Ya No Te Puedo Querer – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Natalia Lafourcade
• Album: Hasta La Raíz

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic beauty of the Spanish language with 'Ya No Te Puedo Querer'. Through this song, learners can discover how to express complex emotions of loss and longing, while experiencing the rich cultural heritage of Mexican folk music that makes Natalia Lafourcade's artistry so unique.

[English]

(NATALIA LAFOURCADE - I CAN'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE)

(Music)

I was alone on the balcony

Waiting for you to arrive

You didn't want it anymore

You couldn't do it anymore

To come into my arms

My darling, you

You

I was alone at our altar

Praying with a song

Asking you to stay

That at least you wouldn't let me go from your arms

Go, your world, go

Go

I was alone in the city

Searching for you in every corner

How I miss that silence, I miss you not arriving

That you don't arrive, even though dawn has broken

Even though dawn has broken

The crows are coming again

My heart is in mourning

And what we speak of now

Is no longer the same language or reason

And what we speak of now

Is no longer the same language or reason

And what we speak of now

Is no longer the same language or reason

I can't love you anymore

I can't rebuild you again

It's impossible to erase

The scars of the sea and not know how to let go

I can't love you anymore

I can't rebuild you again

It's impossible to erase

The scars of the sea and not know how to let go

Oh

(Music)

Spring comes to me

After a long winter

We learn from tears

And to forgive where we failed

I can't love you anymore

I can't rebuild you again

It's impossible to erase

The scars of the sea and not know how to let go

I can't love you anymore

I can't rebuild you again

It's impossible to erase

The scars of the sea and not know how to let go

I can't love you anymore

I can't rebuild you again

It's impossible to erase

The scars of the sea and not know how to let go

I can't love you anymore

I can't rebuild you again

It's impossible to erase

The scars of the sea and not know how to let go

Oh

(Music)

[Spanish]

(NATALIA LAFOURCADE YA NO TE PUEDO QUERER)

(Música)

Estaba sola en el balcón

Esperando que llegaras tú

Ya no querías más

No podías más

Venir a mis brazos, tú

Mi encanto, tú

Tú

Estaba sola en nuestro altar

Rezando con una canción

Pidiendo que te quedes

Que al menos no me dejes ir de tus brazos

Ir, tu mundo, ir

Ir

Estaba sola en la ciudad

Buscándote en cada rincón

Que extraño ese silencio, extraño que no llegues tú

Que no llegues tú, aunque ya amaneció

Aunque ya amaneció

Los cuervos vienen otra vez

De luto está mi corazón

Y lo que hablamos ahora

Ya no es el mismo idioma ni razón

Y lo que hablamos ahora

Ya no es el mismo idioma ni razón

Y lo que hablamos ahora

Ya no es el mismo idioma ni razón

Ya no te puedo querer

Ya no te puedo volver a construir

Es imposible borrar

Las cicatrices de mar y no saber soltar

Ya no te puedo querer

Ya no te puedo volver a construir

Es imposible borrar

Las cicatrices de mar y no saber soltar

Oh

(Música)

La primavera llega a mí

Después de un largo invernal

De lágrimas se aprende

Y lo que fallamos perdonar

Ya no te puedo querer

Ya no te puedo volver a construir

Es imposible borrar

Las cicatrices de mar y no saber soltar

Ya no te puedo querer

Ya no te puedo volver a construir

Es imposible borrar

Las cicatrices de mar y no saber soltar

Ya no te puedo querer

Ya no te puedo volver a construir

Es imposible borrar

Las cicatrices de mar y no saber soltar

Ya no te puedo querer

Ya no te puedo volver a construir

Es imposible borrar

Las cicatrices de mar y no saber soltar

Oh

(Música)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
balcón bal-kon A2	noun - balcony
encanto en-kan-to B1	noun - charm
rezando re-san-do A2	verb - praying
rincón rin-kon A2	noun - corner
silencio si-len-sjo A1	noun - silence
amaneció a-ma-ne-sjo B1	verb - dawned
cuervos kwer-vos B2	noun - crows
luto lu-to B2	noun - mourning
idioma i-djo-ma A1	noun - language
construir kons-tru-ir A2	verb - to build
imposible im-po-si-ble A2	adjective - impossible
cicatrices si-ka-tri-ses B2	noun - scars
soltar sol-tar B1	verb - to let go
primavera pri-ma-ve-ra A1	noun - spring
lágrimas la-gri-mas A2	noun - tears
perdonar per-do-nar A2	verb - to forgive

Key Grammar Structures

• Estaba sola en el balcón

  ➔ Preterite Imperfect (Pretérito Imperfecto)

  ➔ "Estaba" is used here to describe a background state or an ongoing situation in the past.

• Esperando que llegaras tú

  ➔ Subjunctive Imperfect (Subjuntivo Imperfecto)

  ➔ "Llegaras" uses the subjunctive because it follows an expression of hope/desire linked to a past tense verb.

• No podías más

  ➔ Negative construction with modal verb

  ➔ "No podías" expresses the inability to perform an action in the past.

• Y lo que hablamos ahora

  ➔ Relative clause with "lo que"

  ➔ "Lo que" functions as a neutral relative pronoun meaning 'that which' or 'the thing that'.

• Ya no te puedo querer

  ➔ Periphrasis of obligation/ability (poder + infinitive)

  ➔ "Puedo querer" combines the modal verb "poder" with the main verb to express current capability.

• La primavera llega a mí

  ➔ Present Indicative for general truths/nature

  ➔ "Llega" is in the present tense, describing a natural cyclical event.

• De lágrimas se aprende

  ➔ Passive reflexive ("se" impersonal)

  ➔ The "se" here makes the statement general, meaning 'one learns from tears'.

• Y lo que fallamos perdonar

  ➔ Relative clause with a direct object

  ➔ "Fallamos" is the verb, and "lo que" functions as the object of the action.