Mariachi Lyrics Archive
Con Los Años Que Me Quedan
Gloria Estefan didn't promise forever. She promised whatever time is left — every remaining year, dedicated to proving love. Las Almas carries that vow forward.
About the Song
"Con Los Años Que Me Quedan" was written by Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan and her husband Emilio Estefan for her landmark Spanish-language album Mi Tierra (1993). It was released as the album's second single by Epic Records, produced by Emilio Estefan, Jorge Casas, and Clay Ostwald at Crescent Moon Studios in Miami. The recording features Los Tres Caballeros on background vocals with member Chamín Correa on requinto, legendary Cuban bassist Cachao on double bass, Luis Enrique on percussion, and the London Symphony Orchestra on strings. The song topped the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart and was nominated for Pop Song of the Year at the 1994 Lo Nuestro Awards, and recognized at the 1995 BMI Latin Awards. Mi Tierra marked Estefan's return to her Cuban roots after international pop fame with Miami Sound Machine, winning the Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Album. An English version titled "If We Were Lovers" was also recorded. Gloria Estefan (b. 1957, Havana) is one of the best-selling Latin artists of all time with over 100 million records sold worldwide.
Meaning of the Song
A confession of past failure transformed into a vow of redemption. The narrator doesn't deny the mistakes — "perhaps it was immaturity on my part, I didn't know how to love you" — but instead of begging forgiveness, they offer something more tangible: every remaining year of their life dedicated entirely to proving their love. The song's power lies in its mortality-awareness — "with the years I have left" acknowledges that time is finite, making the promise not abstract but urgent. Each verse escalates: from erasing pain with passionate kisses, to making the beloved forget every error, to loving them until death. The repeated question "tell me it's not the end" reveals the vulnerability beneath the confidence — this is someone who knows they may not deserve another chance but is willing to spend everything they have earning one.
Lyrics / Letra
Se que aun me queda una oportunidad
Se que aun no es tarde para recapacitar
Se que nuestro amor es verdadero
Y con los años que me quedan por vivir
Demostrare cuanto te quiero.
Con los años que me quedan,
Yo viviré por darte amor
Borrando cada dolor,
Con besos llenos pasión,
Como te ame por vez primera
Con los años que me quedan,
Te haré olvidar cualquier error
No quise herirte, mi amor
Sabes que eres mi adoración
Y lo seras mi vida entera.
No puedo imaginar vivir sin ti
No quiero recordar como te perdí
Quizás fue inmadurez de mi parte
No te supe querer
Y te aseguro los años que me quedan
Los voy a dedicar a ti
Hacerte tan feliz
Que te enamores mas de mi
Yo te amare hasta que muera
Como comprobar que no soy quien fui
El tiempo te dirá, si tienes fe en mi,
Que como yo te ame,
Mas nadie,
Te podrá amar jamas
Dime que no es el final.
Se que aun me que una oportunidad,
Se que aun no es tarde para recapacitar,
Se que nuestro amor es verdadero,
Y con los años que me quedan por vivir
Demostrare, cuanto te quiero.
Se que nuestro amor es verdadero,
Y con los años que me quedan por vivir
Demostrare, cuanto te quiero.
Cuanto te quiero
Se que aun no es tarde para recapacitar
Se que nuestro amor es verdadero
Y con los años que me quedan por vivir
Demostrare cuanto te quiero.
Con los años que me quedan,
Yo viviré por darte amor
Borrando cada dolor,
Con besos llenos pasión,
Como te ame por vez primera
Con los años que me quedan,
Te haré olvidar cualquier error
No quise herirte, mi amor
Sabes que eres mi adoración
Y lo seras mi vida entera.
No puedo imaginar vivir sin ti
No quiero recordar como te perdí
Quizás fue inmadurez de mi parte
No te supe querer
Y te aseguro los años que me quedan
Los voy a dedicar a ti
Hacerte tan feliz
Que te enamores mas de mi
Yo te amare hasta que muera
Como comprobar que no soy quien fui
El tiempo te dirá, si tienes fe en mi,
Que como yo te ame,
Mas nadie,
Te podrá amar jamas
Dime que no es el final.
Se que aun me que una oportunidad,
Se que aun no es tarde para recapacitar,
Se que nuestro amor es verdadero,
Y con los años que me quedan por vivir
Demostrare, cuanto te quiero.
Se que nuestro amor es verdadero,
Y con los años que me quedan por vivir
Demostrare, cuanto te quiero.
Cuanto te quiero
English Translation
I know I still have a chance
I know it's not too late to reconsider
I know our love is true
And with the years I have left to live
I'll show you how much I love you
With the years I have left
I will live to give you love
Erasing every pain
With kisses full of passion
The way I loved you the very first time
With the years I have left
I'll make you forget any mistake
I didn't mean to hurt you, my love
You know you are my devotion
And you will be for my entire life
I can't imagine living without you
I don't want to remember how I lost you
Perhaps it was immaturity on my part
I didn't know how to love you
And I assure you the years I have left
I will dedicate them to you
To make you so happy
That you fall more in love with me
I will love you until I die
How to prove I'm not who I was
Time will tell you, if you have faith in me
That the way I loved you
No one else will ever be able to love you
Tell me it's not the end
I know I still have a chance
I know it's not too late to reconsider
I know our love is true
And with the years I have left to live
I'll show you how much I love you
I know our love is true
And with the years I have left to live
I'll show you how much I love you
How much I love you
I know it's not too late to reconsider
I know our love is true
And with the years I have left to live
I'll show you how much I love you
With the years I have left
I will live to give you love
Erasing every pain
With kisses full of passion
The way I loved you the very first time
With the years I have left
I'll make you forget any mistake
I didn't mean to hurt you, my love
You know you are my devotion
And you will be for my entire life
I can't imagine living without you
I don't want to remember how I lost you
Perhaps it was immaturity on my part
I didn't know how to love you
And I assure you the years I have left
I will dedicate them to you
To make you so happy
That you fall more in love with me
I will love you until I die
How to prove I'm not who I was
Time will tell you, if you have faith in me
That the way I loved you
No one else will ever be able to love you
Tell me it's not the end
I know I still have a chance
I know it's not too late to reconsider
I know our love is true
And with the years I have left to live
I'll show you how much I love you
I know our love is true
And with the years I have left to live
I'll show you how much I love you
How much I love you
