Un te amo – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Luis Miguel
• Album: 33

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the romantic world of Luis Miguel with 'Un te amo'. This song is a perfect gateway for learners of Spanish to explore poetic romantic vocabulary and the elegant, rhythmic phrasing of the traditional bolero style.

[English]

An "I love you," spoken by your lips

Sounds like music from heaven

To a romance of endless sleepless nights

Where a blue sky dwells

An "I love you," expressed by your lips

Is life, the doorway to glory

You don't know how you move me deep inside

When you say, "How I love you"

Hearing you say "I love you"

How much I love you

Is knowing there is a magic

That my soul has sought for so long

And in loving each other, such tenderness

Because my devotion is equal to yours

A complete madness

An "I love you"

Spoken by your lips

Is a poem that quickens

The beats of my joyful heart

When I hear in your voice

How much you love me

My soul flies to the farthest star

And it's there where the secret

I tell myself: at last, I have someone who loves me

...

When I hear in your voice

How you love me

My soul flies to the farthest star

It's there where the secret

I tell myself: at last, I have someone who loves me

Loves me

I love you

An "I love you"

...

[Spanish]

Un "te amo", dicho por los labios tuyos

Suena música del cielo

A un romance de un desvelo interminable

Donde mora un cielo azul

Un "te amo", que tus labios manifiestan

Es la vida, la antesala de la gloria

Tú no sabes, que humedeces mis adentros

Cuando dices: "Cómo te amo"

Escucharte un "te amo"

Cuánto te amo

Es saber que hay una magia

Que por tanto tiempo mi alma pretendía

Y al amarnos, qué ternura

Porque así como es mi entrega, es tu entrega

Una máxima locura

Un "te amo"

Dicho por los labios tuyos

Es poema que acelera

Los latidos de mi alegre corazón

Cuando de tu voz escucho

Cuánto me amas

Corre mi alma hasta la estrella más lejana

Y es ahí donde el secreto

Me repito por fin tengo alguien que me ama

Cuando de tu voz escucho

Cómo me amas

Corre mi alma hasta la estrella más lejana

Es ahí donde el secreto

Me repito por fin tengo alguien que me ama

Me ama

Te amo

Un "te amo"

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amo amo A1	verb - to love
labios labjos A2	noun - lips
romance romanse B1	noun - romance
desvelo desbelo C1	noun - sleeplessness
interminable interminable B2	adjective - endless
manifiestan manifiestan B2	verb - to manifest/express
gloria glorja B1	noun - glory
humedeces umedeses B2	verb - to moisten
adentros adentros B2	noun - innermost self
magia mahja A2	noun - magic
ternura ternura B1	noun - tenderness
entrega entrega B2	noun - dedication/surrender
máxima maksima A2	adjective - maximum
locura lokura A2	noun - madness
acelera aselera B1	verb - to accelerate
latidos latidos B1	noun - heartbeats
lejana lehana A1	adjective - distant

Key Grammar Structures

• Un "te amo", dicho por los labios tuyos

  ➔ Past participle as an adjective

  ➔ "Dicho" is the past participle of 'decir', modifying the noun 'te amo'.

• Donde mora un cielo azul

  ➔ Relative adverb 'donde'

  ➔ "Donde" is used here to introduce a subordinate clause describing a place.

• Tú no sabes, que humedeces mis adentros

  ➔ Second person singular present indicative

  ➔ "Humedeces" is the 'tú' form of the verb 'humedecer' in the present tense.

• Que por tanto tiempo mi alma pretendía

  ➔ Imperfect indicative

  ➔ "Pretendía" is in the imperfect tense, indicating a continuous state in the past.

• Porque así como es mi entrega, es tu entrega

  ➔ Comparative 'así como'

  ➔ "Así como" is used to establish a comparison or equivalence between two subjects.

• Es poema que acelera / Los latidos

  ➔ Relative clause with 'que'

  ➔ "Que" acts as the subject of the verb 'acelera', referring back to 'poema'.

• Me repito por fin tengo alguien que me ama

  ➔ Reflexive verb 'repetirse'

  ➔ "Me repito" indicates an action performed on oneself (I repeat to myself).

• Por fin tengo alguien que me ama

  ➔ Indefinite pronoun 'alguien'

  ➔ "Alguien" is an indefinite pronoun referring to an unspecified person.