Mon Laferte
Se va la vida lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2021
- Genre
- Indie Rock, Indie Pop
- Length
- 4:32
Desde el cerro y con sus penas
From the hill and with its sorrows
Son doscientas, las que ruegan
There are two hundred, those who plead
Sus pequeñas ventanitas
Their little windows
Lloran y hacen una rueda
Cry and form a circle
Se va la vida, de una niñita
Life slips away, from a little girl
De una abuelita
From a grandmother
Ay, se va la vida
Oh, life slips away
Llora el cemento, por la injusticia
The concrete weeps, for the injustice
Hay paridas entre rejas
There are births behind bars
Todas negras, las ovejas
All black, the sheep
Con el duelo entre sus brazos
With the grief in her arms
Cantan las canciones viejas
They sing the old songs
Se va la vida, de una niñita
Life slips away, from a little girl
De una abuelita
From a grandma
Ay, se va la vida
Oh, life slips away
Llora el cemento, por la injusticia
The cement cries, for the injustice
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Key vocabulary
- desde
- fromA2
- cemento
- cementB2
- injusticia
- injusticeA1
- hay
- there isA1
- paridas
- births
- entre
- amongA1
- rejas
- gratesC2
- todas
- all (fem.)A2
- negras
- black (f.pl.)B2
- ovejas
- sheepB1
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About this song
Mon Laferte is a Chilean singer-songwriter whose work spans pop, rock, blues, and Latin folk. She is known for her flexible, punk-leaning vocal style and genre-mixing songs that draw on mid-century pop while staying contemporary.