Recuerdos en Común – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Eden Muñoz, Alfredo Olivas

Lyrics & Translation

This song is a beautiful entry point for learning Spanish, as it uses emotive, clear vocabulary related to feelings and nostalgia. By listening, you will learn common poetic phrasing used in Mexican songwriting and the emotive nuances of Regional Mexican Spanish.

[English]

No one is to blame, it was just a disguised love

Each of us doing our own thing, it was a love just for show

Either out of fear of being alone or just being reckless

No one is to blame, since in the end, we both lost

We had the opportunity, but we were half-hearted, and along the way

Not to call it a total failure

Nice meeting you, and it's a pleasure that everything went to hell

I swear I was looking forward to this day

To tell you to your face: "Goodbye, thanks, I'm leaving"

Love blooms if two people want it

You ask to try again, but please

I swear I was looking forward to this day

To step out the door and be myself again

Getting lost to find yourself, that's the point

Starting from scratch, what a damn thrill

Don't come looking for me again, or worse yet

From here on out, we're just two strangers with common memories

With common memories, with common memories

I swear I was looking forward to this day

To tell you to your face: "Goodbye, thanks, I'm leaving"

Love blooms if two people want it

You ask to try again, but please

I swear I was looking forward to this day

To step out the door and be myself again

Getting lost to find yourself, that's the point

Starting from scratch, what a damn thrill

Don't come looking for me again, or worse yet

From here on out, we're just two strangers with common memories

With common memories, with common memories

Sounds powerful, compa Alfredo

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[Spanish]

No hay culpables, si era un amor disfrazado

De cada quien por su lado, era un amor pa la foto

Por tener miedo a estar solos o por inconscientes

No hay culpables, si al final los dos perdimos

La oportunidad tuvimos, fuimos tibios, y de paso

Pa no decir un fracaso

Mucho gusto y fue un placer que todo se haya ido al carajo

Te lo juro que esperaba este día con ganas

Decirte en la cara: "Adiós, gracias, me voy"

El amor florece si lo quieren dos

Pides intentarlo, pero, por favor

Te lo juro que esperaba este día con ganas

Salir a la calle y volver a ser yo

Perderse pa encontrarse, esa es la cuestión

Empezar de cero, qué pinche emoción

No me vuelvas a buscar, peor aún

De aquí en adelante somos dos extraños con recuerdos en común

Con recuerdos en común, con recuerdos en común

Te lo juro que esperaba este día con ganas

Decirte en la cara: "Adiós, gracias, me voy"

El amor florece si lo quieren dos

Pides intentarlo, pero, por favor

Te lo juro que esperaba este día con ganas

Salir a la calle y volver a ser yo

Perderse pa encontrarse, esa es la cuestión

Empezar de cero, qué pinche emoción

No me vuelvas a buscar, peor aún

De aquí en adelante somos dos extraños con recuerdos en común

Con recuerdos en común, con recuerdos en común

Qué macizo suena, compa Alfredo

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
culpables kul-pa-bles B1	adjective - guilty
disfrazado dis-fra-sa-do B2	adjective/verb - disguised
inconscientes in-kons-sien-tes C1	adjective - unconscious / reckless
oportunidad o-por-tu-ni-dad A2	noun - opportunity
tibios ti-bios B2	adjective - lukewarm / tepid
fracaso fra-ka-so B1	noun - failure
carajo ka-ra-ho C2	noun - hell (vulgar)
juro hu-ro B2	verb - to swear
florece flo-re-se B2	verb - to blossom / to flourish
cuestión kues-tion A2	noun - issue / matter
pinche pin-che C2	adjective - damn (slang)
emoción e-mo-sion A2	noun - emotion / excitement
extraños eks-tra-nyos A2	noun/adjective - strangers
recuerdos re-kuer-dos A2	noun - memories
macizo ma-si-so B2	adjective - great / solid (slang)