Hoy no me siento bien – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Alejandro Sanz, Grupo Frontera

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the heartfelt collaboration between Alejandro Sanz and Grupo Frontera in “Hoy No Me Siento Bien,” a song that teaches us the importance of acknowledging our emotions. Explore Spanish through its poignant lyrics and unique fusion of pop and regional Mexican music, making it a special learning experience.

[English]

If you see me crying

It doesn't mean I'm unhappy

Nor is it because of love

Sometimes you just cry for the sake of it

I've already suffered for someone

Who only ever told lies

They'd tell me: "Good morning"

And I'd have to go outside to see if it was true

I've already gotten over this

I'm not crying because of that

I don't need you anymore

And tomorrow it will pass

But today I don't feel well

I don't even want to talk to people

It's also okay to feel bad

Because no bad feeling lasts forever, and especially not you

Today I don't feel well

I don't even want to talk to people

It's also okay to feel bad

Because no bad feeling lasts forever, and especially not you

Because you never gave me anything at all, anything at all

How am I going to miss you if you never gave anything?

That hundred you gave me seemed more like a twenty

I think you gave more love to people

Who didn't love you the way I loved you

You'd throw it in my face, then you'd laugh

Oh, there's no one like me, go look around

I already wasted my time looking, girl, where there's nothing

There's no one like me, go look around

And if they see me down, it doesn't mean I'm unhappy

But today I don't feel well

I don't even want to talk to people

It's also okay to feel bad

Because no bad feeling lasts forever, and especially not you

Today I don't feel well

I don't even want to talk to people

It's also okay to feel bad

Because no bad feeling lasts forever, and especially not you

Because you never gave me anything at all, anything at all

How am I going to miss you if you never gave anything?

If you see me crying

It doesn't mean I'm unhappy

Nor is it because of love

Sometimes you just cry for the sake of it

...

[Spanish]

Si me ves llorando

No es que no sea feliz

Tampoco es por amor

A veces uno solo llora porque sí

Yo ya sufrí por alguien

Que solo decía mentiras nomás

Me decía: "Buenos días"

Y tenía que salir pa ver si era verdad

Yo ya superé esto

No estoy llorando por eso

Tú ya no me haces falta

Y mañana se me pasa

Pero hoy no me siento bien

No quiero ni hablar con la gente

Sentirse mal también está bien

Porque no hay mal que dure pa siempre y menos tú

Hoy no me siento bien

No quiero ni hablar con la gente

Sentirse mal también está bien

Porque no hay mal que dure pa siempre y menos tú

Que nunca me diste na de na, de na, de na

¿Cómo te voy a extrañar si nunca diste na?

Ese cien que tú me dabas parecía más un veinte

Yo creo que tú le dabas más amor a la gente

Que no te quería como te quería

Te echabas en cara, luego te reías

Ay, como yo no hay, busca por ahí

Ya perdí mi tiempo buscando, niña, donde no hay

Como yo no hay, busca por ahí

Y si me ven mal no es que no sea feliz

Pero hoy no me siento bien

No quiero ni hablar con la gente

Sentirse mal también está bien

Porque no hay mal que dure pa siempre y menos tú

Hoy no me siento bien

No quiero ni hablar con la gente

Sentirse mal también está bien

Porque no hay mal que dure pa siempre y menos tú

Que nunca me diste na de na, de na, de na

¿Cómo te voy a extrañar si nunca diste na?

Si me ves llorando

No es que no sea feliz

Tampoco es por amor

A veces uno solo llora porque sí

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
llorar /ʎoˈɾaɾ/ A2	verb - to cry, to shed tears
feliz /feˈliθ/ A1	adjective - happy
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
sufrir /suˈfɾiɾ/ B1	verb - to suffer, to endure
mentira /menˈtiɾa/ B1	noun - lie (false statement)
verdad /beɾˈðað/ B1	noun - truth
superar /supeˈɾaɾ/ B2	verb - to overcome, to surmount, to get over
falta /ˈfalta/ B1	noun - lack, absence idiom (part of verb phrase) - to be needed, to be missed (in 'hacer falta')
sentir /senˈtiɾ/ A2	verb - to feel, to sense
bien /bjén/ A1	adverb - well, correctly adjective - good, fine, healthy noun - good (moral or general benefit)
mal /mal/ A1	adverb - badly, poorly adjective - bad, ill, wrong noun - evil, harm, misfortune, bad thing/situation
durar /duˈɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to last, to endure, to take (time)
extrañar /eks.tɾaˈɲaɾ/ B1	verb - to miss (someone or something)
dar /daɾ/ A1	verb - to give, to provide
parecer /paɾeˈθeɾ/ A2	verb - to seem, to appear, to look like
gente /ˈxénte/ A1	noun - people
tiempo /ˈtjémpo/ A1	noun - time
reír /reˈiɾ/ A2	verb - to laugh
niña /ˈniɲa/ A1	noun - girl, child (female)

