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Ayer – Juan Luis Guerra 4.40

Juan Luis Guerra 4.40

Ayer lyrics with English translation

Language
Spanish
Level
Intermediate
Released
1992
Genre
Merengue
Length
5:05
  1. Ayer

    Yesterday

  2. Te estuve buscando

    I was looking for you

  3. Y no te pude ver

    And I couldn't see you

  4. No no no

    No no no

  5. Te amé de oído

    I loved you with my ears

  6. Por primera vez

    For the first time

  7. Me detuve en el silenció

    I paused in the silence

  8. Exiliado de tus besos

    Exiled from your kisses

  9. Ayer

    Yesterday

  10. Mi sombra no se encendió

    My shadow didn't ignite

  11. De tu querer

    Of your love

  12. No no no no no

    No no no no no

  13. No hubo concierto

    There was no concert

  14. Del cariño aquel

    Of that affection

  15. Y no pude atar mi cuerpo

    And I couldn't tie my body

  16. A la geografía de tu piel

    To the geography of your skin

  17. Ayer

    Yesterday

  18. Mis lágrimas

    My tears

  19. Se pasearon tras de ti

    Wandered behind you

  20. Como corriente que fluye del mar

    Like a current flowing from the sea

  21. Me enredé bajo la luna

    I got tangled under the moon

  22. Reflejando su cintura

    Reflecting her waist

  23. Ayer

    Yesterday

  24. Me acompañaba un café romántico

    I was accompanied by a romantic coffee

  25. Oh yo no no no

    Oh no no no

  26. Cerré la noche

    I closed the night

  27. Y me entregué a soñar

    And I surrendered to dreaming

  28. Y rodé sobre tus piernas

    And I rolled over your legs

  29. Cuesta abajo hasta la tregua

    Downhill to the truce

  30. Mujer

    Woman

  31. Vísteme de infinito el corazón

    Dress my heart in infinity

  32. Húndete lentamente amor

    Sink slowly, my love

  33. Seré tuyo en un momento mágico

    I'll be yours in a magical moment

  34. Mánchame de rojo con tus labios

    Stain me red with your lips

  35. Jubílame el temor de amarte

    Retire the fear of loving you

  36. Y de paso lléname el vacío

    And meanwhile, fill the emptiness

  37. Que hay de ti

    That exists in you

  38. Te estuve buscando

    I was looking for you

  39. Y no te pude ver

    And I couldn't see you

  40. No no no no no

    No no no no no

  41. Detalles que no logro comprender

    Details that I can't understand

  42. Si anidas en mis sueños mamá

    If you nest in my dreams, mom

  43. Y yo vivo para ti mujer

    And I live for you, woman

  44. Oho-oye

    Oho-oye

  45. Pero que mira que yo

    But look at me, I

  46. (Te fui buscando ayer)

    (I was searching for you yesterday)

  47. (Y no te pude ver)

    (And I couldn't see you)

  48. En la vida hay amores que nunca

    In life, there are loves that never

  49. Pueden separarse

    Can be separated

  50. Así somos y yo mujer

    That's how we are, you and I, woman

  51. Eh

    Eh

  52. (Te fui buscando ayer)

    (I was looking for you yesterday)

  53. (Y no te pude ver)

    (And I couldn't see you)

  54. Toma de todo

    Take everything from me

  55. Bébetelo a sorbo mi bien

    Drink it little by little, my love

  56. (Te fui buscando ayer)

    (I was looking for you yesterday)

  57. (Y no te pude ver)

    (And I couldn't see you)

  58. Mi dialecto es hablarte

    My dialect is to speak to you

  59. Y besarte hasta la tregua mujer

    And kiss you until the truce, woman

  60. (Te fui buscando ayer)

    (I was looking for you yesterday)

  61. Pero te digo que yo

    But I tell you that I

  62. (Y no te pude ver)

    (And I couldn't see you)

  63. (Te fui buscando ayer)

