Por Debajo De La Mesa Luis Miguel Translation Meaning and Lyrics

Song Meaning

'Por Debajo De La Mesa' means 'Under The Table' in English. It is a name of a song by 'Luis Miguel' human translated here by a native speaker.

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Original Lyrics: Por debajo de la mesa, acarició tu rodilla

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Preposition	Preposition	Determiner	Noun		Verb	Adjective	Noun
debajo	de	la	mesa		acarició	tuyo	rodilla
below, under	of, from (indicating cause)	the	table		to caress	yours, your	knee (joint or region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank)
					3rd Person Singular Indicative Preterite of the verb acariciar
Below	of	the	table	,	he caressed	yours	knee

Aligned Translation: For under of the table, he caressed your knee

Free Translation: Underneath the table, I caressed your knee

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Original Lyrics: Y bebo sorbo a sorbo tu mirada angelical

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y	bebo	sorbo	a	sorbo	tuyo	mirada	angelical
and	to drink	sip	to	sip	yours, your	look, glance	angelic (belonging to, proceeding from, or resembling an angel)
	1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb beber
And	I drink	sip	to	sip	your		angelic look

Aligned Translation: And I drink your angelic look sip by sip

Free Translation: And I drink your glance sip by sip

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Original Lyrics: Y respiro de tu boca, esa flor de maravilla

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Conjunction	Noun	Preposition	Adjective	Noun		Pronoun	Noun	Preposition	Noun
y	respiro	de	tuyo	boca		esa	flor	de	maravilla
and	breath	of, from (indicating cause)	yours, your	anatomy mouth, oral cavity		Alternative spelling of ésa	flower (structure in angiosperms)	of, from (indicating cause)	wonder, marvel

And	breath	of	your	mouth	,	that	flower	of	wonder

Aligned Translation: And drink of your mouth, that flower of wonder

Free Translation: And I breathe from your mouth, that flower of wonder

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Original Lyrics: Las alondras del deseo cantan, vuelan, vienen, van

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Determiner	Noun	Preposition	Determiner	Noun	Verb		Verb		Verb		Verb
las	alondra	de	el	deseo	cantan		vuelan		vienen		van
the	lark (bird)	of, from (indicating cause)	Masculine singular definite article; the.	desire	transitive:intransitive to sing		intransitive to fly, to fly away		to come		intransitive to go
					3rd Person Plural Indicative Present of the verb cantar		3rd Person Plural Indicative Present of the verb volar		3rd Person Plural Indicative Present of the verb venir		3rd Person Plural Indicative Present of the verb ir
The	lark	of	the	desire	sing	,	fly	,	come	,	go

Aligned Translation: The larks of the desire sing, fly, come, go

Free Translation: The larks of desire sing, fly, come, go

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Original Lyrics: Y me muero por llevarte al rincón de mi guarida

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Conjunction	Pronoun	Verb	Preposition	Verb	Pronoun	Preposition	Determiner	Noun	Preposition	Adjective	Noun
y	yo	muero	por	llevar	tú	a	el	rincón	de	mío	guarida
and	(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	to die	due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive)	transitive to take, to carry, to take away, to carry away, to carry around, to bring, to bear, to lug (implies to move something further from who speaks)	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).	to	Masculine singular definite article; the.	corner (inside), angle	of, from (indicating cause)	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	a lair, cave, den, or thicket that an animal uses to hide
		1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb morir		Infinitive
And	I	die	for	carrying	you	to	the	corner	of	my	lair

Aligned Translation: And I die for taking you to the corner of my hideout

Free Translation: And I'm dying to take you to the corner of my hideout

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Original Lyrics: En donde escondo un beso con matiz de una ilusión

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donde	escondo	un	beso	con	matiz	de	un	ilusión
in indirect questions where, in what place	transitive to hide	a	kiss	with	hue	of (expressing composition, substance)	a	illusion
	1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb esconder
Where	I hide	a	kiss	with	hue	of	an	illusion

