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Verse 1

She is alone

And I'm alone

'Andar' usually means 'to walk' but can many times be a synonym of the verb to be

She says that she knows who I am

But I don't know her

Conocer, infinitive form of conozco, is usually translated as 'to know someone', while saber is 'to know something'

Today she got pretty

So that I see her

And she tells me that if I remember her

We do whatever I want

Prechorus 1

Come closer, come closer a little more

Because from this far we don't achieve anything

If you come closer, you can help me remember you

Come closer, come closer a little more

Because from this far we don't achieve anything

If you come closer, you can help me remember you

Chorus 1

What a pity

Your name no but your face looks familiar

Let's get out of this dilemma already

That I don't remember it doesn't remove the good

Or: That I don't remember it doesn't make you less attractive. Lit: It doesn't take away the good [that you are]; 'good' meaning 'hot/attractive'.

What a pity

Your name no but your face looks familiar

Let's get out of this dilemma already

Of all the hotties you are the most fine

'Chimbitas' is a slightly vulgar Colombian slang for hot girls. 'La más buena' translates directly to 'the most fine'', meaning 'the most attractive'.

Verse 2

Excuse that I don't remember you

But your friend already told me everything and I have the green

Or: But your friend already told me everything and I got the green light

I don't fall in love because the one who falls in love loses

So you came here just to see me

She wants me and it shows from afar

Turn up the bass so that I can hurry

'Meter' is a verb that in this case means 'to hurry', 'to speed it up'

With a blah-blah-blah so that I remember

For me all the days are Fridays

She wants me and it shows from afar

She has desire for me - and - from far - it is seen

Turn up the bass so that I can hurry

Turn up - the bass - for - to be able - to hurry

With a blah-blah-blah so that I remember

For me all the days are Fridays

Chorus 2

What a pity

Your name no but your face looks familiar

Let's get out of this dilemma already

Of all the hotties you are the most fine

'Chimbitas' is a slightly vulgar Colombian slang for hot girls. 'La más buena' translates directly to 'the most fine'', meaning 'the most attractive'.

What a pity

Your name no but your face looks familiar

Let's get out of this dilemma already

That I don't remember it doesn't remove the good

Lit: That I don't remember it doesn't take away the good [that you are]; 'good' meaning 'hot/attractive'.

Verse 3

Something I drank that night that damaged my mind

Tomar can be to take or to drink

I went crazy, unconscious

It doesn't mean that because I don't remember you

It doesn't gladden me to see you again

I'm curious and you know that

Today I'm ready to do bad things

Your name well I don't remember

But tonight I'll learn it

Prechorus 2

Come closer, come closer a little more

Because from this far we don't achieve anything

If you come closer, you can help me remember you

Come closer, come closer a little more

Because from this far we don't achieve anything

If you come closer, you can help me remember you

Chorus 3

What a pity

Your name no but your face looks familiar

Let's get out of this dilemma already

That I don't remember it doesn't remove the good

Recuerde is the first person subjunctive conjugation for recordar (to remember)

What a pity

Your name no but your face looks familiar

Let's get out of this dilemma already

Of all the hotties you are the most fine

'Chimbitas' is a slightly vulgar Colombian slang for hot girls. 'La más buena' translates directly to 'the most fine'', meaning 'the most attractive'.

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Juan Luis Londono Arias, Alejandro Ramirez, Jose Alvaro Osorio Balvin

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SONG MEANING

“Qué Pena” is a playful reggaeton duet where Maluma and J Balvin bump into an attractive woman at a party and suffer a classic nightlife dilemma: her face looks familiar, but her name is a mystery. The singers confess, with a bit of embarrassment, that they cannot place her in their memory—yet that does not stop the flirtation. Instead, they invite her to come closer, turn up the music, and create fresh memories right on the dance floor.

Throughout the song, the phrase qué pena (what a shame) captures both the awkwardness of forgetting someone and the light-hearted attitude that reigns in Colombian party culture. The lyrics celebrate living in the moment, letting go of worries, and focusing on the chemistry that sparks in the here-and-now. In other words, names might fade, but the beat, the attraction, and the fun are impossible to forget.

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