Buena Vista Social Club
Amor de loca juventud lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1997
- Genre
- Son Cubano
- Length
- 3:24
Mueren ya las ilusiones del ayer
The illusions of yesterday are dying
Que sacié con lujurioso amor
That I satisfied with lustful love
Y mueren también con sus promesas crueles
And they also die with their cruel promises
La inspiración que un día le brindé
The inspiration I once offered her
Con candor el alma entera yo le di
With innocence, my whole soul I gave
Pensando en nuestro idilio consagrar
Thinking of sanctifying our romance
Sin pensar que ella lo que buscaba en mí
Without realizing that what she sought in me
Era el amor de loca juventud
Was the love of wild youth
Mueren ya las ilusiones del ayer
The illusions of yesterday are dying
Que sacié con lujurioso amor
That I satisfied with lustful love
Y mueren también con sus promesas crueles
And they also die with their cruel promises
La inspiración que un día le brindé
The inspiration that I once offered her
Con candor el alma entera yo le di
With innocence, I gave her my whole soul
Pensando en nuestro idilio consagrar
Thinking to consecrate our blissful love
Sin pensar que ella lo que buscaba en mí
Not realizing that what she sought in me
Era el amor de loca juventud
Was the love of wild youth
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Key vocabulary
- le
- to him/her/youA2
- alma
- soulB2
- amor
- loveB1
- ayer
- yesterdayA1
- brindé
- I toasted
- buscaba
- looked for
- consagrar
- consecrateC2
- crueles
- cruel
- di
- saidB1
- día
- dayA1
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About this song
Producer Ry Cooder originally intended to record Malian musicians and Cuban locals, but the Africans were unable to obtain visas, so he made an album of Cuban son instead.