Aligned Translation: In where I hide a kiss with hint of an illusion

Free Translation: Where I hide a kiss with a hint of an illusion

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Original Lyrics: Se nos va acabando el trago, sin saber qué es lo que hago

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Pronoun	Pronoun	Verb	Verb	Noun		Preposition	Verb	Adjective	Verb	Adjective	Verb
se	nosotros	va	acabando	trago		sin	saber	qué	es	qué	hago
Third person (also used for usted and ustedes) reflexive direct or indirect object, oneself, himself, herself, itself, yourself; each other; one another	we (masculine plural)	auxiliary (with a followed by the infinitive) to be going to (near future), to go	auxiliary:_ with a verb in the gerund to end up (to eventually do)	(alcoholic) drink		without	to know (a fact)	what; which	to be (essentially or identified as).	what; which	to do
		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ir	Simple Gerund of the verb acabar				Infinitive		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser		1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb hacer
	We		are running out	drink	,	without	knowing	what	it is	what	I am doing

Aligned Translation: It is going to end the drink, without knowing what is it that I do

Free Translation: We're running out of drink, not knowing what I'm doing

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Original Lyrics: Si contengo mis instintos o jamás te dejo ir

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Conjunction	Verb	Adjective	Noun	Conjunction	Adverb	Pronoun	Verb	Verb
si	contengo	mi	instinto	o	jamás	tú	dejo	ir
if	to hold	before the noun Apocopic form of mío, my	instinct	or	never	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).	transitive to let, allow	intransitive to go
	1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb contener						1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb dejar	Infinitive
If	I hold	my	instincts	or	never		let you	go

Aligned Translation: If I contain my instincts or I never let you go

Free Translation: If I hold back my instincts or never let you go

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Original Lyrics: Y es que no sabes lo que tú me haces sentir

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Conjunction	Verb	Conjunction	Adverb	Verb	Adjective	Pronoun	Pronoun	Verb	Verb
y	es	que	no	sabes	qué	tú	mí	haces	sentir
and	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	not	to know (a fact)	what; which	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).	me; (declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition)	to make (eg. someone do something or feel a certain way.)	transitive to feel
	3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser			2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb saber				2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb hacer	Infinitive
And	it is	that		you do not know	what	you		make me	feel

Aligned Translation: And it's that you don't know what you make me feel

Free Translation: And you don't know how you make me feel

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Original Lyrics: Si tú pudieras un minuto estar en mí

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Conjunction	Pronoun	Verb	Determiner	Noun	Verb	Preposition	Pronoun
si	tú	pudieras	un	minuto	estar	en	mí
if	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).	to be able, can	a	minute (60 seconds)	to be (have a (transient) location in space). Compare ser, quedar.	in, at, on	me; (declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition)
		2nd Person Singular Subjunctive Imperfect Ra of the verb poder			Infinitive
If	you	could	a	minute	being	in	me

Aligned Translation: If you could be a minute inside me

Free Translation: If you could be inside me for a minute

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Original Lyrics: Tal vez, te fundirías a esta hoguera de mi sangre

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Adverb		Pronoun	Verb	Preposition	Adjective	Noun	Preposition	Adjective	Noun
tal vez		tú	fundirías	a	este	hoguera	de	mío	sangre
maybe, perhaps		(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).	to fade, to merge, to fuse	to	this	campfire	of, from (indicating cause)	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	blood
			2nd Person Singular Indicative Conditional of the verb fundir
Maybe	,	you	will merge	to	this	campfire	of	my	blood

Aligned Translation: Maybe, you would melt off to this bonfire of my blood

Free Translation: Perhaps, you would melt to this bonfire of my blood

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Original Lyrics: Y vivirías aquí, y yo abrazado a ti

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Conjunction	Verb	Adverb		Conjunction	Pronoun	Verb	Pronoun
y	vivirías	aquí		y	yo	abrazado	ti
and	intransitive to live; to be alive	here		and	(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	transitive to hug, to embrace (a person, an animal)	you, thee (declined form of tú used as the object of a preposition)
	2nd Person Singular Indicative Conditional of the verb vivir					Pastparticiple Singular Masculine of the verb abrazar
And	you will live	here	,	and	I	hugging	you

