Que Se Muere Que Se Muere – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: ROSALÍA
• Album: Los Ángeles

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic and poetic world of Spanish-language experimental pop with Rosalía. This song is a perfect gateway to learning modern Spanish through its expressive vocabulary and intense emotional delivery, helping you understand how language can convey deep, transformative feelings.

[English]

It's dying, it's dying

My heart, or so they say

It's dying, it's dying

And I tell it, I tell it

To just wait

To just wait

Because I want to die

With you

[Spanish]

Que se muere, que se muere

Mi corazón y se dice

Que se muere, que se muere

Y yo le digo, le digo

Que se espere

Que se espere

Que quiero morir

Yo contigo

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
morir morir A1	verb - To die
corazón korason A1	noun - Heart
decir desir A1	verb - To say
esperar esperar A1	verb - To wait / To hope
contigo kontigo A1	pronoun - With you

Key Grammar Structures

• Que se muere, que se muere

  ➔ Impersonal 'se' / Reflexive passive

  ➔ The 'se' here acts to emphasize the process of dying as a natural, involuntary state for the heart.

• Que se dice

  ➔ Passive 'se' (Se impersonal)

  ➔ Used to express general rumors or what 'people say' (equivalent to 'it is said').

• Que yo le digo

  ➔ Indirect Object Pronoun 'le'

  ➔ 'le' replaces 'al corazón' (the heart), specifying who the action of telling is directed towards.

• Que se espere

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (Mandato/Exhortación)

  ➔ The subjunctive is used here for an indirect command or a plea to the heart.

• Que quiero morir

  ➔ Periphrasis: Verb + Infinitive

  ➔ The verb 'querer' acts as a modal, directly followed by the infinitive 'morir'.

• Yo contigo

  ➔ Preposition 'con' + Disjunctive pronoun 'ti'

  ➔ 'Contigo' is a special fused form of 'con + ti' used specifically in Spanish.