Paroles et traduction Armando Manzanero - Vivir

Vivir

Muchas veces te dije que antes de hacerlo
Había que pensarlo muy bien,
Que a esta unión de nosotros
Le hacía falta carne y deseo también,

Que no bastaba que me entendieras
Y que murieras por mí,
Que no bastaba que en mi fracaso
Yo me refugiara en ti,

Y ahora ves lo que pasó
Al fin nació, al pasar de los años,
El tremendo cansancio que provoco ya en ti,
Y aunque es penoso lo tienes que decir.

Por mi parte esperaba
Que un día el tiempo se hiciera cargo del fin,
Si así no hubiera sido
Yo habría seguido jugando a hacerte feliz,

Y aunque el llanto es amargo piensa en los años
Que tienes para vivir,
Que mi dolor no es menos y lo peor
Es que ya no puedo sentir.

Y ahora tratar de conquistar
Con vano afán este tiempo perdido
Que nos deja vencidos sin poder conocer
Eso que llaman amor,
Para vivir.
Para vivir.

Living

I have often told you that before doing it
We had to think about it very carefully,
That this union of ours
Needed passion and desire too,

That it was not enough for you to understand me
And possibly die for me,
That it was not enough for me to take refuge in you
In the face of my failures,

And now you see what has happened
Finally it has happened, over the years,
The tremendous weariness that I now provoke in you,
And even if it is painful, you have to say it.

On my part, I hoped
That one day time would take care of the end,
If it had not been like this
I would have continued playing at making you happy,

And even though crying is bitter, think of the years
That you have left to live,
That my pain is no less and the worst
Is that I can no longer feel.

And now to try to conquer
With vain eagerness this lost time
Which leaves us defeated without being able to know
That which we call love,
To live.
To live.