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Aquí estoy en el Tenampa 00:10
El mariachi toca y canta 00:18
Y él me ayuda a olvidar 00:21
Y al cantarme estas canciones 00:29
Todas mis desilusiones 00:32
Poco a poco se me van 00:35
Es mi amigo el cantinero 00:41
Él ya sabe a quien yo quiero 00:46
Y el por qué vengo a tomar 00:49
Pero hoy me han dado ganas 00:54
De contarle a todo el mundo 00:57
Y ahora les voy a contar 01:00
Viví los días 01:09
Más tristes de mi vida 01:12
Pagué muy caro el haberle conocido 01:15
Bien me lo dijo 01:21
Una amiga muy querida 01:23
No le hice caso 01:26
Y ahora estoy arrepentido 01:28
Cómo me duele 01:32
El no haberle escuchado 01:34
No se me olvidan sus bonitos tristes ojos 01:38
Pero yo estaba 01:43
Totalmente enamorado 01:45
Y caí en las redes 01:49
Del amar de sus antojos 01:51
Ay, ay-ay (ay, ay-ay) 01:57
De verdad como lo siento 02:01
Ay, ay-ay (ay, ay-ay) 02:07
Cómo fui a perder el tiempo 02:12
Qué dolor y qué tristeza 02:18
Me duele hasta la cabeza 02:21
Ay, cómo hacer para olvidar 02:23
Ay, cuánta tristeza mía 02:28
Todo es porque todavía 02:31
No he aprendido a olvidar 02:34
Olvidar 02:40
Cómo hacer para olvidar 02:45
Vengan todos mis mariachis 02:51
Cántenme toda la noche 02:54
Puras que hablen de olvidar 02:56
Esa que dice: "se fue 03:02
Cuando el sol iba saliendo" 03:04
Algo así ya no me acuerdo 03:07
Pero el caso es que se va 03:10
Se fue 03:16
Al clarear el alba 03:19
Por el camino 03:22
Bañada en llanto 03:24
Y yo 03:29
Que la quiero tanto 03:32
Lleno de orgullo 03:35
La vi partir 03:36
Así 03:41
Con mis propias manos 03:44
Cave la tumba 03:47
Del alma mía 03:49
Nomás 03:51
Por ser tan cobarde 03:54
Por no decirle 03:56
Que la quería 03:58
Olvidar 04:04
Cómo hacer para olvidar 04:08
Vengan todos mis mariachis 04:14
Cántenme toda la noche 04:17
Puras que hablen de olvidar 04:19
Esa que dice "se fue 04:24
Cuando el sol iba saliendo" 04:27
Algo así ya no me acuerdo 04:30
Pero el caso es que se va 04:37
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Como Hacer Para Olvidar – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

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José José
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Dive into the rich, emotive world of Spanish through this masterpiece by José José. By listening to this song, you can learn how to express complex feelings of nostalgia and longing, making it a perfect tool for mastering romantic and poetic Spanish vocabulary.

[English]
Here I am at the Tenampa
The mariachi plays and sings
And he helps me to forget
And as he sings these songs to me
All my disappointments
Slowly begin to fade away
The bartender is my friend
He already knows who I love
And why I've come here to drink
But today I feel like
Telling the whole world
And now I'm going to tell you
I lived through the
Saddest days of my life
I paid a heavy price for meeting her
A dear friend of mine
Told me so clearly
But I didn't listen to her
And now I am full of regret
It hurts so much
That I didn't listen to her
I can't forget her beautiful, sad eyes
But I was
Completely in love
And I fell into the trap
Of the passion of her whims
Ay, ay-ay (ay, ay-ay)
I am truly sorry
Ay, ay-ay (ay, ay-ay)
How could I have wasted my time?
What pain and what sadness
Even my head aches
Oh, how can I forget?
Oh, so much of my sadness
It's all because I still
Haven't learned how to forget
To forget
How can I forget?
Come here, all my mariachis
Sing to me all night long
Only songs about forgetting
That one that goes: "she left
As the sun was rising"
Something like that, I can't remember
But the point is that she leaves
She left
At the breaking of the dawn
Down the road
Drenched in tears
And I
Who love her so much
Full of pride
Watched her walk away
Just like that
With my own two hands
I dug the grave
Of my own soul
Just
For being such a coward
For not telling her
That I loved her
To forget
How can I forget?
Come here, all my mariachis
Sing to me all night long
Only songs about forgetting
That one that goes "she left
As the sun was rising"
Something like that, I can't remember
But the point is that she leaves
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Key Vocabulary

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Vocabulary Meanings

olvidar

olvidar

A1
  • verb
  • - to forget

desilusiones

desilusjones

B2
  • noun
  • - disappointments

arrepentido

arrepentido

B2
  • adjective
  • - regretful

enamorado

enamorado

A2
  • adjective
  • - in love

tristeza

tristeza

A2
  • noun
  • - sadness

cobarde

kobarde

B2
  • adjective
  • - cowardly

orgullo

orguʝo

B2
  • noun
  • - pride

tumba

tumba

B1
  • noun
  • - grave

cantinero

kantinero

B1
  • noun
  • - bartender

dolor

dolor

A2
  • noun
  • - pain

llanto

ʝanto

B2
  • noun
  • - crying

cabeza

kaβeθa

A1
  • noun
  • - head

mariachi

marjatʃi

C2
  • noun
  • - mariachi

alma

alma

B1
  • noun
  • - soul

antojos

antoxos

C1
  • noun
  • - cravings

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Key Grammar Structures

  • Pagué muy caro el haberle conocido

    ➔ Perfect infinitive (haber + past participle)

    ➔ The structure "haberle conocido" describes an action completed in the past.

  • No le hice caso y ahora estoy arrepentido

    ➔ Past tense preterite vs. Present state (Estadísticas)

    "Hice" refers to a specific past event, while "estoy arrepentido" describes the current resulting state.

  • Cómo me duele el no haberle escuchado

    ➔ Negative infinitive clause with object pronouns

    ➔ The negative "no" is placed before the infinitive "haberle escuchado".

  • Cómo fui a perder el tiempo

    ➔ Idiomatic structure "Ir a + infinitive" (past)

    ➔ Here, "fui a" expresses a past realization or the lament of having committed an action.

  • Todo es porque todavía no he aprendido

    ➔ Present perfect tense (he + past participle)

    ➔ Used to describe an action that started in the past and continues or has relevance to the present.

  • Nomás por ser tan cobarde

    ➔ Causal prepositional phrase (por + infinitive)

    "Por" functions here as "because of", followed by the infinitive "ser".

  • Vengan todos mis mariachis

    ➔ Imperative (Subjunctive form)

    "Vengan" is the third-person plural command form, derived from the subjunctive.

  • No le hice caso

    ➔ Indirect Object Pronoun (le)

    "Le" identifies the person to whom he did not pay attention.