
Luis Enrique
Lo que es vivir lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1993
- Genre
- Salsa, Pop
- Length
- 4:17
Vivo por que respiro, porque camino
I live because I breathe, because I walk
Vivo pero al perderte empece a morir
I live but losing you, I began to die
Toco mi pecho y siento que esta vacío
I touch my chest and feel that it's empty
No sé si el corazón siga estando ahí
I don't know if my heart is still there
Vivo con tu recuerdo que me tortura
I live with your memory that tortures me
Vivo si a esto se puede llamar vivir
I live if this can be called living
Ando y me muevo dentro de una armadura
I walk and move in a suit of armor
Para que nadie pueda volverme a herir
So that no one can hurt me again
Pero vivir lo que es vivir ya no es igual sin ti (sin ti)
But living what is living is no longer the same without you (without you)
Ya no frecuento los amigos ni el lugar
I no longer see friends or the place
Donde pasábamos las tardes
Where we spent our afternoons
Donde nacieron tantos planes
Where so many plans were born
No es igual ni respirar ¡ay-ay! sin ti
It’s not the same even to breathe ¡ay-ay! without you
Vivo porque en el fondo sigo esperando
I live because deep down I’m still waiting
Vivo por si tu vuelves a estar aquí
I live in case you come back to be here
Guardo gratos recuerdos de aquellos años
I hold sweet memories of those years
Creo que recordando sobreviví
I think that by remembering, I survived
Pero vivir lo que es vivir ya no es igual sin ti (sin ti)
But living what it means to live is no longer the same without you (without you)
Es tan difícil caminar por la ciudad
It's so hard to walk through the city
Cada rincón era un encuentro
Every corner was a meeting
Y en cada esquina hay un recuerdo
And on every corner there's a memory
No es igual ni respirar ¡ay-ay! sin ti
It's not the same, even breathing ¡ay-ay! without you
Vivo como si fuera una alma en pena por ti
I live as if I were a lost soul for you
(Lo que es vivir, vivir sin ti)
(What it's like to live, live without you)
Nunca he podido ser lo que yo fui junto a ti
I have never been able to be what I was alongside you
(Lo que es vivir, vivir sin ti)
(What it's like to live, live without you)
Cada rincón un sentimiento, en cada esquina un recuerdo
Every corner a feeling, on every street a memory
(Lo que es vivir, vivir sin ti)
(What it's like to live, live without you)
Nada me duele tanto, como tu ausencia y lo que perdí
Nothing hurts me as much, as your absence and what I've lost
(Lo que es vivir, vivir sin ti)
(What it's like to live, live without you)
¡Vivo con lo que puedo! y lo que queda de mi es para ti
I live with what I can! And what remains of me is for you
(Lo que es vivir, vivir sin ti)
(What it is to live, living without you)
Respiro, camino, pero estos días no se parecen a ti
I breathe, I walk, but these days don't feel like you
(Lo que es vivir, vivir sin ti)
(What it is to live, living without you)
Aquí en el fondo, sigo esperando, por si tú vuelves a estar aquí
Here at the bottom, I keep waiting, in case you come back to be here
(Lo que es vivir, vivir sin ti)
(What it is to live, living without you)
Pero vivir lo que es vivir ya no es igual sin ti
But living, what it is to live is no longer the same without you
Es tan difícil caminar por la ciudad
It's so hard to walk through the city
Cada rincón era un encuentro
Every corner was a meeting
Y en cada esquina hay un recuerdo
And on every corner there's a memory
No es igual ni respirar ¡ay-ay! sin ti
It's not the same to breathe, oh-oh, without you
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Key vocabulary
- siento
- I feelA1
- vivir
- to liveA1
- respiro
- breathC2
- camino
- roadB1
- dentro
- insideA2
- armadura
- armor
- donde
- whereB1
- pasábamos
- we passed
- nacieron
- were born
- esquina
- cornerA2
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.