Luis Enrique
Date un chance lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1990
- Genre
- Salsa, Pop
- Length
- 4:47
Algo nuevo que hago de cautivas sin necesidad
Something new I do from captives without need
Me cuentan amigo
They tell me, friend
Que no dejas la cuartada
That you don't abandon the alibi
Que sigues metiéndote
That you keep digging yourself in
En camisas de once varas
In shirts too tight for eleven yards
Que no tienes nada con lo bueno
That you have nothing to do with the good
Que lo bueno para ti, no vale nada
That the good for you is worth nothing
Te pasas la vida rebotando en las esquinas
You spend your life bouncing off the corners
Entre vicios raros, mujerzuelas y cantinas
Between strange vices, loose women, and bars
Dices que es un mito, lo del sida
You say it's a myth, the one about AIDS
Que de algo hay que morirse en esta vida
That you have to die for something in this life
No lo tomes tan a la ligera
Don't take it so lightly
Vuelve a ser por Dios lo que antes eras
Be again, for God's sake, what you used to be
Toma mi mano, viejo amigo y date un chance
Take my hand, old friend, and give yourself a chance
No ves que tienes un futuro por delante
Don't you see you have a future ahead?
Toma mi mano, viejo amigo y date un chance
Take my hand, old friend, and give yourself a chance
Dale la espalda a ese infierno delirante
Turn your back on that delirious hell
Dile no a las drogas limpia el alma
Say no to drugs, clean your soul
Esa vaina de las drogas, no está en nada
That thing about drugs, it's not worth anything
Me cuentan amigo, que a tu madre le sacaste
I've heard, my friend, that you put your mother through hell
Las últimas lágrimas de amor para inyectarte
The last tears of love to inject into you
Que la caña a veces es, como Sodoma
That sometimes the sugarcane is, like Sodom
Tu madre ha dicho que, que te perdona
Your mother has said that she forgives you
No lo tomes tan a la ligera
Don't take it so lightly
Vuelve a ser por Dios lo que antes eras
Be again for God's sake what you used to be
Toma mi mano, viejo amigo y date un chance
Take my hand, old friend, and give yourself a chance
No ves que tienes un futuro por delante
Don't you see you have a future ahead?
Toma mi mano, viejo amigo y date un chance
Take my hand, old friend, and give yourself a chance
Dale la espalda a ese infierno delirante
Turn your back on that delirious hell
Dile no a las drogas, limpia el alma
Say no to drugs, cleanse your soul
Esa vaina de las drogas, no está en nada
That thing about drugs, it's not worth anything
Dile no a las drogas, limpia el alma
Say no to drugs, cleanse the soul
Esa vaina de las drogas, no está en nada
That thing about drugs, it's not worth anything
Toma mi mano viejo amigo y date un chance
Take my hand old friend and give yourself a chance
No ves que tienes un camino por delante
Don't you see you have a path ahead
Toma mi mano viejo amigo y date un chance
Take my hand old friend and give yourself a chance
Dale la espalda a ese infierno delirante
Turn your back on that delirious hell
(Toma mi mano viejo amigo y date un chance)
(Take my hand old friend and give yourself a chance)
Rompe las cadenas que te atan
Break the chains that bind you
(Dile si a la vida)
(Say yes to life)
A ese mundo alucinante que te mata
To that amazing world that kills you
(Date un chance)
(Give yourself a chance)
Si no he venido a predicarte
If I haven't come to preach to you
Solo quiero ayudarte
I just want to help you
(Dile si a la vida)
(Say yes to life)
Es verdad, no Señor
It's true, no sir
Es importante tu dignidad
Your dignity is important
(Date un chance)
(Give yourself a chance)
Dile si a la vida
Say yes to life
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Key vocabulary
- algo
- somethingA2
- mano
- handA1
- nuevo
- newA1
- tienes
- haveA1
- viejo
- oldA1
- hago
- doA1
- cautivas
- captives
- antes
- beforeA1
- eras
- you wereB1
- está
- isA1
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.