Santa – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Cupido

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

I saw you and fell in love with your little saintly face

And your friends were saying, “I think he’s the one who sings”

And I fell into the trap, I love your smile

We did gymnastics under the blanket

I’ve tried to forget you, but you keep getting ahead of me

And I couldn’t, I’ve tried it a few times

I fell into the trap, I love your smile

And the face you make when you choke

Inside you’re an angel

Outside, like a dessert

Your mouth tastes like cake

With cream and chocolate

With you I feel like a gangster, baby

A creator like Tyler, hehe

And without you I’m a mess, I don’t know

You lift me into the air, no one knows

Making me fly, just the way only you know how

And take me so high if I get on your ship

You know I’m your PIN and I have your key

And I know your PIN and your secret code number

I saw you and fell in love with your saintly little face

And your friends said, “I think that’s the one who sings”

And I fell into the trap, I love your smile

We did gymnastics under the blanket

I’ve tried to forget you, but you keep getting ahead of me

I couldn’t, I’ve tried it a few times

I fell into the trap, I love your smile

And the little face you make when you choke

When you touched me and I touched you

I don’t know how to tell you what I felt

I remember everything like a crash

I only remember from when

When you touched me and I touched you

I don’t know how to tell you what I felt

I remember everything as if I crashed

I only remember from when

I saw you and fell in love with your saintly little face

And your friends said, “I think that’s the one who sings”

I fell into the trap, I love your smile

We did gymnastics under the blanket

I’ve tried to forget you, but you keep getting ahead of me

I couldn’t, I’ve tried it a few times

I fell into the trap, I love your smile

And the little face you make when you choke

...

[Spanish]

Te vi y me enamoré de tu carita de santa

Y tus amigas decían: "creo que ese es el que canta"

Y caí en la trampa, tu sonrisa me encanta

Hacíamos gimnasia debajo de la manta

He intentado olvidarte, pero te me adelantas

Y no he podido, lo he intentado con unas cuantas

Caí en la trampa, tu sonrisa me encanta

Y la cara que pones cuando te atragantas

Por dentro eres un ángel

Por fuera, como un postre

Tu boca sabe a pastel

De nata y chocolate

Contigo soy un gánster, bebé

Un creador como Tyler, je, je

Y sin ti un desastre, no sé

Me subes por los aires, nadie sabe

Hacerme volar, así como solo tú sabes

Y llevarme tan pa arriba si me meto en tu nave

Sabes que yo soy tu pin y que tengo tu llave

Y que yo me sé tu pin y tu número en clave

Te vi y me enamoré de tu carita de santa

Y tus amigas decían: "creo que ese es el que canta"

Y caí en la trampa, tu sonrisa me encanta

Hacíamos gimnasia debajo de la manta

He intentado olvidarte, pero te me adelantas

No he podido, lo he intentado con unas cuantas

Caí en la trampa, tu sonrisa me encanta

Y la carita que pones cuando te atragantas

Cuando me tocaste y te toqué

No sé decirte lo que noté

Lo recuerdo todo como un choque

Solo recuerdo a partir desde que

Cuando me tocaste y te toqué

No sé decirte lo que noté

Lo recuerdo todo como un choqué

Solo recuerdo a partir desde que

Te vi y me enamoré de tu carita de santa

Y tus amigas decían: "creo que ese es el que canta"

Caí en la trampa, tu sonrisa me encanta

Hacíamos gimnasia debajo de la manta

He intentado olvidarte, pero te me adelantas

No he podido, lo he intentado con unas cuantas

Caí en la trampa, tu sonrisa me encanta

Y la carita que pones cuando te atragantas

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
enamorar enamoˈɾaɾ A2	verb - to fall in love with
carita kaˈɾita A1	noun - face, especially when small or cute
santa ˈsanta A1	noun - saint, or can refer to something pure or innocent
atráganta aˈtɾaɣanta B1	verb - to choke on food or drink
gimnasia ʝimˈnasja A2	noun - physical exercise, especially that done in a gym
adelantar aðelán̪tar B1	verb - to overtake or get ahead of someone or something
postre ˈpostre A1	noun - sweet dish eaten at the end of a meal
gánster ˈɡanster B1	noun - member of a criminal gang
creador kreaˈðor A2	noun - person who creates something
desastre desasˈtre A2	noun - chaotic or disastrous situation
subir suˈβir A1	verb - to go up
volar boˈlaɾ A1	verb - to fly
nave ˈnaβe B1	noun - spaceship
pin pin A1	noun - security code
clave ˈklaβe A2	noun - code or password
choque ˈtʃoke B1	noun - sudden impact or surprise

Key Grammar Structures

• Te vi y me enamoré de tu carita de santa

  ➔ Simple past tense with regular verb forms + indirect object pronoun + possessive adjective

  ➔ The line uses the preterite-like sense in Spanish with "vi" from ver (to see) + pronoun se of emphasis and expresses a completed action.

• Y tus amigas decían: "creo que ese es el que canta"

  ➔ Imperfect narration + present of belief in reported speech

  ➔ Reported speech conveys what others were saying in the past, using decía and belief in tono de incredulidad/assurance.

• Y caí en la trampa, tu sonrisa me encanta

  ➔ Preterite conjugation + direct object clitic + indirect object pronoun + adjective liking

  ➔ Caí is a preterite form of caer (to fall). me encanta expresses liking via the verb encanta with indirect object pronoun me.

• Contigo soy un gánster, bebé

  ➔ With you + predicate noun + metaphorical adjective

  ➔ A metaphor equating oneself with a 'gangster' to convey confidence and boldness in love.