¿Cómo Fue? – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the romantic world of Spanish music with José José's "¿Cómo Fue?". This timeless Bolero invites listeners to feel the ineffable emotion of falling in love, making it a perfect piece to connect with the passion and poetic expression embedded in the Spanish language.

[English]

How was it?

I can't tell you how it was

I can't explain what happened

But I fell in love with you

...

It was a light

That lit up my entire being

Your laughter like a spring

Watered my life with restlessness

Were it your eyes or your mouth

Were it your hands or your voice

It was probably the impatience of waiting so long

For your arrival, but I don't know

I can't tell you how it was

I can't explain what happened

But I fell in love with you

...

Were it your eyes or your mouth

Were it your hands or your voice

It was probably the impatience of waiting so long

For your arrival, but I don't know

I can't tell you how it was

I can't explain what happened

But I fell in love with you

...

[Spanish]

¿Cómo fue?

No sé decirte cómo fue

No sé explicarme qué pasó

Pero de ti me enamoré

Fue una luz

Que iluminó todo mi ser

Tu risa como un manantial

Regó mi vida de inquietud

Fueron tus ojos o tu boca

Fueron tus manos o tu voz

Fue a lo mejor la impaciencia de tanto esperar

Tu llegada mas no sé

No sé decirte cómo fue

No sé explicarme qué pasó

Pero de ti me enamoré

Fueron tus ojos o tu boca

Fueron tus manos o tu voz

Fue a lo mejor la impaciencia de tanto esperar

Tu llegada mas no sé

No sé decirte cómo fue

No sé explicarme qué pasó

Pero de ti me enamoré

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
enamorar enamoˈɾaɾ A2	verb - to fall in love with
iluminó iluminoˈ B1	verb - lit up
manantial mananˈtjal B1	noun - spring (water source)
inquietud inkjieˈtud B2	noun - restlessness
impaciencia imppaˈθjenθja B1	noun - impatience
explicar ekspliˈkaɾ A2	verb - to explain
llegada ljeˈɣaða A1	noun - arrival
risa ˈrisa A1	noun - laughter
regó reˈɣo A2	verb - watered
esperar espeˈɾaɾ A1	verb - to wait
luz luθ A1	noun - light
ser seɾ A1	verb - to be
vida ˈbiða A1	noun - life
boca ˈboka A1	noun - mouth
ojos ˈoxos A1	noun - eyes

Key Grammar Structures

• ¿Cómo fue?

  ➔ Interrogative sentence with inversion

  ➔ The verb 'fue' is placed before the subject 'cómo', which is typical in Spanish interrogative sentences for emphasis.

• No sé decirte cómo fue

  ➔ Negation with 'no' and infinitive

  ➔ The phrase uses 'no sé' (I don't know) followed by an infinitive verb 'decirte' to express inability or lack of knowledge.

• Pero de ti me enamoré

  ➔ Pronoun placement in reflexive verbs

  ➔ The pronoun 'me' is placed before the verb 'enamoré' in this reflexive construction, which is standard in Spanish.

• Fue una luz

  ➔ Indefinite article with singular noun

  ➔ The indefinite article 'una' is used with the singular noun 'luz' to indicate a non-specific light.

• Tu risa como un manantial

  ➔ Comparison using 'como'

  ➔ The word 'como' is used to compare 'tu risa' (your laughter) to 'un manantial' (a spring), indicating similarity.