    (I was searching for you yesterday)

  64. (Y no te pude ver)

    (And I couldn't see you)

  65. Voy a amarte de oído

    I'm going to love you by ear

  66. A escucharte con ojos

    To listen to you with my eyes

  67. Cambiar mis sentido

    Change my senses

  68. Y hacerlo a tu antojo yo

    And do it however you want, I

  69. (Te fui buscando ayer)

    (I was searching for you yesterday)

  70. Mujer

    Woman

  71. (Y no te pude ver)

    (And I couldn't see you)

  72. Cura de mis labios tu risa

    The cure for my lips is your laughter

  73. Me abres hasta el cielo y llovizna ves

    You open me up to the sky and you see the drizzle

  74. (Te fui buscando ayer)

    (I was searching for you yesterday)

  75. Eh-eh

    Eh-eh

  76. (Y no te pude ver)

    (And I couldn't see you)

  77. Quiero oxigenar mi alma

    I want to oxygenate my soul

  78. Para respirar nostalgias de ti

    To breathe in the nostalgia of you

  79. (Te fui buscando ayer)

    (I was searching for you yesterday)

  80. (Y no te pude ver)

    (And I couldn't see you)

  81. Oye niñita

    Hey little girl

  82. No me mortifiques

    Don't torment me

  83. No me desesperes

    Don't make me despair

  84. Suéltame ese amor mamita

    Let go of that love, mommy

  85. Y aunque pasen ya los años

    And even as the years go by

  86. Mi cariño irá creciendo diariamente

    My love will keep growing daily

  87. (Y no te pude ver)

    (And I couldn't see you)

  88. Y no pude atar tu cuerpo

    And I couldn't hold your body

  89. Entre la gente

    Among the crowd

  90. Y no te

    And I couldn't

  91. Todos los besos

    All the kisses

  92. Viajan de tu boca hacia mi boca y viceversa

    Travel from your mouth to my mouth and vice versa

  93. (Y no te pude ver)

    (And I couldn't see you)

  94. Este amor me fiscaliza

    This love audits me

  95. Con su ciencia

    With its science

  96. (Y no te pude ver)

    (And I couldn't see you)

  97. Pero te digo que yo

    But I tell you that I

  98. Te fui buscando ayer

    Was searching for you yesterday

  99. Y no te pude ver

    And I couldn't see you

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Key vocabulary

buscando
seeking
pude
could
amé
loved
detuve
stopped
exiliado
exiledA1
besos
kissesA2
encendió
turned on
querer
wantB2
hubo
wasA2
concierto
concertA1

About this song

Dominican singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer Juan Luis Guerra Seijas creates Latin music, especially merengue and bachata. He has won multiple awards including 31 Latin Grammy Awards and three Grammy Awards, and he is recognized for major charting releases and producing credits.

