse".

• Huele más saber que mis acciones fueron decepciones

  ➔ Verb "doler" (stem-changing verb)

  ➔ The "o" changes to "ue" in the present tense (e.g., "duele").

• Que ya no somos ni seremos

  ➔ Future tense (Simple)

  ➔ Used to describe a state that will not exist in the future.