El Último Beso – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Vicente Fernández

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the heart of Mexican music with "El Último Beso" by the legendary Vicente Fernández. This iconic ranchera offers a beautiful way to connect with Spanish through its emotive lyrics about love, loss, and the pain of a final goodbye. Its clear and heartfelt narrative makes it an excellent song for language learners to grasp common expressions of profound emotion, while its classic mariachi style provides a rich cultural immersion. Discover the power of 'Chente's' voice and the moving storytelling that makes this song truly special.

[English]

♪

If you had told me

That it was our last kiss

I’d still be kissing you

I’d still be kissing you

If you had told me

That it was our final goodbye

I’d still be begging you

You wouldn’t deepen my wound anymore

I’d still be pleading with you

You wouldn’t bitter my life

But now you see

You left my side

Today my world is upside down

It’s an unhappy world

If you had told me

That it was our last kiss

I’d still be kissing you

I’d still be kissing you

♪

But now you see

You left my side

Today my world is upside down

It’s an unhappy world

If you had told me

That it was our last kiss

I’d still be kissing you

I’d still be kissing you

♪

[Spanish]

♪

Si me hubieras dicho

Que era aquel nuestro último beso

Todavía estaría besándote

Todavía estaría besándote

Si me hubieras dicho

Que era esa nuestra despedida

Todavía estaría rogándote

Ya no me ahondarás la herida

Todavía estaría implorándote

No me amargarás la vida

Pero ahora ya lo ves

Tú te fuiste de mi lado

Hoy mi mundo está al revés

Es un mundo desdichado

Si me hubieras dicho

Que era aquel nuestro último beso

Todavía estaría besándote

Todavía estaría besándote

♪

Pero ahora ya lo ves

Tú te fuiste de mi lado

Hoy mi mundo está al revés

Es un mundo desdichado

Si me hubieras dicho

Que era aquel nuestro último beso

Todavía estaría besándote

Todavía estaría besándote

♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
beso beˈso A1	noun - kiss
besándote beˈsandote A2	verb - kissing you
despedida despeˈðiða A2	noun - farewell
rogándote roˈɣandote B1	verb - begging you
ahondarás aondoˈðaɾas B2	verb - you will deepen
herida eˈɾiða A2	noun - wound
implorándote imploˈɾandote B1	verb - imploring you
amargarás amaɾɣaˈɾas B2	verb - you will embitter
revés reˈβes B1	noun - reverse
desdichado desdiˈtʃaðo B2	adjective - unhappy
hubieras uˈβjeɾas B1	verb - had
fuiste ˈfuiste A2	verb - you went
lado ˈlaðo A1	noun - side
mundo ˈmundo A1	noun - world
dicho ˈditʃo A2	verb - said

Key Grammar Structures

• Si me hubieras dicho

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood

  ➔ The phrase uses the subjunctive mood with 'hubieras' to express a hypothetical or contrary-to-fact situation.

• Todavía estaría besándote

  ➔ Conditional Perfect

  ➔ The phrase uses the conditional perfect with 'estaría' and 'besándote' to express an action that would have been ongoing in the past under a certain condition.

• Ya no me ahondarás la herida

  ➔ Future Tense with Negative

  ➔ The phrase uses the future tense with 'ahondarás' and a negative construction to express that an action will not occur in the future.

• Es un mundo desdichado

  ➔ Present Tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present tense with 'es' to describe a current state or condition.