Quisiera poder olvidarme de ti – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Luis Fonsi

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Todavía yo siento tus caricias

I still feel your caresses

Y tu respiración sobre mi piel

And your breath on my skin

No hay quién me haga olvidar tu sonrisa

No one can make me forget your smile

Y sigo amándote hoy más que ayer

And I keep loving you today more than yesterday

Soñando con volverte a ver

Dreaming of seeing you again

Cada día que pasa más me mata tu ausencia

Every day that passes your absence kills me more

Y pierdo la fe

And I lose faith

Quisiera poder olvidarme de ti

I wish I could forget you

Con otra sacarte por siempre de mí

With someone else to take you forever from me

Decirte a la cara que no me haces falta

To tell you to your face that I don't need you

Para poder vivir

To be able to live

Quisiera borrarte de mi corazón

I wish I could erase you from my heart

Quitar de mi boca tu dulce sabor

To take your sweet taste from my mouth

No echarte de menos al llegar la noche

Not to miss you when night falls

Y sin reproche resignarme a tu adiós

And without reproach resign myself to your goodbye

Más cuando creo que ya te he olvidado

But when I think I've forgotten you

Descubro que aún te amo

I discover that I still love you

Sé que soy culpable de mi suerte

I know I'm guilty of my fate

Y que mi sufrimiento no

And that my suffering won't

Te hará volver en mí otra vez, creer

Make you come back to me again, believe

Te hice llorar y me arrepiento

I made you cry and I regret it

Amor, cuánto lo siento

Love, how sorry I am

Si no te vuelvo a ver

If I don't see you again

No sobreviviré

I won't survive

Cada día que pasa más me mata tu ausencia

Every day that passes your absence kills me more

Y pierdo la fe

And I lose faith

Quisiera poder olvidarme de ti

I wish I could forget you

Con otra sacarte por siempre de mí

With someone else to take you forever from me

Decirte a la cara que no me haces falta

To tell you to your face that I don't need you

Para poder vivir (quisiera borrarte)

To be able to live (I wish I could erase you)

Quisiera borrarte de mi corazón (mi corazón)

I wish I could erase you from my heart (my heart)

Quitar de mi boca tu dulce sabor

To take your sweet taste from my mouth

No echarte de menos al llegar la noche

Not to miss you when night falls

Y sin reproche

And without reproach

Resignarme a tu adiós

Resign myself to your goodbye

¡Pero es que aún te amo!

But I still love you!

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...

Quisiera poder olvidarme de ti

I wish I could forget you

Con otra sacarte por siempre de mí

With someone else to take you forever from me

Decirte a la cara que no me haces falta

To tell you to your face that I don't need you

Para poder vivir (quisiera borrarte)

To be able to live (I wish I could erase you)

Quisiera borrarte de mi corazón

I wish I could erase you from my heart

Quitar de mi boca tu dulce sabor

To take your sweet taste from my mouth

No echarte de menos al llegar la noche

Not to miss you when night falls

Y sin reproche

And without reproach

Resignarme a su adiós

Resign myself to your goodbye

Quisiera poder olvidarme de ti

I wish I could forget you

Con otra sacarte por siempre de mí

With someone else to take you forever from me

Decirte a la cara que no me haces falta (quisiera poder olvidarme de ti)

To tell you to your face that I don't need you (I wish I could forget you)

Quisiera olvidarte de mi corazón

I wish I could erase you from my heart

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...

Quitar de mi boca tu dulce sabor (olvidarte)

To take your sweet taste from my mouth (forget you)

Quisiera borrarte de mi corazón

I wish I could erase you from my heart

Quitar de mi boca tu dulce sabor

To take your sweet taste from my mouth

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
siento /ˈsjento/ A2	verb - I feel
caricias /kaˈɾiθjas/ B1	noun - caresses
respiración /respiɾaˈɾi.on/ B1	noun - breathing
sonrisa /sonˈɾisa/ A2	noun - smile
amando /aˈmando/ B1	verb - loving
ausencia /awˈsenθja/ B2	noun - absence
olvidar /olβiˈðaɾ/ A2	verb - to forget
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A2	noun - heart
sabor /saˈβoɾ/ A2	noun - flavor
noche /ˈno.tʃe/ A1	noun - night
reproche /reˈpɾotʃe/ B2	noun - reproach
suerte /ˈsweɾ.te/ B1	noun - luck
llorar /ʝoˈɾaɾ/ A2	verb - to cry
sentir /senˈtir/ B1	verb - to feel

Key Grammar Structures

• Quisiera poder olvidarme de ti

  ➔ Conditional mood (subjunctive) used to express wishes or desires.

  ➔ The phrase "Quisiera poder" indicates a desire to forget someone.

• No hay quién me haga olvidar tu sonrisa

  ➔ Impersonal constructions with 'hay' to express existence.

  ➔ The phrase "No hay quién" means there is no one who can make me forget your smile.

• Cada día que pasa más me mata tu ausencia

  ➔ Use of present tense to express ongoing actions or states.

  ➔ The phrase "Cada día que pasa" indicates that with each passing day, the absence becomes more painful.

• Sé que soy culpable de mi suerte

  ➔ Use of present indicative to express certainty.

  ➔ The phrase "Sé que soy culpable" indicates a strong belief in one's own responsibility.

• Quisiera borrarte de mi corazón

  ➔ Use of the subjunctive mood to express wishes.

  ➔ The phrase "Quisiera borrarte" expresses a desire to erase someone from one's heart.

• Y sin reproche resignarme a tu adiós

  ➔ Use of infinitive verbs to express actions without a subject.

  ➔ The phrase "sin reproche resignarme" indicates accepting a farewell without blame.

• ¡Pero es que aún te amo!

  ➔ Use of emphatic expressions to convey strong feelings.

  ➔ The phrase "¡Pero es que aún te amo!" emphasizes the speaker's ongoing love despite the circumstances.