Dícelo Lyrics in English by Jay Wheeler, Zhamira Zambrano
Díselo is a powerful command that means 'Tell it to him/her'. It's a fantastic example of how Spanish can attach pronouns directly to verbs, packing a whole sentence's worth of meaning into a single word.
It's formed from di (the command 'tell'), se ('to him/her'), and lo ('it'). In this emotional song, the singer is pleading with a friend to pass a message to an ex because they don't dare to do it themselves, making Díselo the central, desperate plea of the chorus.
This song is a duet between Puerto Rican artist Jay Wheeler and Zhamira Zambrano, who are actually married in real life! It's about a couple who have broken up but are both completely miserable without each other. The whole song is built around a huge, sad miscommunication: they both feel the exact same way but are too afraid to tell each other directly.
Instead, they each ask a friend to pass on a message. He sings that he still saves her spot in the house and sleeps on his side of the bed, admitting, "No quisiera extrañarla / Pero es que me duele el cora" (I wouldn't want to miss her / But my heart hurts). She sings about how boring things are now, wondering how the TV show they started together ended. She feels the same way he does: "No quisiera extrañarlo / Pero es que me duele el cora" (I wouldn't want to miss him / But my heart hurts). They both want the friend to say the same thing: that the door is still open, they can't be happy alone, and the other person is still their everything. The whole time, they're just begging this friend, "Díselo, díselo, díselo" (Tell her, tell her, tell her).
