| Yo quiero besar tu boca | I thirst to taste the chalice of your lips, |
| Lo anhelo con ansias locas | My longing wild, unmoored from sense or sleep, |
| Deseo abrir tu alma y entrar en tu manantial de granas | I yearn to unseal your soul, descend into your pomegranate spring, |
| Tan suaves que son tus labios como plumas de un canario | How soft your lips—canary plume on a morning breeze— |
| Tu pelo es como la espuma que brota al rozar del aire que lo toca | Your hair, a foam that rises where the air dares fondly brush, |
| Coro | Chorus |
| Porque Dios te hizo tan bella? | Why did God shape you with such radiant grace? |
| Eres pura eres una estrella | You are pure—star kindling the secret blue, |
| Te amo demasiado | I love you beyond all reckoning— |
| (te) | (you) |
| Quiero a mi lado | I crave you close beside me— |
| (eres) | (you are) |
| Púrpura de mi alma | You, the violet that kindles my soul, |
| (eres) | (you are) |
| Agua de mi vida (2x) | Water that stirs the root of my life, water that stirs the root of my life |
| Quiero tenerte a mi lado | May I hold you by my side, |
| De ti estoy enamorado | For you, my heart is captive, |
| Azabache es tu pelo | Your hair is jet, obsidian’s midnight gleam, |
| Y sentirlo pronto es lo que yo anhelo | To feel its silk—oh, soon!—is what I ache for most, |
| Si estar contigo es posible | If fate allows me to stand by you, |
| Yo haria hasta lo inadmisible | No law, no boundary would keep me from your threshold, |
| Yo quiero que seas mia | I want you—mine, in name and night, |
| Y que lleges a ser la niña de mi vida | And that you might become the very girl my life has longed to find, |
| Coro (2x) | Chorus (twice) |
| (porque Dios te hizo tan bella?) | (why did God shape you with such radiant grace?) |
| Es que te amo demasiado | Because I love you past all measure, |
| (porque Dios te hizo tan bella?) | (why did God shape you with such radiant grace?) |
| Es que te quiero a mi lado | Because I yearn for you beside me, |
| (porque Dios te hizo tan bella?) | (why did God shape you with such radiant grace?) |
| Besar tus lindos labios quiero | I wish to taste your lovely lips, |
| (porque Dios te hizo tan bella?) | (why did God shape you with such radiant grace?) |
| Es que te amo | Because I love you, |
| (porque Dios te hizo tan bella?) | (why did God shape you with such radiant grace?) |
| Púrpura de mi alma y agua de mi vida | Violet of my soul, water of my living— |
| (porque Dios te hizo tan bella?) | (why did God shape you with such radiant grace?) |
| Tu no me niegues tu amor quiero sentirte mia | Do not deny me your love; I must feel you mine, |
| (porque Dios te hizo tan bella?) | (why did God shape you with such radiant grace?) |
| Quiero llenarte de pasión | Let me flood you with passion’s fire, |
| (porque Dios te hizo tan bella?) | (why did God shape you with such radiant grace?) |
| Eres mi estrella de amor… | You are my love’s true star… |