Aligned Translation: And you would live here, and I hugged to you

Free Translation: And you'd be living here, and I'd be holding you in my arms

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Original Lyrics: Y es que no sabes lo que tú me haces sentir

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Conjunction	Verb	Conjunction	Adverb	Verb	Adjective	Pronoun	Pronoun	Verb	Verb
y	es	que	no	sabes	qué	tú	mí	haces	sentir
and	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	not	to know (a fact)	what; which	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).	me; (declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition)	to make (eg. someone do something or feel a certain way.)	transitive to feel
	3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser			2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb saber				2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb hacer	Infinitive
And	it is	that		you do not know	what	you		make me	feel

Aligned Translation: And it's that you don't know what you make me feel

Free Translation: And you don't know how you make me feel

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Original Lyrics: Que no hay momento que yo pueda estar sin ti

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Conjunction	Adverb	Verb	Noun	Conjunction	Pronoun	Verb	Verb	Preposition	Pronoun
que	no	haber	momento	que	yo	pueda	estar	sin	ti
that	not	impersonal:in third person singular only to exist; “there is”, “there are” (hay); “there was”, “there were” (había)	time moment, instant	that	(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	to be able, can	to be (have a (transient) location in space). Compare ser, quedar.	without	you, thee (declined form of tú used as the object of a preposition)
		Infinitive				1st Person Singular Subjunctive Present of the verb poder	Infinitive
That		there is not	moment	that	I	can	be	without	you

Aligned Translation: That there's no moment that I can be without you

Free Translation: That there's no time that I can be without you

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Original Lyrics: Me absorbes el espacio, despacio me haces tuyo

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Pronoun	Verb	Determiner	Noun		Adverb	Pronoun	Verb	Adjective
mí	absorbes	el	espacio		despacio	mí	haces	tuyo
me; (declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition)	to absorb	Masculine singular definite article; the.	space (distance between things)		slowly	me; (declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition)	to make (eg. someone do something or feel a certain way.)	yours, your
	2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb absorber						2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb hacer
	You absorb me	the	space	,	slowly		make me	yours

Aligned Translation: You absorb the space from me, you slowly make me yours

Free Translation: You absorb my space, slowly you make me yours

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Original Lyrics: Muere el orgullo en mí

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Verb	Determiner	Noun	Preposition	Pronoun
muere	el	orgullo	en	mí
to die	Masculine singular definite article; the.	pride (state of being proud)	in, at, on	me; (declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition)
3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb morir
It dies	the	pride	in	me

Aligned Translation: The pride dies in me

Free Translation: The pride inside me dies

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Original Lyrics: Y es que no puedo estar, sin ti

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y	es	que	no	puedo	estar		sin	ti
and	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	not	to be able, can	to be (have a (transient) location in space). Compare ser, quedar.		without	you, thee (declined form of tú used as the object of a preposition)
	3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser			1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb poder	Infinitive
And	it is	that		I can not	be	,	without	you

Aligned Translation: And it's that I can't be, without you

Free Translation: The thing is that I can't be without you

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Original Lyrics: Me absorbes el espacio, despacio me haces tuyo

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mí	absorbes	el	espacio		despacio	mí	haces	tuyo
me; (declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition)	to absorb	Masculine singular definite article; the.	space (distance between things)		slowly	me; (declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition)	to make (eg. someone do something or feel a certain way.)	yours, your
	2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb absorber						2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb hacer
	You absorb me	the	space	,	slowly		make me	yours

Aligned Translation: You absorb the space from me, you slowly make me yours

Free Translation: You absorb my space, slowly you make me yours

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Original Lyrics: Muere el orgullo en mí

