Jueves Lyrics in English La Oreja de Van Gogh

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Jueves by La Oreja de Van Gogh from Spanish to English.

If I were prettier and a little smarter

If I were special, if I were from a magazine

I'd have the nerve to cross the car

And ask you who you are

You sit in front and you don't even imagine

That I'm wearing my prettiest skirt for you

And on seeing you throw a yawn at the glass

My pupils flood

Suddenly you look at me, I look at you and you sigh

I close my eyes, you look away

I hardly breathe, I shrink

And I start to tremble

And so the days go by from Monday to Friday

Like the swallows from Bécquer's poem

From station to station

Facing each other, you and I, silence comes and goes

Suddenly you look at me, I look at you and you sigh

I close my eyes, you look away

I hardly breathe, I shrink

And I start to tremble

And then it happens, my lips awaken

They utter your name stammering

I guess that you think that I'm such a silly girl

And I want to die

But time stops

And you come closer saying

I still don't know you and I already missed you

Each morning I turn down the express and choose this train

And now we're arriving, my life's changed

A special day, this eleventh of March

You take my hand

We enter a tunnel

That turns off the light

I find your face

Thanks to my hands

I grow brave and I kiss you on the lips

You say that you love me

And I give you

The last breath of my heart

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Pablo Benegas Urabayen, Alvaro Fuentes Ibarz, Haritz Garde Fernandez, Xabier San Martin Beldarrain

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SONG MEANING

Imagine sharing the same train carriage with your secret crush every single day. In Jueves (Thursday), La Oreja de Van Gogh paints the tender picture of a shy young woman who silently adores the boy who always sits across from her on the morning commute. She wonders if being “prettier, smarter, special” would give her the courage to cross the aisle, yet days slip by in a quiet ballet of glances, skipped breaths and trembling hands. The lyrics capture that universal mix of hope and nerves we feel when love grows in secret, turning an ordinary ride between stations into a private, heart-racing adventure.

Everything changes on 11 March – a real date forever linked with the 2004 Madrid train attacks. The narrator finally breaks the silence, stammering his name just as destiny deals its tragic hand. In the darkness of a tunnel the two strangers confess their feelings, share their first kiss and, in the next heartbeat, offer each other “the last breath of my heart.” The song is at once a sweet ode to seizing the moment and a poignant reminder of life’s fragility; it celebrates the bravery of speaking up, the magic of unexpected love and the heartbreak of how quickly everything can fade.

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La Oreja de Van Gogh Jueves Lyrics