Reina Mía – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José
• Album: Romantico

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the expressive world of Spanish with José José's "Reina Mía." This romantic ballad, delivered by "El Príncipe de la Canción," offers a rich vocabulary of love, longing, and vulnerability. Its clear, emotive lyrics and José José's iconic delivery make it a perfect song to grasp the nuances of romantic expression in Spanish and appreciate the profound emotional depth of Latin American music.

[English]

How can I, my queen, express this love?

That gives me life

That gives me tenderness and inspires in my soul

The desire to live

How can I, my queen, express this love?

That gives me life

That gives me tenderness and inspires in my soul

The desire to live

I know I tremble and cry just thinking

That one day you’ll leave me

And I suffer so much, so much

And I cry so much, so much

That I can’t take it anymore

Come and change this anguish that’s killing my being

Come and comfort me

I’m dying inside thinking your soul

Is no longer mine

I know I tremble and cry just thinking

That one day you’ll leave me

And I suffer so much, so much

And I cry so much, so much

That I can’t take it anymore

Come and change this anguish that’s killing my being

Come and comfort me

I’m dying inside thinking your soul

Is no longer mine

...

[Spanish]

¿Cómo podré reina mía expresar este amor?

Que me da la vida

Que me da ternura y alienta en mi alma

El deseo de vivir

¿Cómo podré reina mía expresar este amor?

Que me da la vida

Que me da ternura y alienta en mi alma

El deseo de vivir

Yo sé que tiemblo y lloro tan sólo de pensar

Que un día me abandonarás

Y sufro tanto y tanto

Y lloro tanto y tanto

Que ya no puedo más

Ven a cambiar esta angustia que mata mi ser

Ven a consolarme

Que me estoy muriendo pensando que tu alma

Ya no es para mí

Yo sé que tiemblo y lloro tan sólo de pensar

Que un día me abandonarás

Y sufro tanto y tanto

Y lloro tanto y tanto

Que ya no puedo más

Ven a cambiar esta angustia que mata mi ser

Ven a consolarme

Que me estoy muriendo pensando que tu alma

Ya no es para mí

Key Grammar Structures

• ¿Cómo podré reina mía expresar este amor?

  ➔ Future tense with 'podré'

  ➔ The verb 'podré' is the future tense of 'poder', indicating a future ability or possibility. Here, it expresses how the speaker will be able to express their love.

• Que me da la vida

  ➔ Present tense with 'da'

  ➔ The verb 'da' is the present tense of 'dar', meaning 'gives'. It describes an action that is currently happening or a habitual action.

• Yo sé que tiemblo y lloro

  ➔ Present tense with 'sé' and 'tiemblo'

  ➔ The verbs 'sé' (know) and 'tiemblo' (tremble) are in the present tense, indicating current knowledge and a current physical state.

• Que un día me abandonarás

  ➔ Future tense with 'abandonarás'

  ➔ The verb 'abandonarás' is the future tense of 'abandonar', expressing a future action of abandoning. It highlights the speaker's fear of being left.

• Ven a cambiar esta angustia

  ➔ Imperative mood with 'ven'

  ➔ The verb 'ven' is the imperative form of 'venir', used to give a direct command. Here, it is a plea for the addressee to come and change the speaker's anguish.