El Primero – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Luis Miguel
• Album: Busca Una Mujer

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the soulful world of Spanish Boleros with Luis Miguel. 'El Primero' is a perfect gateway to learning romantic Spanish vocabulary and mastering the art of emotive, melodic pronunciation.

[English]

I was the one who was shy

The one who loved you

Back when you didn't even know the word

The boldest one who kissed you

For the very first time

The one who first explored your body, it was me

The first one to make your heart race

The one who made you discover, my love

Your own love, as if it were nothing

That very first breath, it was mine

That's why I am here

Living for you

...

That charmer was me

The one who left

When he gave you the light of day upon your skin

The one who flew by your side

For the very first time

When no one was watching, it was me

The first one to make your heart race

The one who made you discover, my love

Your own love as if it were nothing

That very first breath, it was mine

That's why I am here, my love

...

The first one to make your heart race

The one who made you discover, my love

Your own love, as if it were nothing

That very first breath, it was mine

That's why I am here

Living for you

...

[Spanish]

La timidez, era yo

Ese que te amó

Cuando ni tú sabías la palabra

El más audaz que te besó

Por primera vez

Ese que estrenó tu cuerpo, fui yo

El primero que puso a mil tu corazón

Que te hizo descubrir, amada

Tu propio amor, como si nada

Ese primer suspiro, yo lo fui

Por eso estoy aquí

Viviendo para ti

Ese galán era yo

El que se marchó

Cuando te dio en la piel la luz del día

El que voló junto a ti

Por primera vez

Cuando nadie nos veía, fui yo

El primero que puso a mil tu corazón

Que te hizo descubrir, amada

Tu propio amor como si nada

Ese primer suspiro, yo lo fui

Por eso estoy aquí, amada

El primero que puso a mil tu corazón

Que te hizo descubrir, amada

Tu propio amor, como si nada

Ese primer suspiro, yo lo fui

Por eso estoy aquí

Viviendo para ti

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
timidez ti-mi-deθ B1	noun - shyness
audaz au-ðas C1	adjective - bold / daring
estrenó es-tre-no B2	verb - to use for the first time
corazón ko-ra-θon A1	noun - heart
descubrir des-ku-briɾ A2	verb - to discover
amada a-ma-da A2	adjective - beloved
suspiro sus-pi-ro B2	noun - sigh
viviendo bi-βjen-do A2	verb - living
galán ga-lan B1	noun - gallant / handsome man
marchó mar-tʃo A2	verb - left / departed
piel pjel A2	noun - skin
voló bo-lo A2	verb - flew

Key Grammar Structures

• La timidez, era yo

  ➔ Imperfect tense (Pretérito Imperfecto)

  ➔ Used to describe a past state or characteristics. "Era" describes the narrator's state of being at that time.

• Ese que te amó

  ➔ Preterite tense (Pretérito Indefinido)

  ➔ Used for a specific action completed in the past. "Amó" indicates the defined moment the love happened.

• Cuando ni tú sabías la palabra

  ➔ Negative pronoun 'ni' (Neither/Not even)

  ➔ "Ni" emphasizes that even the most basic knowledge (the word) was absent.

• Que te hizo descubrir, amada

  ➔ Causative structure (Hacer + infinitive)

  ➔ "Hizo descubrir" means to cause someone to discover something. It indicates the subject's influence on the action.

• Como si nada

  ➔ Subjunctive after 'como si'

  ➔ "Como si" requires the imperfect subjunctive to express a hypothetical or unreal comparison.

• Cuando nadie nos veía

  ➔ Relative pronoun 'donde' / 'nadie' (Negative pronoun)

  ➔ "Nadie" functions as the subject for the verb "veía", meaning "no one".

• Viviendo para ti

  ➔ Gerund (Gerundio)

  ➔ Used here to express a continuous action that coincides with the narrator's state of being.

• El que se marchó

  ➔ Relative pronoun 'El que' (The one who)

  ➔ "El que" serves as a nominalized relative pronoun referring back to the subject.