El Amor De Mi Vida – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Camilo Sesto

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Me duele más dejarte a ti

It hurts me more to leave you

Que dejar de vivir

Than to stop living

Me duele más tu adiós, que el peor castigo

Your goodbye hurts more than the worst punishment

Que me imponga Dios

That God could impose on me

No puedo ni te quiero olvidar

I can't forget you or even want to

Ni a nadie me pienso entregar

Nor do I intend to give myself to anyone

Sería inútil tratar de huir

It would be useless to try to run away

Porque a donde voy te llevo dentro de mí

Because everywhere I go, I carry you inside of me

El amor de mi vida has sido tú

You’ve been the love of my life

Mi mundo era ciego hasta encontrar tu luz

My world was blind until I found your light

Hice míos tus gestos, tu risa y tu voz

I made your gestures, your laughter, and your voice mine

Tus palabras, tu vida y tu corazón

Your words, your life, and your heart

El amor de mi vida has sido tú

You’ve been the love of my life

El amor de mi vida sigues siendo tú

The love of my life, you still are

Por lo que más quieras, no me arranques de ti

For the love of everything, don't tear me away from you

De rodillas te ruego, no me dejes así

On my knees I beg, don’t leave me like this

¿Por qué me das libertad para amar?

Why do you give me freedom to love?

Si yo prefiero estar preso de ti

If I prefer to be imprisoned by you

Quizá no supe encontrar la forma

Maybe I didn’t know how to find the way

De conocerte y hacerte feliz

To know you and make you happy

El amor de mi vida has sido tú

You’ve been the love of my life

Mi mundo era ciego hasta encontrar tu luz

My world was blind until I found your light

Hice míos tus gestos, tu risa y tu voz

I made your gestures, your laughter, and your voice mine

Tus palabras, tu vida y tu corazón

Your words, your life, and your heart

El amor de mi vida has sido tú

You’ve been the love of my life

El amor de mi vida sigues siendo tú

The love of my life, you still are

Por lo que más quieras, no me arranques de ti

For the love of everything, don't tear me away from you

De rodillas te ruego, no me dejes así

On my knees I beg, don’t leave me like this

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Por más que pienso no puedo entender

No matter how much I think, I can't understand

¿Por qué motivo te pude perder?

Why I could have lost you

¿Por qué de pronto me siento perdido?

Why suddenly I feel lost

En la espalda de tu olvido, tu silencio y tu desdén

In the shadow of your forgetfulness, your silence, and your disdain

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
duele /ˈdwe.le/ A2	verb - to hurt
dejar /deˈxaɾ/ A2	verb - to leave
vida /ˈbi.ða/ A1	noun - life
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
adiós /aˈðjos/ A2	noun - goodbye
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A2	noun - heart
silencio /siˈlenθjo/ B1	noun - silence
perder /peɾˈðeɾ/ B1	verb - to lose
gestos /ˈxestos/ B1	noun - gestures
libertad /liβeɾˈtað/ B2	noun - freedom
tratar /tɾaˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to try
siento /ˈsjento/ A2	verb - to feel
mundo /ˈmundo/ A1	noun - world
luz /luθ/ A1	noun - light
rogar /roˈɣaɾ/ B2	verb - to beg
inútil /iˈnutil/ B2	adjective - useless

Key Grammar Structures

• Me duele más dejarte a ti

  ➔ Comparison of adjectives using 'más' (more)

  ➔ 'más' means 'more' and is used to compare qualities, emphasized here with the verb 'duele' (hurts).

• No puedo ni te quiero olvidar

  ➔ Use of 'ni' for negation of multiple options

  ➔ 'ni' is a conjunction used to connect negative phrases or ideas, indicating that neither action is true or possible.

• Porque a donde voy te llevo dentro de mí

  ➔ Use of 'porque' to introduce a reason or cause

  ➔ 'porque' means 'because' and introduces the reason for the action, in this case, the speaker's emotional connection.

• Hice míos tus gestos, tu risa y tu voz

  ➔ Use of 'hice míos' to express making something 'mine' (possessive verb construction)

  ➔ 'hice míos' means 'I made ... mine', showing possession or emotional ownership of the gestures, laughter, and voice.

• Por lo que más quieras, no me arranques de ti

  ➔ Use of 'por lo que más quieras' as a pleading phrase ('Whatever you most want'), and 'no me arranques' as a negative command

  ➔ 'por lo que más quieras' is a phrase meaning 'as much as you most want', expressing deep desperation or plea. 'no me arranques' is a negative command meaning 'don't tear me away'.

• ¿Por qué motivo te pude perder?

  ➔ Use of '¿Por qué motivo?' to ask 'Why reason/motive?'

  ➔ '¿Por qué motivo?' means 'Why reason/motive?', asking for the reason behind the action of losing someone.