Ricardo Arjona
Vida lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 5:12
Yo nací de amor y comadrona
I was born of love and midwife
En la misma cama de mamá
In mom's same bed
Por una cuestión de cromosomas
Due to a matter of chromosomes
Fui el varón que quiso mi papá
I was the boy my dad wanted
Mi viejo era el profe de la escuela
My old man was the teacher at school
Mi mamá el sargento del lugar
My mom the sergeant of the place
Yo era su boceto en acuarela
I was her watercolor sketch
El tercero y último en llegar
The third and last to arrive
Vi tantas lunas
I saw so many moons
Que hoy ya no sé si soy o fui
That today I no longer know if I am or was
Tantas vacunas
So many vaccines
Para lograr sobrevivir
To manage to survive
Aprendí a correr una mañana
I learned to run one morning
Antes de aprender a caminar
Before learning to walk
Un teniente entró por la ventana
A lieutenant entered through the window
Y a todos nos dio por escapar
And we all decided to escape
Brasil fue campeón en el '70
Brazil was champion in '70
Y en la radio Paul decía "Hey Jude"
And on the radio, Paul said 'Hey Jude'
El gol de Pelé en cámara lenta
Pelé's goal in slow motion
Y el cigarro entraba en el menú
And the cigarette made its way onto the menu
Vi tantas lunas
I saw so many moons
Que hoy ya no sé si soy o fui
That today I don't know if I am or was
Tantas vacunas
So many vaccines
Para lograr sobrevivir
To manage to survive
Conocí el amor con la vecina
I knew love with the neighbor
Y también alguna enfermedad
And also some illness
El doctor mandó penicilina
The doctor prescribed penicillin
El amor cobró con soledad
Love charged me with loneliness
Fui maestro y fui universitario
I was a teacher and I was a university man
Golfo, cara dura y soñador
A scoundrel, shameless and a dreamer
Mientras el cabrón del calendario
While that bastard of a calendar
No te hace jamás ningún favor
Never does you any favors
Vi tantas lunas
I saw so many moons
Que hoy ya no sé si soy o fui
That today I don't know if I am or was
Tantas vacunas
So many vaccines
Para lograr sobrevivir
To manage to survive
Le pongo play a mi cerebro
I hit play on my brain
Para ver lo que un día fui
To see what I once was
¡Vida!
Life!
¿Por qué se acabará la vida?
Why will life come to an end?
Te ves jugando a la escondida
You look like you're playing hide and seek
Y al voltear, preguntas
And when you turn around, you ask
¡Vida!
Life!
¿Por qué caducará la vida?
Why will life expire?
Aprendes a decir "¿Qué tal?"
You learn to say 'What's up?'
Y despedida, y dices
And goodbye, and you say
¡Vida!
Life!
¿Por qué se acabará la vida?
Why will life come to an end?
Te ves jugando a la escondida
You look like you're playing hide and seek
Y al voltear, preguntas
And when you turn around, you ask
¡Vida!
Life!
¿Por qué caducará la vida?
Why will life expire?
Aprendes a decir "¿Qué tal?"
You learn to say 'How's it going?'
Y despedida y gritas
And goodbye and you scream
¡Vida!
Life!
Recibí el 2000 con pirotecnia
I welcomed the year 2000 with fireworks
Ya no rento ni padezco soledad
I no longer rent nor suffer from loneliness
Desde el parto ya comparto la epidemia
Since birth I've been sharing the epidemic
De este síndrome de la caducidad
Of this syndrome of expiration
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Key vocabulary
- cámara
- cameraA1
- cigarro
- cigarA1
- misma
- sameB1
- pelé
- foughtB1
- síndrome
- syndromeB1
- dio
- gaveB2
- universitario
- universityB2
- ves
- seeB2
- este
- thisA1
- gritas
- shoutA1
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About this song
Ricardo Arjona is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter and actor in the Latin pop and Latin ballad genres. He is known for the chart-topping hits “Mujeres” and “El Problema,” and for a long-running career with numerous Billboard Latin chart entries and honors, including induction into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame.