Decepciones

• By: Alejandro Fernández, Calibre 50

Lyrics:

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Ya no te extraño, me dueles a ratos

I don't miss you anymore, you hurt me sometimes

Te es diferente y justamente

You're different, and precisely

Me dueles a veces, al recordar

Sometimes your pain still hits me when I remember

Que te di de más y tú indiferente

That I gave you too much, and you were indifferent

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Te creí, que estaba roto tu corazón

I believed in you, thought your heart was broken

Y no estaba roto, estaba vacío

But it wasn't broken, it was empty

Y yo de tonto, terco

And I, foolish and stubborn

Quería completarlo con el mío

Wanted to fill it with mine

Aún sabiendo que quedaba

Even knowing only ruins remained

Solo ruinas de un noble corazón

Of a noble heart

Que tanta decepción

So much disappointment

Lo dejó sin esperanza

Left it hopeless

Y si hablamos de decepciones

And if we talk about disappointments

La tuya creo que ha sido la más fuerte

Yours, I think, has been the worst

A tal grado

To such an extent

Que quedé casi al borde de la muerte

That I was almost at the brink of death

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Aún sabiendo que quedaba

Even knowing only ruins remained

Solo ruinas de un noble corazón

Of a noble heart

Que tanta decepción

So much disappointment

Lo dejó sin esperanza

Left it hopeless

Y si hablamos de decepciones

And if we talk about disappointments

La tuya creo que ha sido la más fuerte

Yours, I think, has been the worst

A tal grado

To such an extent

Que quedé casi al borde de la muerte

That I was almost at the brink of death

Pero en paz, sin ti

But in peace, without you

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
extrañar /eks.tɾaˈɲaɾ/ A2	verb - to miss someone or something
duele /ˈdwe.le/ A2	verb - hurts
recordar /re.koɾˈdaɾ/ B1	verb - to remember
corazón /ko.ɾaˈθon/ (Spain) /ko.ɾaˈson/ (Latin America) A2	noun - heart
vacío /baˈˈxi.o/ B1	adjective - empty
tonto /ˈtonto/ B2	adjective - foolish
decepciones /de.sepˈsjo.nes/ B2	noun - disappointments
dejar /xdeˈɾar/ B1	verb - to leave behind; to let
esperanza /es.peˈɾan.θa/ (Spain) /-sa/ (Latin America) A2	noun - hope
muerte /ˈmweɾ.te/ A2	noun - death
borde /ˈboɾ.ðe/ B1	noun - edge
matar /maˈtaɾ/ B2

Grammar:

• Ya no te extraño, me dueles a ratos

  ➔ Use of reflexive verb 'doler' (to hurt/cause pain) with indirect object pronouns.

  ➔ "Me dueles" literally translates to "You hurt me", but the verb "doler" requires an indirect object pronoun. The phrase "a ratos" means "at times" or "occasionally."

• Te creí, que estaba roto tu corazón

  ➔ Use of 'creer' (to believe) followed by 'que' and a subordinate clause in the indicative mood.

  ➔ The structure "creer que + indicative" indicates a belief in something as a fact. "Estaba roto tu corazón" (your heart was broken) is presented as a belief held by the speaker at some point.

• Y yo de tonto, terco

  ➔ Use of adjectives as nouns to describe the speaker (tonto, terco).

  ➔ The speaker refers to himself as "tonto" (foolish) and "terco" (stubborn). Here, the adjectives function as nouns.

• Quería completarlo con el mío

  ➔ Use of 'completar' (to complete) with direct object pronoun 'lo'.

  ➔ "Completarlo" refers to completing something that has already been mentioned, which in this case is the empty heart (corazón vacío).

• Aún sabiendo que quedaba Solo ruinas de un noble corazón

  ➔ Gerund ('sabiendo') expressing concession; 'quedar' meaning 'to remain' or 'be left'.

  ➔ "Aún sabiendo que..." translates to "Even knowing that..." or "Despite knowing that...". 'quedaba' (imperfect of quedar) indicates that there *remained* only ruins of a noble heart.

• Que tanta decepción Lo dejó sin esperanza

  ➔ Use of 'tanto/tanta' (so much) + noun, 'dejar' (to leave) with pronoun 'lo' (referring to the heart) and the preposition 'sin'.

  ➔ "Tanta decepción" means "so much disappointment". "Lo dejó sin esperanza" means "It left it without hope", where "lo" refers back to the noble heart.

• Y si hablamos de decepciones, La tuya creo que ha sido la más fuerte

  ➔ Conditional 'si' clause + indicative mood; superlative adjective 'la más fuerte' (the strongest).

  ➔ The 'si' clause in this case introduces a hypothetical situation: "If we talk about disappointments..." The main clause uses the indicative mood. "La más fuerte" is a superlative adjective meaning "the strongest" or "the biggest".

• A tal grado Que quedé casi al borde de la muerte

  ➔ Use of the expression "a tal grado que" (to such an extent that) indicating a consequence or result.

  ➔ "A tal grado que" shows the extreme level of something, leading to a significant consequence (being close to death).