Enseñame A Olvidar Lyrics in English by Aventura
Enséñame is the command form for "teach me" and the title of this iconic bachata song. It's a powerful and desperate plea.
In the chorus, the singer laments that his ex taught him how to love, so now she should also "enséñame a olvidar" (teach me to forget). This poetic and paradoxical request perfectly captures the feeling of being unable to move on after a painful breakup.
If you have ever been so heartbroken that ordinary logic flies out the window, Aventura's bachata classic Enséñame A Olvidar gets it completely. The singer finds himself dumped and completely lost, wishing he could close his eyes and start over. He makes a hilariously dramatic comparison: trying to stop loving his ex is "como ver a un pez del mar poder volar" [like seeing a fish from the sea fly]. His main complaint throughout the chorus is that she was his teacher in romance ("fuiste mi profesora en el amor" [you were my teacher in love]), but she left out the most important part of the syllabus. He demands that if she taught him how to love, she needs to come back and teach him how to forget ("Si me enseñaste a querer / También enséñame olvidar" [If you taught me to love, teach me also to forget]).
What makes this track so fun to sing along with is how petty and real the grief gets. One minute he is spiraling over small memories—like her letters, or watching her sip coffee while glued to her soap operas ("las novelas / Que tu veías tan ansiosa tomando café")—and the next, he is throwing shade, wondering out loud if her ego made her run off with a richer guy ("otro hombre con dinero"). He even brings up family drama, admitting that his dad warned him never to cry over women ("Papá me dijo que no llore por mujeres"), yet here he is, doing exactly that every morning. It is over-the-top, deeply sad, and wonderfully catchy bachata all at once.
