Héctor Lavoe
Ausencia lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1994
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 5:07
Ha terminado otro capítulo en mi vida
Another chapter in my life has come to an end
La mujer que amaba, hoy se me fue
The woman I loved has gone away today
Esperando noche y día y no se decide a volver
Waiting night and day, she still hasn't decided to return
Pero yo sé que volverá
But I know she will come back
Y si no de penas moriré
And if not, I'll die from the pain
Qué yo he hecho que te hizo partir?
What have I done that made you leave?
No sé si con el tiempo
I don't know if, over time
Esta herida se sanará
This wound will heal
No hubo motivo para terminar
There was no reason to end it
La he tratado de olvidar
I've tried to forget her
Mas sin embargo la recuerdo más
But still, I remember you more
No se asombren, si ven a un hombre llorar
Don't be amazed, if you see a man cry
No importa tu ausencia, te sigo esperando
Your absence doesn't matter, I'm still waiting for you
No importa tu ausencia, te sigo esperando
Your absence doesn't matter, I'm still waiting for you
El día en que tú te fuistes, triste me quedé llorando
The day you left, I was left sad and crying
Ay regresa te lo pido
Oh, please come back, I'm begging you
Que por tu amor te juro me estoy matando
Because for your love, I swear I'm dying
No importa tu ausencia, te sigo esperando
Your absence doesn't matter, I'm still waiting for you
No importa tu ausencia, te sigo esperando
Your absence doesn't matter, I'm still waiting for you
Ey yo vi llorar a un hombre ante un espejo
Hey, I saw a man crying in front of a mirror
Por un amor que le negara el cielo
For a love that denied him the sky
Y asombrado me dio un escalofrío
And astonished, a chill ran down my spine
Al ver en el espejo el rostro mío
Upon seeing my own face in the mirror
No importa tu ausencia, te sigo esperando
Your absence doesn’t matter, I'm still waiting for you
No importa tu ausencia, te sigo esperando
Your absence doesn’t matter, I'm still waiting for you
Eh y yo seguiré esperando
Eh, and I will keep waiting
Hasta el día en que muera
Until the day I die
Si Dios me quita la luna no me siento malo
If God takes the moon from me, I don't feel bad
Pero si me lleva a ti me lleva las estrellas
But if He takes me to you, He takes the stars away
No importa tu ausencia, te sigo esperando
Your absence doesn’t matter, I'm still waiting for you
No importa tu ausencia, te sigo esperando
Your absence doesn't matter, I'm still waiting for you
Oye veinte años no son nada
Hey, twenty years are nothing
Si te gusta romper un coco
If you like breaking a coconut
Por mi madre yo te juro a ti cosa buena
By my mother, I swear to you, good things
Que si no vuelves yo me voy a volver loco
That if you don't come back, I'm going to go crazy
No importa tu ausencia, te sigo esperando
Your absence doesn't matter, I'm still waiting for you
No importa tu ausencia, te sigo esperando
Your absence doesn't matter, I'm still waiting for you
Key vocabulary
- cielo
- skyA2
- dios
- godA2
- escalofrío
- chillA2
- estoy
- I amA2
- ha
- hasA2
- he
- I haveA2
- capítulo
- chapterB1
- amaba
- loved
- hoy
- todayA1
- fue
- wasB1
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About this song
Puerto Rican salsa singer from the 1970s Fania era, with a voice fans recognize instantly.