El Perdón English translation and Spanish Lyrics
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El Perdón English translation & lyrics
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For our latest song, Enrique Iglesias is back with another smash summer hit in Spanish. We’ve been hearing this song all summer long all over the US and Europe. His singing partner this time is Nicky Jam who has a puerto rican background.
What you’ll hear
Imperfect Progressive in Spanish
Ex: Estaba buscando = I was looking
In Spanish, imperfect progressive is made up of the imperfect form of the verb estar and the gerund. It is most often used to indicate an action that was in progress in the past that was interrupted by another event. In this song, it doesn’t exactly have an interrupting event, but it is somewhat implied.
So for example:
Imperf (Estar)
estaba
estabas
estaba
estábamos
estabais
estaban
Gerundio
buscando
gritando
comiendo
viviendo
escribiendo
diciendo
Gerundio
Estaba buscando por la calle = I was looking in the street
Estabas gritando a tu jefe = You were screaming at your boss
Estaba comiendo la cena = He was eating dinner
Estábamos viviendo en España = We were living in Spain
Estabais escribiendo una nota = You all were writing a note
Estaban diciendo algo = They were saying something
Subscribers: For more imperfect progressive try Lesson 27 of our A2 Spanish course
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El Perdón English Translation & Lyrics
by Enrique Iglesias and Nicky Jam
Spanish & English
Dime si es verdad
Me dijeron que te estas casando
Tú no sabes lo que estoy sufriendo
Esto te lo tengo que decir
Cuéntame
Tu despedida para mi fue dura
Será que te llevo a la luna
Y yo no supe hacerlo así
Te estaba buscando
Por las calles gritando
Esto me está matando … oh no
Te estaba buscando
Por las calles gritando
Como un loco tomando …
Es que yo sin ti
Y tú sin mi
Dime quién puede ser feliz
Esto no me gusta
Esto no me gusta
Es que yo sin ti
Y tú sin mi
Dime quién puede ser feliz
Eso no me gusta
Eso no me gusta
Y yo sin ti
No aguanto más
Por eso vengo a decirte lo que siento
Estoy sufriendo en la soledad
Y aunque tu padre no aprobó esta relación
Yo sigo insistiendo a pedir perdón
Lo único que importa está en tu corazón
Te estaba buscando
Por las calles gritando
Esto me está matando … oh no
Te estaba buscando
Por las calles gritando
Como un loco tomando …
Es que yo sin ti
Y tú sin mi
Dime quién puede ser feliz
Esto no me gusta
Esto no me gusta
Es que yo sin ti
Y tú sin mi
Dime quién puede ser feliz
Eso no me gusta
Eso no me gusta
Yo te juré a ti eterno amor
Y ahora otro te da calor
Cuando en las noches tienes frio ooh oh…
Yo sé que él te parece mejor
Pero yo estoy en tu corazón
Y por eso pido perdón
Es que yo sin ti
Y tu sin mi
Dime quién puede ser feliz
Esto no me gusta
Esto no me gusta
Es que yo sin ti
Y tu sin mi
Dime quién puede ser feliz
Eso no me gusta
(Tú sin mí)
Dicen que uno no sabe lo que tiene
Hasta que lo pierde
(Yo sin ti)
Pero… vale la pena luchar por lo que uno quiere
(No puedo vivir así)
Y hacer el intento
(No quiero vivir así)
N-I-C-K
Nicky Jam
Enrique Iglesias
(no quiero que me dejes por favor)
Haciendo historia
Saga White Black
(Y te pido perdón)
Tell me if it’s true
They told me that you’re marrying
You do not know how I’m suffering
This I have to tell you
Tell me
Your goodbye was hard for me
Will he end up taking you to the moon
And I didn’t know how to do it like that
I was looking for you
Through the streets shouting
This is killing me … oh no
I was looking for you
Through the streets shouting
Like a drinking madman …
It’s just that me without you
And you without me
Tell me who can be happy
This I do not like
This I do not like
It’s just that me without you
And you without me
Tell me who can be happy
That I do not like
That I do not like
And me without you
I can not take anymore
That is why I come to tell you what I feel
I am suffering in solitude
And even if your father did not approve this relationship
I still insist to ask forgiveness
The only thing that matters is in your heart
I was looking for you
Through the streets shouting
This is killing me … oh no
I was looking for you
Through the streets shouting
Like a drinking madman …
It’s just that me without you
And you without me
Tell me who can be happy
This I do not like
This I do not like
It’s just that me without you
And you without me
Tell me who can be happy
That I do not like
That I do not like
I swore to you eternal love
And now another gives you warmth
When in the night you are cold ooh oh …
I know for you he seems better
But I am in your heart
And for that I ask for forgiveness
It’s just that me without you
And you without me
Tell me who can be happy
This I do not like
This I do not like
It’s just that me without you
And you without me
Tell me who can be happy
That I do not like
(You without me)
They say one doesn’t know what they have
Until they lose it
(Me without you)
But … it’s worth fighting for what one wants
(I can’t live like this)
And to make an effort
(I don’t want to live like this)
N-I-C-K
Nicky Jam
Enrique Iglesias
(I don’t want you to leave me, please)
Making history
Saga White Black
(I’m asking you for forgiveness)
Love elperdon….. Tank you very much
Sound so beautiful