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Ayer

Ayer

Yesterday

Te estuve buscando

I was looking for you

Y no te pude ver

And I couldn't see you

No no no

No no no

Te amé de oído

I loved you with my ears

Por primera vez

For the first time

Me detuve en el silenció

I paused in the silence

Exiliado de tus besos

Exiled from your kisses

Ayer

Yesterday

Mi sombra no se encendió

My shadow didn't ignite

De tu querer

Of your love

No no no no no

No no no no no

No hubo concierto

There was no concert

Del cariño aquel

Of that affection

Y no pude atar mi cuerpo

And I couldn't tie my body

A la geografía de tu piel

To the geography of your skin

Ayer

Yesterday

Mis lágrimas

My tears

Se pasearon tras de ti

Wandered behind you

Como corriente que fluye del mar

Like a current flowing from the sea

Me enredé bajo la luna

I got tangled under the moon

Reflejando su cintura

Reflecting her waist

Ayer

Yesterday

Me acompañaba un café romántico

I was accompanied by a romantic coffee

Oh yo no no no

Oh no no no

Cerré la noche

I closed the night

Y me entregué a soñar

And I surrendered to dreaming

Y rodé sobre tus piernas

And I rolled over your legs

Cuesta abajo hasta la tregua

Downhill to the truce

Mujer

Woman

Vísteme de infinito el corazón

Dress my heart in infinity

Húndete lentamente amor

Sink slowly, my love

Seré tuyo en un momento mágico

I'll be yours in a magical moment

Mánchame de rojo con tus labios

Stain me red with your lips

Jubílame el temor de amarte

Retire the fear of loving you

Y de paso lléname el vacío

And meanwhile, fill the emptiness

Que hay de ti

That exists in you

Te estuve buscando

I was looking for you

Y no te pude ver

And I couldn't see you

No no no no no

No no no no no

Detalles que no logro comprender

Details that I can't understand

Si anidas en mis sueños mamá

If you nest in my dreams, mom

Y yo vivo para ti mujer

And I live for you, woman

Oho-oye

Oho-oye

Pero que mira que yo

But look at me, I

(Te fui buscando ayer)

(I was searching for you yesterday)

(Y no te pude ver)

(And I couldn't see you)

En la vida hay amores que nunca

In life, there are loves that never

Pueden separarse

Can be separated

Así somos y yo mujer

That's how we are, you and I, woman

Eh

Eh

(Te fui buscando ayer)

(I was looking for you yesterday)

(Y no te pude ver)

(And I couldn't see you)

Toma de todo

Take everything from me

Bébetelo a sorbo mi bien

Drink it little by little, my love

(Te fui buscando ayer)

(I was looking for you yesterday)

(Y no te pude ver)

(And I couldn't see you)

Mi dialecto es hablarte

My dialect is to speak to you

Y besarte hasta la tregua mujer

And kiss you until the truce, woman

(Te fui buscando ayer)

(I was looking for you yesterday)

Pero te digo que yo

But I tell you that I

(Y no te pude ver)

(And I couldn't see you)

(Te fui buscando ayer)

(I was searching for you yesterday)

(Y no te pude ver)

(And I couldn't see you)

Voy a amarte de oído

I'm going to love you by ear

A escucharte con ojos

To listen to you with my eyes

Cambiar mis sentido

Change my senses

Y hacerlo a tu antojo yo

And do it however you want, I

(Te fui buscando ayer)

(I was searching for you yesterday)

Mujer

Woman

(Y no te pude ver)

(And I couldn't see you)

Cura de mis labios tu risa

The cure for my lips is your laughter

Me abres hasta el cielo y llovizna ves

You open me up to the sky and you see the drizzle

(Te fui buscando ayer)

(I was searching for you yesterday)

Eh-eh

Eh-eh

(Y no te pude ver)

(And I couldn't see you)

Quiero oxigenar mi alma

I want to oxygenate my soul

Para respirar nostalgias de ti

To breathe in the nostalgia of you

(Te fui buscando ayer)

(I was searching for you yesterday)

(Y no te pude ver)

(And I couldn't see you)

Oye niñita

Hey little girl

No me mortifiques

Don't torment me

No me desesperes

Don't make me despair

Suéltame ese amor mamita

Let go of that love, mommy

Y aunque pasen ya los años

And even as the years go by

Mi cariño irá creciendo diariamente

My love will keep growing daily

(Y no te pude ver)

(And I couldn't see you)

Y no pude atar tu cuerpo

And I couldn't hold your body

Entre la gente

Among the crowd

Y no te

And I couldn't

Todos los besos

All the kisses

Viajan de tu boca hacia mi boca y viceversa

Travel from your mouth to my mouth and vice versa

(Y no te pude ver)

(And I couldn't see you)

Este amor me fiscaliza

This love audits me

Con su ciencia

With its science

(Y no te pude ver)

(And I couldn't see you)

Pero te digo que yo

But I tell you that I

Te fui buscando ayer

Was searching for you yesterday

Y no te pude ver

And I couldn't see you