En Aquel Café – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Los Acosta

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the soulful melodies of Los Acosta to master Spanish emotional expressions. This song is perfect for learning how to describe nostalgia, past experiences, and romantic sentiments through poetic and heartfelt vocabulary.

[English]

Here in my notebook

I keep your name

And a withered flower

That died of thirst

Today the springs feel like winter

Without your love

Here in my notebook

I have the poems

That I never finish

Ever reading

And in an old book

I have the date of your goodbye

It was in that café

Where she shouted at me

That we were over

Go, please

Don't come back anymore

It was in that café

Where I was left

Full of pain

My heart stopped beating

...

Here in my pocket

I keep that cassette

That you gave me

Full of emotion

And you dedicated to me

Always with affection, a song

It was in that café

Where she shouted at me

That we were over

Go, please

Don't come back anymore

It was in that café

Where I was left

Full of pain

My heart stopped beating

...

[Spanish]

Aquí en mi libreta

Guardo yo tu nombre

Y una flor marchita

Que murió de sed

Hoy las primaveras parecen invierno

Sin tu amor

Aquí en mi libreta

Tengo los poemas

Que nunca termino

Jamás de leer

Y en un viejo libro

Tengo yo la fecha de tu adiós

Fue en aquel café

Donde me grito

Lo nuestro acabo

Vete por favor

No vuelvas mas

Fue en aquel café

Donde yo quede

Lleno de dolor

Dejo de latir mi corazón

Aquí en mi bolsillo

Guardo aquel casette

Que me regalaste

Llena de emoción

Y me dedicaste

Siempre con cariño una canción

Fue en aquel café

Donde me grito

Lo nuestro acabo

Vete por favor

No vuelvas mas

Fue en aquel café

Donde yo quede

Lleno de dolor

Dejo de latir mi corazón

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
libreta liˈβɾeta A2	noun - notebook
marchita maɾˈtʃita B2	adjective - withered
primaveras pɾimaˈβeɾas A1	noun - springs
invierno imˈbjeɾno A1	noun - winter
poemas poˈe-mas A2	noun - poems
adiós aˈðjos A1	noun - goodbye / farewell
dolor doˈloɾ A2	noun - pain
latir laˈtiɾ B2	verb - to beat
corazón koɾaˈθon A1	noun - heart
bolsillo bolˈsiʎo A2	noun - pocket
regalaste reɣaˈlaste A2	verb - you gave as a gift
emoción emoˈθjon A2	noun - emotion
dedicaste dediˈkaste B1	verb - you dedicated
cariño kaˈɾiɲo A2	noun - affection / fondness
canción kanˈθjon A1	noun - song

Key Grammar Structures

• Que murió de sed

  ➔ Relative clause with 'que'

  ➔ The pronoun "que" acts as the subject of the verb "murió", connecting the noun "flor" to the action.

• Hoy las primaveras parecen invierno

  ➔ Verb 'parecer' (to seem/look like)

  ➔ Used here to express a perception or state of being, where "primaveras" is linked to the condition of "invierno".

• Que nunca termino jamás de leer

  ➔ Double negation ('nunca' + 'jamás')

  ➔ Spanish uses double negation for emphasis; "nunca" and "jamás" work together to reinforce the idea that the reading is never finished.

• Fue en aquel café donde me gritó

  ➔ Preterite tense ('fue', 'gritó')

  ➔ The preterite is used to describe completed actions that occurred at a specific moment in the past.

• Lo nuestro acabó

  ➔ Substantivized adjective ('lo nuestro')

  ➔ The neuter article "lo" + possessive adjective creates a noun phrase referring to "our relationship".

• Vete por favor

  ➔ Imperative mood (tú form)

  ➔ "Vete" is the affirmative imperative of "irse", used to give a direct command.

• Que me regalaste

  ➔ Relative clause with direct object pronoun 'me'

  ➔ The pronoun "me" indicates the person receiving the action (regalaste), functioning as the direct object.

• Dejó de latir mi corazón

  ➔ Periphrastic construction 'dejar de' + infinitive

  ➔ This construction indicates the cessation of an action, meaning "to stop doing something".