Yo Quería – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Cristian Castro
• Album: Grandes Hits

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the soulful world of Latin Pop with 'Yo Quería.' This song is a perfect tool for learners to master romantic Spanish vocabulary and understand the nuances of expressing deep emotional longing and regret through poetic phrasing.

[English]

So many promises

That are fading away today

And we don't even know

Why

Because love

Is dying, no

Behind the gate

Of that cafe

So many couples

Who love each other today

In the dark and in their fantasies

So many loves

Are reuniting today

In every song

And in every poem

I wanted to stop time

With your eyes watching me

With the desire to stay

Just like this, holding you

And to stop that moment

Every time you would leave

I wanted to

Yes, I wanted to

I wanted to change the world

But the world is what it is

How I longed to dig deep

Into your soul

I wanted to have you all to myself

And for you to be mine forever

I wanted to

Yes, I wanted to

So many moments

That are missed today

Your scent, your laughter, and your joy

Things happen

And that's just how love is

But I don't understand it

I don't accept it, no

And I wanted to stop time

With your eyes watching me

With the desire to stay

Just like this, holding you

And to stop that moment

Every time you would leave

I wanted to

Yes, I wanted to

And I wanted to

Yes, I wanted to

I wanted to have you all to myself

And for you to be mine forever

I wanted to

Yes, I wanted to

So many couples

Who love each other today

And me tonight

Without your love

...

[Spanish]

Tantas promesas

Qué se apagan hoy

Y no sabemos

Ni el por qué

Porque el amor

Se está muriendo no

Tras el portón

De aquel cafe

Tantas parejas

Qué se aman hoy

A oscuras y en su fantasía

Tantos amores

Se reencuentran hoy

En todas las canciones

Y las poesías

Yo quería parar el tiempo

Con tus ojos viéndome

Con las ganas de quedarme

Así abrazandote

Y parar aquel momento

Cada vez que tú te ibas

Yo quería

Sí quería

Yo quería cambiar el mundo

Pero el mundo es cómo es

Cuantas ganas de escarbar

Dentro de tu alma

Yo quería tenerte sola

Y que fueras para siempre mía

Yo quería

Sí quería

Tantos momentos

Que se extrañan hoy

Tu olor tu risa y tu alegría

Las cosas pasan

Y así es el amor

Más no lo entiendo

No lo acepto no

Y yo quería parar el tiempo

Con tus ojos viéndome

Con las ganas de quedarme

Así abrazandote

Y parar aquel momento

Cada vez que tú te ibas

Yo quería

Sí quería

Y yo quería

Sí quería

Yo quería tenerte sola

Y que fueras para siempre mía

Yo quería

Sí quería

Tantas parejas

Qué se aman hoy

Y yo esta noche

Sin tu amor

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
promesas pro-me-sas A2	noun - promises
apagan a-pa-gan A2	verb - extinguish / turn off
muriendo mu-ryen-do A2	verb - dying
portón por-ton B1	noun - large gate
fantasía fan-ta-si-a B1	noun - fantasy
reencuentran re-en-kwen-tran B2	verb - meet again
poesías po-e-si-as A2	noun - poetry
abrazandote a-bra-san-do-te A2	verb - hugging you
momento mo-men-to A1	noun - moment
escarbar es-kar-bar C1	verb - dig / delve into
alma al-ma A2	noun - soul
extrañan eks-tra-nyan A2	verb - miss
alegría a-le-gri-a A1	noun - joy
aceptar a-sep-tar A2	verb - accept
parejas pa-re-has A1	noun - couples

Key Grammar Structures

• Y no sabemos ni el porqué

  ➔ Nominalization of an interrogative adverb

  ➔ The adverb 'por qué' (why) acts as a noun when preceded by the article 'el', meaning 'the reason'.

• Porque el amor se está muriendo

  ➔ Present Continuous (estar + gerund)

  ➔ Used to describe an action that is currently in progress: 'is dying'.

• Tantas parejas que se aman hoy

  ➔ Relative clause with 'que'

  ➔ The pronoun 'que' functions as the subject of the verb 'aman', linking the antecedent 'parejas'.

• Yo quería parar el tiempo

  ➔ Imperfect indicative (Pretérito Imperfecto)

  ➔ Used to express a habitual or ongoing desire in the past: 'I wanted to stop'.

• Con tus ojos viéndome

  ➔ Gerund construction indicating simultaneous action

  ➔ The gerund 'viéndome' modifies the state in which the speaker wanted to stop time.

• Cada vez que tú te ibas

  ➔ Subordinate clause of frequency

  ➔ 'Cada vez que' acts as a temporal connector to indicate recurring past actions.

• Yo quería cambiar el mundo

  ➔ Infinitive as a direct object

  ➔ The verb 'cambiar' functions as the object of 'quería'.

• Que fueras para siempre mía

  ➔ Imperfect Subjunctive (Subjuntivo Imperfecto)

  ➔ Triggered by the verb of desire ('quería') in the past, requiring the subjunctive mood for the subordinate clause.