Key Grammar Structures

• No es que no sea feliz

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in negative clauses

  ➔ The phrase "no es que" followed by the subjunctive verb ("sea") indicates that the speaker is denying a reason or stating that something is not the case. It's used to express doubt, denial, or a non-fact. Here, it means "It's not that I'm not happy."

• Yo ya sufrí por alguien

  ➔ Preterite Tense (Simple Past)

  ➔ The "Preterite Tense" ("sufrí") is used to describe a completed action in the past at a specific point in time. The word "ya" (already) emphasizes that this action is finished and done with. It means "I already suffered for someone."

• Me decía: "Buenos días" Y tenía que salir pa ver si era verdad

  ➔ Imperfect Tense for habitual actions / Informal shortening

  ➔ The "Imperfect Tense" ("decía", "tenía", "era") is used to describe past actions that were habitual, ongoing, or to set a scene. It implies repetition or continuity in the past. "Pa" is an informal short form of "para" (to / in order to).

• mañana se me pasa

  ➔ Reflexive verb with Dative of Interest / Future Simple

  ➔ "Se" is a reflexive pronoun here, indicating the action affects the subject (the feeling passes itself). "Me" is an indirect object pronoun (often called dative of interest) indicating that the action happens *to me* or *for my benefit/detriment*. "Pasa" is in the simple future. It means "tomorrow it (the bad feeling) will pass for me / I'll get over it."

• Sentirse mal también está bien

  ➔ Reflexive infinitive as subject / Impersonal expressions

  ➔ "Sentirse" is a reflexive infinitive (to feel oneself) acting as the subject of the sentence, meaning "to feel bad". This construction is used impersonally to express a general truth or concept. "Está bien" means "is okay / is fine".

• Porque no hay mal que dure pa siempre

  ➔ Impersonal 'hay' / Subjunctive in relative clauses after negative antecedents

  ➔ "No hay" means "there isn't/there aren't". The relative clause "que dure pa siempre" uses the "subjunctive" verb ("dure") because the antecedent ("mal" - evil/badness) is negated and therefore uncertain or non-existent in the speaker's view. "Pa" is an informal short form of "para". It means "Because there's no bad thing that lasts forever."

• Que nunca me diste na de na, de na, de na

  ➔ Negative Adverb 'nunca' / Informal 'na' / Repetition for emphasis

  ➔ "Nunca" means "never". "Na" is an informal, colloquial short form of "nada" (nothing). The repetition "de na, de na, de na" is used for strong emphasis, meaning "absolutely nothing at all" or "not one single thing".

• ¿Cómo te voy a extrañar si nunca diste na?

  ➔ Periphrastic Future (Ir a + infinitive) / Conditional clause

  ➔ "Voy a extrañar" is the periphrastic future, equivalent to "I am going to miss". It expresses a future action or intention. "Si nunca diste na" introduces a conditional clause ("if you never gave anything"). "Na" is informal for "nada".

• Ese cien que tú me dabas parecía más un veinte

  ➔ Imperfect Tense / Comparative 'más'

  ➔ The "Imperfect Tense" ("dabas", "parecía") is used to describe an ongoing or habitual past action ("you used to give") and a past description ("it used to seem"). "Más" is used for comparison, meaning "more than" or "rather like". The phrase implies that what was presented as a "hundred" felt more like a "twenty".

• Como yo no hay

  ➔ Impersonal 'hay' with comparison / Ellipsis

  ➔ "No hay" means "there isn't/there aren't". Combined with "como yo" (like me), it literally means "there isn't like me", which implies "there's no one like me" or "no one like me exists". The full phrase would be "no hay nadie como yo," but "nadie" (no one) is often omitted in informal speech.