¿Cómo Pagarte? – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Carlos Rivera

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

¿Quién eres?

Who are you?

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♪ Tanto busqué ♪

♪ I searched so much ♪

♪ ¿cuánto encontré? Tanto perdí, ¿cuánto gané? ♪

♪ How much did I find? - I lost so much, how much did I gain? ♪

♪ Tantos amores y desamores no hicieron bien ♪

♪ So many loves and heartbreaks weren't good ♪

♪ Dejándome el alma vacía ♪

♪ Leaving my soul empty ♪

♪ Llegas a mí ♪

♪ You come to me ♪

♪ para sanarme, para enseñarme cómo vivir ♪

♪ to heal me, to teach me how to live ♪

♪ Quitas mis miedos, solo te importa hacerme feliz ♪

♪ You take away my fears, you only care about making me happy ♪

♪ Como nunca nadie lo hacía ♪

♪ Like no one ever did ♪

♪ ¿Cómo he de pagarte por tanto amarme? ♪

♪ How can I ever repay you for loving me so much? ♪

♪ Perdón ♪

♪ Sorry ♪

♪ quisiera bajar las estrellas ♪

♪ I wish I could bring down the stars ♪

♪ Para regalarte una de ellas ♪

♪ To give you one of them ♪

♪ Que brille en tus noches y amaneceres ♪

♪ To shine in your nights and dawns ♪

♪ Perdón ♪

♪ Sorry ♪

♪ no sé si me alcance la vida ♪

♪ I don't know if I'll have enough life ♪

♪ Para siempre ser el calor que calme tus manos frías ♪

♪ To always be the warmth that calms your cold hands ♪

♪ Y siempre cuidar tu sonrisa ♪

♪ And always take care of your smile ♪

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♪ Tanta bondad ♪

♪ So much kindness ♪

♪ ¡cuánta verdad!, tantos abrazos fueron mi paz ♪

♪ How much truth!, so many hugs were my peace ♪

♪ Pintas el cielo, eres el tiempo, la tempestad ♪

♪ You paint the sky, you are the time, the storm ♪

♪ Que vino a cambiar mi sequía ♪

♪ That came to change my drought ♪

♪ ¿Cómo he de pagarte por tanto amarme? ♪

♪ How can I ever repay you for loving me so much? ♪

♪ Perdón ♪

♪ Sorry ♪

♪ quisiera bajar las estrellas ♪

♪ I wish I could bring down the stars ♪

♪ Para regalarte una de ellas ♪

♪ To give you one of them ♪

♪ Que brille en tus noches y amaneceres ♪

♪ To shine in your nights and dawns ♪

♪ Perdón ♪

♪ Sorry ♪

♪ no sé si me alcance la vida ♪

♪ I don't know if I'll have enough life ♪

♪ Para siempre ser el calor que calme tus manos frías ♪

♪ To always be the warmth that calms your cold hands ♪

♪ Y siempre cuidar tu sonrisa ♪

♪ And always take care of your smile ♪

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♪ (¡Eh, eh, eh!) ♪

♪ (Eh, eh, eh!) ♪

♪ (¡Eh, eh, eh, eh!) ♪

♪ (Eh, eh, eh, eh!) ♪

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♪ ¿Cómo he de pagarte? ♪

♪ How can I ever repay you? ♪

♪ Perdón ♪

♪ Sorry ♪

♪ quisiera bajar las estrellas ♪

♪ I wish I could bring down the stars ♪

♪ Para regalarte una de ellas ♪

♪ To give you one of them ♪

♪ Que brille en tus noches y amaneceres ♪

♪ To shine in your nights and dawns ♪

♪ Perdón ♪

♪ Sorry ♪

♪ no sé si me alcance la vida ♪

♪ I don't know if I'll have enough life ♪

♪ Para siempre ser el calor que calme tus manos frías ♪

♪ To always be the warmth that calms your cold hands ♪

♪ Y siempre cuidar tu sonrisa ♪

♪ And always take care of your smile ♪

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♪ Y siempre cuidar tu sonrisa ♪

♪ And always take care of your smile ♪

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pagar /paˈɣar/ B1	verb - to pay or settle a debt
amar /aˈmaɾ/ B1	verb - to love
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A2	verb - to want, to love
enfocar /enfoˈkaɾ/ C1	verb - to focus, to aim
brillar /briˈʝaɾ/ B2	verb - to shine, to sparkle
regalar /reɣaˈlaɾ/ B2	verb - to give as a gift
santificar /santiˈfikar/ C1	verb - to sanctify, to bend one's knees
enseñar /enseˈɲaɾ/ B1	verb - to teach, to show
perdón /peɾˈdon/ A2	noun - forgiveness, pardon
bajar /baˈxaɾ/ A2	verb - to go down, to lower
cuidar /kwiˈðaɾ/ A2	verb - to take care of
vida /ˈbi.ðað/ A1	noun - life
esperanza /espeˈɾanθa/ B1	noun - hope
tiempo /ˈtjempo/ A2	noun - time, weather

Key Grammar Structures

• ¿Cómo he de pagarte por tanto amarme?

  ➔ Use of the modal verb "deber" (should/must) in the form "he de" to express obligation or expectation.

  ➔ "He de" is a fixed expression in Spanish that indicates obligation or something expected to be done.

• ¿Cómo he de pagarte por tanto amarme?

  ➔ Use of the preposition "por" to indicate "because of" or "for" someone or something.

  ➔ "Por" often indicates the reason or cause of an action or the purpose for which something is done.

• ¿Cómo he de pagarte por tanto amarme?

  ➔ Use of the question word "¿cómo?" to ask "how?" in an interrogative sentence.

  ➔ "¿cómo?" is used at the beginning of a question to inquire about the manner or way something is done.

• ¿Quién eres?

  ➔ Use of the question word "¿quién?" to ask "who?" when seeking identification.

  ➔ "¿quién?" is used to ask about someone's identity or to know "who" someone is.

• Tanto busqué

  ➔ Use of the verb "buscar" in the preterite tense "busqué" to indicate a completed action in the past.

  ➔ "Busqué" is the first person singular in the preterite tense of "buscar," meaning "I searched" or "I looked for."