Luis Enrique
El amor es algo más lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1993
- Genre
- Pop, Salsa
- Length
- 3:56
Si soy bueno, si soy malo
If I'm good, if I'm bad
Con el tiempo se sabrá
In time it will be known
Solo soy un ser humano
I'm just a human being
Con defectos como tal
With flaws just like that
El ser pobre era un delito
Being poor was a crime
Yo no era el ideal
I wasn't the ideal
Siempre fuiste el prototipo
You were always the prototype
De la chica radical
Of the radical girl
Solo tenías que mirar
You just had to look
Más adentro, más allá
Deeper, beyond
De lo que ven tus ojos
From what your eyes can see
Solo tenías que sentir
You just had to feel
De la vida su latir
The heartbeat of life
Y no ser superficial
And not be superficial
El amor es algo más
Love is something more
Hoy que vives aquel sueño
Today you're living that dream
Y te sobra vanidad
And you're overflowing with vanity
¿Qué se siente despertar?
What does it feel like to wake up?
Junto a la infelicidad
Alongside unhappiness
El ser pobre era un delito
Being poor was a crime
Yo no era el ideal
I was not the ideal
Siempre fuiste el prototipo
You were always the prototype
De la chica radical
Of the radical girl
Solo tenías que mirar
You just had to look
Más adentro, más allá
Deeper, beyond
De lo que ven tus ojos
What your eyes can see
Solo tenías que sentir
You just had to feel
De la vida su latir
The heartbeat of life
Y no ser superficial (y no ser superficial)
And not be superficial (and not be superficial)
El amor es algo más
Love is something more
Solo tenías que mirar
You just had to look
Más adentro, más allá
Deeper, beyond
De lo que ven tus ojos
What your eyes can see
Solo tenías que sentir
You just had to feel
De la vida su latir (yeah, yeah)
The heartbeat of life (yeah, yeah)
Y no ser superficial (y no ser superficial)
And not be superficial (and not be superficial)
Y no ser superficial (y no ser superficial)
And not be superficial (and not be superficial)
No, no, no
Solo tenías que mirar más adentro, más allá
You just had to look deeper, beyond
El amor es algo más
Love is something more
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Key vocabulary
- mirar
- lookA1
- qué
- whatA1
- vives
- liveA1
- sabrá
- will know
- ser
- beB1
- humano
- humanA2
- defectos
- defectsC1
- como
- as; like; howB1
- bueno
- goodA1
- chica
- girlA1
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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.