"Si Volvieras a Mí" is the fourth song on the album "Closer

Closer (Josh Groban album)

Closer is the second studio album and third overall album by vocalist Josh Groban, released in November 2003. Much like his first studio album, half of Closers songs are sung in English, with the remainder sung in various other languages .The album debuted at number four on the Billboard 200...

", released on November 11, 2003, by Josh Groban

Josh Groban

Joshua Winslow "Josh" Groban is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. His four solo albums have been certified at least multi-platinum, and in 2007, he was charted as the number-one best selling artist in the United States with over 21 million records in that country...

. Like some of the songs on his album, this one is sung in a foreign language, Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

. The song is 4:19 minutes long.

It starts off with a Spanish guitar introduction and delves into a short duet with the piano

Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...

. After that, Josh Groban starts to sing. The Spanish guitar and the piano continue to support him throughout the song. Another man's voice comes in and sings harmony with Groban near the middle of the piece.

This song was composed by Klaus Derendorf

Klaus Derendorf

Klaus Derendorf, also known as "Klaus D," is a Los Angeles based record producer and songwriter with millions of worldwide record sales to his credit including two Number 1 albums on the Billboard Charts.-Early Years:...

, Mark Portmann

Mark Portmann

Mark Portmann is a record producer and songwriter who worked with Celine Dion and Josh Groban. Portman began to learn classical piano as a child, but later turned to pop music and jazz. He went to the Eastman School of Music on a scholarship, studying composition, and attended the University of Miami...

, and Claudia Brant

Claudia Brant

Claudia Brant is an Argentina singer and composer of international acclaim. She has composed songs for singers like Il Divo, Ricky Martin, Santana, Luis Fonsi, Chayanne, Tito Nieves, Olga Tañón, Paulina Rubio, La Ley, Gisselle or Víctor Manuelle...

 along with Josh Groban, Raphael Padilla, and Ramon Stagnaro

Ramon Stagnaro

Ramón Stagnaro, born in Peru, is a guitarist who has toured or recorded with artists such as Diana Ross, Celine Dion, Pedro Eustache, Alejandro Sanz, Enrique Iglesias, Nelly Furtado, Andrea Bocelli, Shahyar Ghanbari, Vangelis and appears on Yanni's live concert video, Tribute.-References:* an...

. It was conducted by Jorge Calandrelli

Jorge Calandrelli

Jorge Calandrelli is an Argentine composer, arranger and orchestrator.His truly ingenious arranging and composing techniques, especially his beautiful string writing, makes him very well recognized on many records of today's pop - jazz/ Jazz commercial record publications.Big record stars hired him...

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Linguistic Structure

The chorus of the song models the compound-complex sentence structure of imperfect subjunctive in the subordinate clause

Protasis (linguistics)

In linguistics, a protasis is the subordinate clause in a conditional sentence. For example, in "if X, then Y", the protasis is "if X"...

 and the conditional

Conditional mood

In linguistics, the conditional mood is the inflectional form of the verb used in the independent clause of a conditional sentence to refer to a hypothetical state of affairs, or an uncertain event, that is contingent on another set of circumstances...

 in the main clause

Apodosis

Apodosis may refer to:*In linguistics, the main clause in a conditional sentence*In logic, the apodosis corresponds to the consequent; ....

. In the lyrics below, the imperfect subjunctive is indicated in bold and the conditional is indicated in italics.

Ay si volvieras a mí (If you returned to me)

Encendería el sol mil primaveras (The sun would light a thousand springs)

Si regresaras por mi (If you returned for me)

Sería un milagro cada beso que me dieras (Each kiss you give me would be a miracle)