
Luis Enrique
Autobiografía lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2009
- Genre
- Salsa, Pop
- Length
- 4:36
El mundo no es lo que veia
The world is not what I saw
Desde la ventana de mi cuarto
From the window of my room
En el verano del 78
In the summer of '78
Vi una nube que crecia
I saw a cloud that was growing
Y mi infancia que se iba
And my childhood that was fading away
Fui de Managua hasta Tijuana
I traveled from Managua to Tijuana
Buscando al norte una esperanza
Seeking hope in the north
Llegue a la tierra prometida
I arrived at the promised land
Aprendi otro idioma
I learned another language
Comence otra vida
I began another life
Creci en las sombras del silencio
I grew up in the shadows of silence
Fui un ilegal con miedo
I was an illegal with fear
Sin papeles y sin direccion
Without papers and without a direction
Desde los quince años soy el extranjero
Since I was fifteen, I've been a foreigner
No soy de aqui ni soy de alla
I'm from neither here nor there
Entre mi gente soy la voz que vive lejos
Among my people, I'm the voice that lives far away
Pero jamas voy a olvidar
But I'll never forget
Esos amaneceres bellos de Somoto
Those beautiful dawns of Somoto
Los juegos en la Calle Real
The games on Calle Real
Mi primera novia
My first girlfriend
Y mi identidad
And my identity
Vivo marcado por tres franjas
I live marked by three stripes
Son dos azules y una blanca
Two are blue and one is white
Por donde voy llevo mi patria
Wherever I go, I carry my homeland
Viva donde viva
Alive wherever I may be
Yo me siento en casa
I feel at home
Hoy tengo un hijo y no quisiera
Today I have a son and I wouldn't want
Verlo pasar esa experiencia
To see him go through that experience
Si un dia no hubiera fronteras
If one day there were no borders
Creo que mi historia
I believe my story
No se repitiera
It wouldn't repeat itself
Creci en las sombras del silencio
I grew up in the shadows of silence
Fui un ilegal con miedo
I was an illegal with fear
Sin papeles y sin direccion
Without papers and without direction
Desde los quince años soy el extranjero
Since I was fifteen, I've been the outsider
No soy de aqui ni soy de alla
I'm neither from here nor from there
Entre mi gente soy la voz que vive lejos
Among my people, I'm the voice that lives afar
Pero jamas voy a olvidar
But I will never forget
Esos amaneceres bellos de Somoto
Those beautiful sunrises of Somoto
Los juegos en la Calle Real
The games on Calle Real
Mi primera novia
My first girlfriend
Y mi identidad
And my identity
Desde los quince años soy el extranjero
Since I was fifteen, I've been the outsider
No soy de aqui ni soy de alla
I'm neither from here nor there
Entre mi gente soy la voz que vive lejos
Among my people, I'm the voice that lives far away
Pero jamas voy a olvidar
But I'll never forget
Esos amaneceres bellos de Somoto
Those beautiful dawns of Somoto
Los juegos en la Calle Real
The games on Calle Real
Mi primera novia
My first girlfriend
Y mi identidad
And my identity
Mi primera novia
My first girlfriend
y mi identidad
and my identity
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Key vocabulary
- mundo
- worldA2
- veia
- saw
- desde
- fromA2
- quince
- fifteenA1
- tierra
- earthA1
- cuarto
- roomA1
- vi
- I sawA2
- nube
- cloudA2
- crecia
- was growing
- infancia
- childhoodB1
About this song
Luis Enrique is a Nicaraguan singer based in California, associated with salsa romántica. He is known for the 2009 hit single “Yo Ne Sé Mañana” and the Grammy-winning album Ciclos, as well as for his intimate vocals and percussion work.