Miguel Angel Guerra - Perder para Ganar - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Miguel Angel Guerra - Perder para Ganar




Perder para Ganar
To Lose in Order to Win
Dios está buscando por toda Latinoamérica
God is searching all over Latin America
Hombres y mujeres que estén
Men and women who are
Realmente comprometidos con él
Really committed to him
Gente que esté dispuesta a vivir vidas de integridad
People who are willing to live lives of integrity
Sin importar las consecuencias
Regardless of the consequences
Hombres como Jim Elliot
Men like Jim Elliot
El misionero norteamericano
The North American missionary
Que derramara su vida en las junglas del Ecuador
Who gave his life in the jungles of Ecuador
Por amor a la causa de Cristo
For the sake of the cause of Christ
No es que quiera dejar lo que yo quiero
It's not that I want to give up what I want
Sino es que quiero servir a quien adoro
But that I want to serve the one I adore
A quien es dueño de todo lo que veo
To the one who owns everything I see
A quien es Rey y Señor hoy de mis sueños
The one who is King and Lord of my dreams today
Es difícil para ti entender cuando yo te digo
It's hard for you to understand when I tell you
Que por Dios estoy dispuesto a dejarlo todo
That I'm willing to give up everything for God
Padre permite que salga de esta tierra
Father, let me leave this land
Dejé cultura, amigos y futuro
I give up culture, friends, and future
Me comprometo con Él cada mañana
I commit myself to Him every morning
A ser un hombre de palabra más maduro
To be a more mature man of my word
No es un tonto aquel que entrega
He is not a fool who gives up
Lo que aquí no puede retener
That which he cannot keep here
Para ganar eso que nunca
In order to gain that which never,
Que nunca podrá perder
Which he can never lose
No es un tonto aquel que entrega
He is not a fool who gives up
Lo que aquí no puede retener
That which he cannot keep here
Para ganar eso que nunca
In order to gain that which never,
Que nunca podrá perder
Which he can never lose
No es que no sufra contigo la tristeza
It's not that I don't suffer with you the sadness
De sentirme un hombre empobrecido
Of feeling like an impoverished man
Ni que me sienta frustrado ni herido
Nor that I feel frustrated or hurt
Porque las cosas no van como quisiera
Because things are not going the way I would like
Dios nos ha pedido que hagamos un sacrificio
God has asked us to make a sacrifice
Obedeciendo su palabra cada día
By obeying his word each day
Comprometidos a dejarlo todo
Committed to giving it all up
Inclusive los negocios de la vida
Including the business of life
Dame tu mano y toma la mía
Give me your hand and take mine
Que la misión, querido amor, nos desafía
That the mission, my dear love, may challenge us
No es un tonto aquel que entrega
He is not a fool who gives up
Lo que aquí no puede retener
That which he cannot keep here
Para ganar eso que nunca
In order to gain that which never,
Que nunca podrá perder
Which he can never lose
No es un tonto aquel que entrega
He is not a fool who gives up
Lo que aquí no puede retener
That which he cannot keep here
Para ganar eso que nunca
In order to gain that which never,
Que nunca podrá perder
Which he can never lose
Ya no tengo miedo, amigo mío
I am no longer afraid, my friend
Temía más al golpe que a la muerte
I feared the blow more than death
Sabiendo que el contacto que hoy hicimos
Knowing that the contact we made today
Cosechará buenos frutos con el tiempo
Will reap good fruit in time
No pienses que es en vano
Do not think that it is in vain
Cuando un justo está dispuesto
When a righteous man is willing
A derramar su propia sangre
To shed his own blood
Por el Reino
For the Kingdom
Dios perdone la ignorancia del impío
May God forgive the ignorance of the ungodly
Que truncó de esta manera nuestros sueños
Who cut short our dreams in this way
No estoy solo en medio de esta selva
I am not alone in the midst of this jungle
Pues tengo amigos, tengo hermanos, que me esperan
For I have friends, I have brothers, who await me
No es un tonto aquel que entrega
He is not a fool who gives up
Lo que aquí no puede retener
That which he cannot keep here
Para ganar eso que nunca
In order to gain that which never,
Que nunca podrá perder
Which he can never lose
No es un tonto aquel que entrega
He is not a fool who gives up
Lo que aquí no puede retener
That which he cannot keep here
Para ganar eso que nunca
In order to gain that which never,
Que nunca podrá perder
Which he can never lose
Yo doy mi vida por Él
I give my life for Him
Él la dio por m
He gave his for me
Gracias Señor, gracias Señor
Thank you Lord, thank you Lord





Writer(s): Andres Panasiuk, Miguel A Guerra


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