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Verb	Determiner	Noun	Preposition	Pronoun
muere	el	orgullo	en	mí
to die	Masculine singular definite article; the.	pride (state of being proud)	in, at, on	me; (declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition)
3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb morir
It dies	the	pride	in	me

Aligned Translation: The pride dies in me

Free Translation: The pride inside me dies

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Original Lyrics: Y es que no puedo estar

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y	es	que	no	puedo
and	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	not	to be able, can
	3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser			1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb poder
And	it is	that		can not	be

Aligned Translation: And it's that I can't be

Free Translation: The thing is that I can't be

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Original Lyrics: Sin ti

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Aligned Translation: Without you

Free Translation: Without you

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Review

"Por Debajo de la Mesa," performed by Luis Miguel, is a romantic bolero that delves into the nuances of unspoken attraction and the subtle gestures that convey deep affection. Written by the renowned Mexican composer Armando Manzanero, the song was released in 1997 as part of Luis Miguel's album Romances, which pays homage to classic Latin American love songs.

Summary and Interpretation of the Lyrics

The lyrics narrate the intimate emotions of an individual who, while sitting across from their beloved, engages in discreet gestures beneath the table—such as caressing the knee—to express affection. These subtle actions are accompanied by intense gazes and unspoken words, creating a charged atmosphere of desire and longing. The protagonist is enamored, captivated by the mere presence of the loved one, and yearns for a deeper connection. The song eloquently captures the tension between restraint and passion, highlighting the power of non-verbal communication in expressing love.

Emotional Resonance

"Por Debajo de la Mesa" evokes a profound sense of romantic yearning and the excitement of unspoken attraction. Listeners may find themselves reminiscing about moments of silent communication with a loved one, where a simple touch or glance spoke volumes. The song's melody, combined with Luis Miguel's emotive vocal delivery, enhances the feelings of nostalgia and longing, making it a timeless piece that resonates with anyone who has experienced the subtleties of love.

Artistic Storytelling Techniques

Luis Miguel's rendition of this bolero is marked by his smooth vocals and the orchestral arrangement that complements the song's intimate theme. The use of vivid imagery, such as "underneath the table," allows listeners to visualize the scene and feel the underlying tension. The song's structure, with its gradual build-up and emotive crescendos, mirrors the escalating emotions of the protagonist, effectively conveying the depth of their affection.

Analysis Using the Five Ws

The song features a protagonist deeply infatuated with their romantic interest.
It explores the unspoken gestures and subtle touches that convey deep affection and desire.
The setting appears to be a shared moment, possibly during a meal or intimate gathering, where the individuals are seated across from each other.
The interaction takes place beneath the table, symbolizing the hidden yet powerful expressions of love.
Through discreet caresses and intense gazes, the protagonist communicates their deep feelings without uttering a word.

Explicit Themes and Tone

The song delves into mature themes of romantic desire and intimate attraction but does so with poetic elegance, avoiding explicit language or content. The tone is sensual and passionate, characteristic of traditional boleros that celebrate the complexities of love and longing.

Relation to the Music Video

The Youtube video features Luis Miguel singing in a classy restaurant. He's flirting with a woman in the audience.

Further Discussions and Artist Information

For more insights into "Por Debajo de la Mesa" and its themes, you may explore discussions on platforms like Melodic Notes (melodicnotes.com). To stay updated on Luis Miguel's latest works and connect with his community, consider visiting his official website and social media profiles:

Official Website: luismigueloficial.com

Facebook: Luis Miguel Official

These platforms offer a wealth of information, including upcoming tour dates, new releases, and exclusive content, providing a deeper connection to Luis Miguel's music and artistic journey.

Submitted by user: ANAJOSE

Average Ratings

Most people find the song lyrics easy to understand lyrics, lyrics sung very slowly and it has very hard to remember verbs and nouns

Most words used are in very common daily usage.^RAE

Por Debajo De La Mesa has 144 BPM (beats per minute)

Por Debajo De La Mesa is suitable for DELE Level students in terms of language complexity.

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^RAE Based on a median word frequency of 283 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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