Carlos Vives
Tú y yo lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1987
- Genre
- Latin Pop, Cumbia
- Length
- 2:43
Tanto brincar
So much jumping
Vives
You live
Me tiene sin cuidado si un día despierto
I don't care if one day I wake up
Y ya no estás aquí a mi lado
And you're no longer here by my side
Oh
Quiero un nuevo horizonte
I want a new horizon
Donde quererse sea lo único que importe
Where loving each other is the only thing that matters
De este relajo ya no queda nada
From this mess, nothing remains
Se acabó lo que se daba
It's all over, what was given
Dudo que esto se puede arreglar
I doubt this can be fixed
Tantos problemas, tantas pendejadas
So many problems, so much nonsense
Dos amigos y una dama
Two friends and a lady
Ay, compa, esto se tiene que arreglar
Oh, buddy, this has to be resolved
O le cantas tú o le cantó yo
Either you sing to her or I sing to her
A ella no le importa destrozar mi corazón
She doesn't care about breaking my heart
O le canto yo o le cantas tú
Either I sing or you sing to her
Ella lo que quiere es disfrutar la juventud
What she wants is to enjoy her youth
Hice de todo pa no perderte
I did everything not to lose you
Para cuidarte, pa que lo nuestro fuera pa siempre
To take care of you, to make our love forever
Pero no fue suficiente (uy)
But it wasn't enough (oh)
Yo ya olvidé tu juramento
I've already forgotten your oath
Ya tengo un arrocito en lento
I have a little rice cooking slowly
Para sacarme el clavo que llevo dentro
To pull out the thorn I carry inside
Y de este relajo ya no queda nada
And from this mess, nothing remains
Se acabó lo que se daba
It's all over, what was given
Y dudo que esto se puede arreglar
And I doubt this can be fixed
Tantos problemas, tantas pendejadas
So many problems, so much nonsense
Dos amigos y una dama
Two friends and a lady
Ay, compa, esto se tiene que arreglar
Oh, buddy, this has to be resolved
O le cantas tú o le canto yo (eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh)
Either you sing to her or I sing to her (eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh)
A ella no le importa destrozar mi corazón
She doesn't care about breaking my heart
O le canto yo o le cantas tú
Either I sing or you sing to her
Ella lo que quiere es disfrutar su juventud
What she wants is to enjoy her youth
¡Qué bárbaro!
How outrageous!
Dímelo, Silvestre
Tell me, Silvestre
Bueno, to está claro, tú verás
Well, everything is clear, you will see
Ey, ay
Hey, oh
Eh, eh, no me mires así
Eh, eh, don’t look at me like that
O le cantas tú o le cantó yo
Either you sing to her or I sang to her
A ella no le importa destrozar mi corazón
She doesn't care about breaking my heart
O le canto yo o le cantas tú
Either I sing or you sing to her
Ella lo que quiere es disfrutar la juventud
What she wants is to enjoy her youth
Canta, canta, Carlos Vives
Sing, sing, Carlos Vives
Canta, canta, bien sabroso
Sing, sing, so tasty
Ay
Oh
Canta, cántame, Silvestre (¡vamos!)
Sing, sing to me, Silvestre (let's go!)
Que me voy para Urumita
I'm heading to Urumita
Que nos vamos a hamaquear, oh
We're going to dance, oh
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Key vocabulary
- bárbaro
- barbarousC2
- brincar
- jumpA2
- bueno
- goodA1
- canta
- singsA2
- cántame
- sing to me
- dentro
- insideA2
- despierto
- awakeB2
- destrozar
- destroyA2
- día
- dayA1
- dímelo
- tell me
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About this song
Colombian singer who brought vallenato into the pop mainstream by mixing it with rock and Caribbean rhythms.