Los Van Van
Me basta con pensar lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2014
- Genre
- Son Cubano
- Length
- 5:21
es tan difícil este amor que ya no sé si amar desesperadamente o deja de amar
This love is so difficult that I no longer know whether to love desperately or to stop loving.
los días van pasando y yo sin decidir qué hacer
The days keep passing, and I'm still deciding what to do.
la suerte es algo extraña a veces es mejor no ver
Luck is something strange; sometimes it's better not to see.
porque hay que conocer porque hay que conocer porque hay que conocer
Because we must know, because we must know, because we must know.
mi vida se detiene aquí ya no puedo más amar es lo que debo hacer pero y mi felicidad
My life stops here; I can no longer love. Loving is what I must do, but what about my happiness?
de todas formas ser feliz Es un lujo para mí y creo que al pensar en ti tengo felicidad
Anyway, being happy is a luxury for me, and I believe that thinking of you brings me happiness.
Me basta con pensar Me basta con pensar me basta con pensar
It's enough for me to think, it's enough for me to think, it's enough for me to think.
De todas formas ser feliz Es un lujo para mí y creo que al pensar en ti tengo felicidad
Anyway, being happy is a luxury for me, and I believe that thinking of you brings me happiness.
Me basta con pensar
It's enough for me to think.
no demores más le entrega porque de ti estoy enamorado
Don't delay any longer, deliver yourself, because I am in love with you.
seguiré pensando en ti quiero estar a tu lado para darte felicidad mamá siempre pensando en ti criatura tú serás la...
I will keep thinking of you, I want to be by your side to give you happiness, mom, always thinking of you, little one, you will be the...
por eso me basta Me basta me basta con pensar
that's enough for me, it's enough, it's enough just to think
qué pasó
what happened
con lo que tengo me basta
With what I have, I'm enough
Ay cosita linda de mi vida Amor de mis amores tú serás la cosa linda
Oh sweet thing of my life, Love of my loves, you will be the lovely thing.
Te amaré toda la vida por eso te digo mamita linda que será mi felicidad
I will love you all my life, that's why I tell you, lovely mommy, that you will be my happiness.
Contigo voy a toda la vida entera
With you, I'm going for a whole lifetime
porque tú serás la primera que ha llenado mi corazón por eso te digo mi amor
because you will be the first to fill my heart, that's why I call you my love
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Key vocabulary
- corazón
- heartB1
- ser
- beB1
- difícil
- difficultA1
- amor
- loveB1
- amar
- to love; to like or be fond ofB2
- decidir
- decideB2
- extraña
- strangeB1
- porque
- because; for the reason thatB1
- hay
- there isA1
- detiene
- stops
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About this song
Los Van Van is a Cuban band in the son genre that helped pioneer songo in the late 1960s, blending electric instruments, jazz influences, and dance-focused son with topical lyrics. They are among Cuba’s most popular groups, known for shaping a sound that draws on African roots and island song traditions.