Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
Ayer lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1992
- Genre
- Merengue
- Length
- 5:05
Ayer
Yesterday
Te estuve buscando
I was looking for you
Y no te pude ver
And I couldn't see you
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 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
Detalles que no logro comprender
Details that I can't understand
Si tú 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
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 tú y yo mujer
That's how we are, you and I, woman
Eh
(Te fui buscando ayer)
(I was looking for you yesterday)
(Y no te pude ver)
(And I couldn't see you)
Toma de mí 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 tú 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
(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
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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
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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.