El Mundo – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José
• Album: Y Algo Mas

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the poetic depth of Spanish-language music through José José’s 'El Mundo.' This song is a masterclass in emotional expression and clear articulation, perfect for learners who want to grasp the nuances of romantic Spanish phrasing and standard Latin American pronunciation.

[English]

No

Tonight I no longer think of you, my love

I opened my eyes only to see

If the world was still turning around me as always

The world turns, turning in its infinite space

With loves that begin

With loves that end

With the sorrows and joys

Of other people just like me

Oh, world

That is why I gaze at you now

And I lose myself in your silence

And I am nothing when I look at you

The world

Which hasn't stopped for a single moment

Its night dies and the day arrives

And that day

Will see me

I am the world

...

The world

Which hasn't stopped for a single moment

Its night dies and the day arrives

And that day

Will see me

La-ra-ra, la-ra-ra-ra

La-ra-ra, la-ra-ra-ra

La-ra-ra, la-ra-ra-ra

La-ra-ra, la-ra-ra-ra

La-ra-ra, la-ra-ra-ra

...

[Spanish]

No

En esta noche ya no pienso, amor, en ti

Abrí los ojos solamente para ver

Si en torno a mí giraba el mundo como siempre

Gira el mundo, gira en su espacio infinito

Con amores que comienzan

Con amores que terminan

Con las penas y alegrías

De otras gentes como yo

Oh, mundo

Por eso ahora yo te miro

Y en tu silencio yo me pierdo

Y no soy nada al verte a ti

El mundo

Que no ha parado ni un momento

Su noche muere y viene el día

Y ese día

Me verá

Soy mundo

El mundo

Que no ha parado ni un momento

Su noche muere y viene el día

Y ese día

Me verá

La-ra-ra, la-ra-ra-ra

La-ra-ra, la-ra-ra-ra

La-ra-ra, la-ra-ra-ra

La-ra-ra, la-ra-ra-ra

La-ra-ra, la-ra-ra-ra

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
noche no-che A1	noun - night
pienso pien-so A1	verb - to think
amor a-mor A1	noun - love
mundo mun-do A1	noun - world
giraba hi-ra-ba A2	verb - to spin / to rotate
espacio es-pa-cio A2	noun - space
infinito in-fi-ni-to B1	adjective - infinite
comienzan ko-mien-san A2	verb - to begin
terminan ter-mi-nan A2	verb - to end / to finish
penas pe-nas A2	noun - sorrows / hardships
alegrías a-le-grí-as A2	noun - joys
gentes hen-tes A2	noun - people
silencio si-len-cio A2	noun - silence
pierdo pier-do A2	verb - to lose / to get lost
parado pa-ra-do A2	verb - stopped

Key Grammar Structures

• En esta noche ya no pienso, amor, en ti

  ➔ Adverbial phrase of time and negation

  ➔ "Ya no" is used to indicate that something that used to happen no longer happens.

• Abrí los ojos solamente para ver

  ➔ Preterite tense and purpose clause

  ➔ "Para" followed by an infinitive ("ver") expresses the purpose of the action.

• Si en torno a mí giraba el mundo como siempre

  ➔ Conditional clause ('Si') and Imperfect tense

  ➔ "Giraba" is in the imperfect tense to describe a continuous or habitual action in the past.

• Con amores que comienzan

  ➔ Relative pronoun 'que'

  ➔ "Que" acts as a relative pronoun connecting "amores" to the clause "comienzan".

• Por eso ahora yo te miro

  ➔ Causal conjunction and present tense

  ➔ "Por eso" is used to show a consequence or result of what was previously mentioned.

• Y en tu silencio yo me pierdo

  ➔ Reflexive verb usage

  ➔ "Me pierdo" is the reflexive form of "perder", indicating the subject is experiencing the action.

• Su noche muere y viene el día

  ➔ Subject-verb inversion

  ➔ The subject "el día" is placed after the verb "viene" for emphasis or poetic effect.

• Y ese día me verá

  ➔ Future tense with direct object pronoun

  ➔ "Me" functions as the direct object pronoun receiving the action of the future verb "verá".