Mientes – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José
• Album: Tesoros

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rich emotional landscape of Spanish through José José's timeless ballad, "Mientes." This song offers a compelling way to grasp common Spanish phrases related to love and deception, while José José's masterful vocal delivery and the deeply resonant lyrics provide an authentic and powerful listening experience, making it special for language learners and music enthusiasts alike.

[English]

You lie

Those love kisses hurt me so much

They make me hate love

Those passionate words burn me deeply

I wish you wouldn't talk to me about love

And you laugh, feeling confident

Thinking nothing's happening, that I'm like this,

And you fall asleep so peacefully

Because you don't suspect that I discovered that

You lie when you say you love me,

when you run into my arms

When you look at me straight on

and kiss me sweetly

I'm sorry, but you lie

And I turn my gaze,

so I don't have to say anything

if I'm going to love you anyway

Why say anything at all?

if I'm going to love you anyway

This damned mixture of love and hate

Makes me half happy and half unhappy

You take from me and then give me everything,

and I don't know whether to cry or laugh

You look at me with a childlike face

and I resign myself, what else can I do

And if there's something I know I curse

it's having known love, as I know that

You lie when you say you love me,

when you run into my arms

When you look at me straight on

and kiss me sweetly

I'm sorry, but you lie

And I turn my gaze,

so I don't have to say anything

if I'm going to love you anyway

Why say anything at all?

if I'm going to love you anyway

And if I have what I want

after all,

what does it matter that it's a lie

and that it's true

You lie when you say you love me,

when you run into my arms

When you look at me straight on

and kiss me sweetly

I'm sorry but you lie

And I turn my gaze,

so I don't have to say anything

if I'm going to love you anyway

if I'm going to love you anyway

You lie when you say you love me,

when you run into my arms

When you look at me straight on

and kiss me sweetly

I'm sorry but you lie

[Spanish]

"Mientes"

Esos besos de amor me hacen tanto daño

Que me hacen odiar el amor

Esas frases ardientes me queman tanto

Que ojalá no me hablaras de amor

Y te ríes y estás confiada

En que no pasa nada, que yo soy así,

Y te duermes tan plácidamente

Porque no sospechas que yo descubrí que

Mientes, cuando dices que me amas,

cuando corres a mis brazos

Cuando me miras de frente

y me besas dulcemente

Lo siento pero mientes

Y yo vuelvo la mirada,

para que decirte nada

si te voy a amar igual

¿Para que decirte nada?

si te voy a amar igual

Esta mezcla maldita de amor y odio

Me hace a medias feliz e infeliz

Tú me quitas y luego me entregas todo,

y no sé si llorar o reír

Tú me miras con cara de niña

y yo me resigno, qué más puedo hacer

Y si hay algo que sé que maldigo

es haber sabido amor, como sé que

Mientes, cuando dices que me amas,

cuando corres a mis brazos

Cuando me miras de frente

y me besas dulcemente

lo siento pero mientes

Y yo vuelvo la mirada,

para que decirte nada

si te voy a amar igual

¿Para que decirte nada?

si te voy a amar igual

Y si tengo lo que quiero

al fin y al cabo,

que me importa que es mentira

y que es verdad

Mientes, cuando dices que me amas,

cuando corres a mis brazos

Cuando me miras de frente

y me besas dulcemente

lo siento pero mientes

Y yo vuelvo la mirada,

para que decirte nada

si te voy a amar igual

si te voy a amar igual

Mientes, cuando dices que me amas,

cuando corres a mis brazos

Cuando me miras de frente

y me besas dulcemente

lo siento pero mientes

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
mientes ˈmjen.tes A1	verb - you lie
daño ˈda.ɲo A1	noun - damage, harm
odiar o.ˈðjar A2	verb - to hate
ardientes ar.ˈðjen.tes B1	adjective - burning, passionate
ojalá o.xaˈla B1	interjection - I hope that
confiada kon.fiˈða.ða A2	adjective - confident
plácidamente pla.ˈθi.ða.men.te B2	adverb - peacefully
sospechas so.speˈtʃas A2	verb - you suspect
descubrí des.ku.ˈbɾi A2	verb - I discovered
mezcla ˈmeθ.kla A2	noun - mixture
maldita mal.ˈði.ta B1	adjective - damned, cursed
resigno re.ˈsiɣ.no B1	verb - I resign myself
maldigo mal.ˈði.ɣo B1	verb - I curse
importa im.ˈpor.ta A1	verb - it matters

Key Grammar Structures

• Esos besos de amor me hacen tanto daño

  ➔ Present tense of the verb 'hacer'

  ➔ The verb 'hacer' is conjugated in the present tense to indicate a current action or state. Here, it means 'make' or 'do'.

• Que ojalá no me hablaras de amor

  ➔ Subjunctive mood with 'ojalá'

  ➔ The subjunctive mood is used after 'ojalá' to express a wish or desire. Here, it translates to 'I wish you wouldn’t speak to me of love'.

• Y te ríes y estás confiada

  ➔ Present tense of reflexive verbs

  ➔ The verbs 'ríes' and 'estás' are in the present tense and reflexive, indicating ongoing actions. 'Ríes' means 'you laugh', and 'estás' means 'you are'.

• Mientes, cuando dices que me amas

  ➔ Present tense of the verb 'mentir'

  ➔ The verb 'mentir' is conjugated in the present tense to indicate a current action. Here, it means 'you lie'.

• Para que decirte nada, si te voy a amar igual

  ➔ Conditional clause with 'si'

  ➔ The conditional clause 'si te voy a amar igual' expresses a condition. It means 'if I am going to love you the same'.