Historia de un Amor – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Eydie Gormé, Los Panchos
• Album: Canta En Español Con Los Panchos

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the romantic world of the Spanish language through 'Historia de un Amor.' This song is a perfect introduction for learners to explore emotive vocabulary and the poetic structure of the Bolero, all while experiencing the elegance of one of Latin music's most iconic collaborations.

[English]

You are no longer by my side, my love

In my soul, I have only loneliness

And if I can no longer see you

Why did God make me love you?

Only to make me suffer more

You were always the reason for my existence

Worshipping you was like a religion to me

And in your kisses, I found

The warmth that gave me

Love and passion

It is the story of a love like no other

That made me understand all the good, all the evil

That brought light to my life

Only to extinguish it later

Oh, what a dark life!

Without your love, I shall live

It is the story of a love

It is the story of a love like no other

That made me understand all the good, all the evil

That brought light to my life

Only to extinguish it later

Oh, what a dark life!

Without your love, I shall live

It is the story of a love

...

[Spanish]

Ya no estás más a mi lado, corazón

En el alma, solo tengo soledad

Y si ya no puedo verte

¿Por qué Dios me hizo quererte?

Para hacerme sufrir más

Siempre fuiste la razón de mi existir

Adorarte, para mí, fue religión

Y, en tus besos, yo encontraba

El calor que me brindaban

El amor y la pasión

Es la historia de un amor como no hay otro igual

Que me hizo comprender todo el bien, todo el mal

Que le dio luz a mi vida

Apagándola, después

¡Ay, qué vida tan oscura!

Sin tu amor, yo viviré

Es la historia de un amor

Es la historia de un amor como no hay otro igual

Que me hizo comprender todo el bien, todo el mal

Que le dio luz a mi vida

Apagándola, después

¡Ay, qué vida tan oscura!

Sin tu amor, yo viviré

Es la historia de un amor

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
corazón ko-ra-ˈθon A1	noun - heart
alma ˈal-ma B1	noun - soul
soledad so-le-ˈðað B2	noun - solitude / loneliness
sufrir su-ˈfiɾ B1	verb - to suffer
existir e-ɡzis-ˈtiɾ B1	verb - to exist
adorarte a-do-ˈɾaɾ-te B2	verb - to adore you
religión re-li-ˈxion A2	noun - religion
besos ˈbe-sos A1	noun - kisses
calor ka-ˈlor A2	noun - heat / warmth
pasión pa-ˈsjon B1	noun - passion
comprender kom-pɾen-ˈdeɾ B1	verb - to understand
luz ˈluθ A2	noun - light
oscura os-ˈku-ɾa B1	adjective - dark
viviré bi-βi-ɾ-ˈe A2	verb - I will live

Key Grammar Structures

• Ya no estás más a mi lado, corazón

  ➔ Adverbial expression of no longer

  ➔ "Ya no" is used to indicate that an action or state that occurred in the past has ceased in the present.

• Y si ya no puedo verte

  ➔ Conditional clause with 'Si' + Present Indicative

  ➔ "Si" introduces a condition. Even though it is a hypothetical situation, the present indicative is often used for real or possible conditions.

• ¿Por qué Dios me hizo quererte?

  ➔ Preterite tense of 'Hacer' (causative usage)

  ➔ "Hizo" (from 'hacer') + infinitive is used as a causative structure meaning 'to make someone do something'.

• Para hacerme sufrir más

  ➔ Purpose clause with 'Para' + Infinitive

  ➔ "Para" expresses purpose or goal. It is followed by the infinitive when the subject of the main clause and the subordinate clause are the same.

• Siempre fuiste la razón de mi existir

  ➔ Preterite tense of 'Ser' (describing a past state)

  ➔ "Fuiste" is the preterite of 'ser'. Here, it defines a finished period of time in the past regarding the subject's identity.

• Adorarte, para mí, fue religión

  ➔ Infinitive as a noun (Subject)

  ➔ "Adorarte" (adorar + te) acts as the subject of the sentence. In Spanish, infinitives can function as nouns.

• como no hay otro igual

  ➔ Impersonal use of 'Haber' (existential)

  ➔ "Hay" (from 'haber') is the existential form meaning 'there is' or 'there are'.

• Que me hizo comprender todo el bien, todo el mal

  ➔ Relative pronoun 'Que' introducing a relative clause

  ➔ "Que" functions as the subject or object of the relative clause, referring back to 'amor'.