Es Que Te Quiero – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the heart of Latin music with José José's classic, "Es Que Te Quiero." This beautiful Spanish ballad is a masterclass in expressing profound love, making it a wonderful piece for anyone looking to connect with the emotional depth and richness of the Spanish language through music.

[English]

Sad loneliness on the street corners

A traveler of sorrow, came into my life

People didn't believe in our great love

A love capable of turning night into day

I forged a nest within my being with your affection

For you, I planted the cross of forgotten things

I buried my anxieties, I left the world behind

And me, who loves you so much, you don't believe me

It's, it's that I love you

Come, I know nothing of pleas

I know that the abysses of my pride

Are already blind

It's, it's that I love you

Come, enter my wound

It's just that from loving you so much and so much

I spent my life

It's, it's that I love you

Come, I know nothing of pleas

I know that the abysses of my pride

Are already blind

It's, it's that I love you

Come, enter my wound

It's just that from loving you so much and so much

I spent my life

...

[Spanish]

La tristre soledad por las esquinas

Viajera del dolor, llegó a mi vida

La gente no creyó en nuestro gran amor

Capaz de transformar la noche en día

Forjé un nido en mi ser con tu cariño

Por ti planté la cruz de los olvidos

Mis ansias enterré, el mundo atrás dejé

Y a mí, que tanto te amo, no me crees

Es, es que te quiero

Ven, no sé de ruegos

Sé que los abismos de mi orgullo

Ya están ciegos

Es, es que te quiero

Ven, entra en mi herida

Es que de quererte tanto y tanto

Gasté la vida

Es, es que te quiero

Ven, no sé de ruegos

Sé que los abismos de mi orgullo

Ya están ciegos

Es, es que te quiero

Ven, entra en mi herida

Es que de quererte tanto y tanto

Gasté la vida

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
triste ˈtɾiste A1	adjective - sad
soledad so.leˈðað A2	noun - loneliness
esquinas esˈki.nas A2	noun - corners
Viajera bi.aˈxe.ɾa A2	noun - traveler
dolor doˈloɾ A1	noun - pain
creyó kɾeˈʝo A2	verb - believed
amor aˈmoɾ A1	noun - love
transformar tɾans.forˈmaɾ B1	verb - to transform
Forjé foɾˈxe B2	verb - I forged
cariño kaˈriɲo A2	noun - affection
olvidos olˈvi.ðos A2	noun - forgets
ansias ˈan.sjas B1	noun - anxieties
querer keˈɾeɾ A2	verb - to love/to want
abismos aˈβis.mos B1	noun - abysses
orgullo orˈɣu.ʎo A2	noun - pride
ciegos ˈθje.ɣos A2	adjective - blind
herida eˈri.ða A2	noun - wound
Gasté ɣasˈte A2	verb - I spent
vida ˈbi.ða A1	noun - life

Key Grammar Structures

• La tristre soledad por las esquinas

  ➔ Feminine singular adjective agreement

  ➔ The adjective 'tristre' (sad) agrees in gender and number with the noun 'soledad' (fem. sing.).

• Viajera del dolor, llegó a mi vida

  ➔ Feminine singular noun with article

  ➔ The noun 'viajera' (traveler) is feminine singular and uses the article 'la' (the).

• Capaz de transformar la noche en día

  ➔ Infinitive after 'de'

  ➔ The infinitive 'transformar' follows the preposition 'de' to express ability.

• Por ti planté la cruz de los olvidos

  ➔ Preterite tense

  ➔ The verb 'planté' is in the preterite tense, indicating a completed action in the past.

• Es, es que te quiero

  ➔ Present tense of 'querer'

  ➔ The verb 'quiero' is the first-person singular present tense of 'querer' (to love).

• Sé que los abismos de mi orgullo

  ➔ Relative pronoun 'que'

  ➔ The relative pronoun 'que' introduces a relative clause that describes 'abismos'.

• Gasté la vida

  ➔ Preterite tense of 'gastar'

  ➔ The verb 'gasté' is the preterite tense of 'gastar' (to spend), indicating a completed action.