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Solo quería un café – Ricardo Arjona

Ricardo Arjona

Solo quería un café lyrics with English translation

Language
Spanish
Level
Intermediate
Released
2000
Genre
Rock, Pop
Length
3:51
  1. Solo quería un café

    I just wanted a coffee

  2. Con poca azúcar

    With a little sugar

  3. Quizá un croissant

    Maybe a croissant

  4. No iba por la tertulia

    I wasn't there for the chit-chat

  5. O el flirteo

    Or the flirting

  6. Solo quería un café

    I just wanted a coffee

  7. Quizá echarle algún vistazo

    Maybe to catch a glimpse

  8. A las malas nuevas de los diarios o sacudirme

    Of the bad news in the papers or shake off

  9. Esa pereza crónica de mis amaneceres

    That chronic laziness of my mornings

  10. Juro por mí, que solo fui por un café

    I swear on myself, I just went for a coffee

  11. Pero te vi

    But I saw you

  12. Y cambiaste mi vida, mi ritmo, mi espacio

    And you changed my life, my rhythm, my space

  13. Mi tiempo, mi historia, mis sueños y todo

    My time, my history, my dreams and everything

  14. Y me agregaste risas, dos dudas, un duende

    And you added laughter, two doubts, a sprite

  15. Un par de fantasmas y este amor que te tengo

    A couple of ghosts and this love that I have for you

  16. Y juro por mí, que solo fui por un café

    And I swear on myself, I only went for a coffee

  17. Pero te vi

    But I saw you

  18. Quién iba a imaginar

    Who would have imagined

  19. Que esa mañana

    That that morning

  20. En el café

    In the café

  21. Yo iría a coincidir

    I would go to meet

  22. Con el milagro

    With the miracle

  23. De pisar el mismo espacio

    Of stepping into the same space

  24. A la misma hora que

    At the same hour as you

  25. Y como si esto fuera poco

    And as if that weren't enough

  26. Que tus ojos

    That your eyes

  27. Se fijaran justamente en

    Would fixate right on me

  28. Y juro por mí, que solo fui por un café

    And I swear by myself, I just went for a coffee

  29. Pero te vi

    But I saw you

  30. Y cambiaste mi vida, mi ritmo, mi espacio

    And you changed my life, my rhythm, my space

  31. Mi tiempo, mi historia, mis sueños y todo

    My time, my story, my dreams and everything

  32. Y me agregaste risas, dos dudas, un duende

    And you added laughter, two doubts, a little spirit

  33. Un par de fantasmas y este amor que te tengo

    A couple of ghosts and this love that I have for you

  34. Y juro por mí, que solo fui por un café

    And I swear on myself, I only went for a coffee

  35. Pero te vi

    But I saw you

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Key vocabulary

solo
onlyA1
quería
wantedA2
café
coffeeA1
poca
fewB2
azúcar
sugarA1
quizá
maybeA1
amaneceres
dawnsB2
juro
I swearB2
meA2
fui
I wentB1

About this song

Ricardo Arjona is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter and actor in the Latin pop and Latin ballad genres. He is known for the chart-topping hits “Mujeres” and “El Problema,” and for a long-running career with numerous Billboard Latin chart entries and honors, including induction into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Solo quería un café

Solo quería un café

I just wanted a coffee

Con poca azúcar

With a little sugar

Quizá un croissant

Maybe a croissant

No iba por la tertulia

I wasn't there for the chit-chat

O el flirteo

Or the flirting

Solo quería un café

I just wanted a coffee

Quizá echarle algún vistazo

Maybe to catch a glimpse

A las malas nuevas de los diarios o sacudirme

Of the bad news in the papers or shake off

Esa pereza crónica de mis amaneceres

That chronic laziness of my mornings

Juro por mí, que solo fui por un café

I swear on myself, I just went for a coffee

Pero te vi

But I saw you

Y cambiaste mi vida, mi ritmo, mi espacio

And you changed my life, my rhythm, my space

Mi tiempo, mi historia, mis sueños y todo

My time, my history, my dreams and everything

Y me agregaste risas, dos dudas, un duende

And you added laughter, two doubts, a sprite

Un par de fantasmas y este amor que te tengo

A couple of ghosts and this love that I have for you

Y juro por mí, que solo fui por un café

And I swear on myself, I only went for a coffee

Pero te vi

But I saw you

Quién iba a imaginar

Who would have imagined

Que esa mañana

That that morning

En el café

In the café

Yo iría a coincidir

I would go to meet

Con el milagro

With the miracle

De pisar el mismo espacio

Of stepping into the same space

A la misma hora que

At the same hour as you

Y como si esto fuera poco

And as if that weren't enough

Que tus ojos

That your eyes

Se fijaran justamente en

Would fixate right on me

Y juro por mí, que solo fui por un café

And I swear by myself, I just went for a coffee

Pero te vi

But I saw you

Y cambiaste mi vida, mi ritmo, mi espacio

And you changed my life, my rhythm, my space

Mi tiempo, mi historia, mis sueños y todo

My time, my story, my dreams and everything

Y me agregaste risas, dos dudas, un duende

And you added laughter, two doubts, a little spirit

Un par de fantasmas y este amor que te tengo

A couple of ghosts and this love that I have for you

Y juro por mí, que solo fui por un café

And I swear on myself, I only went for a coffee

Pero te vi

But I saw you