En libertad – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Nino Bravo

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

No necesitas más de mis caricias

You don't need more than my caresses

no te comprendo y siento

I can't understand you and I feel

que tu amor

that your love

se va muriendo un poco

is slowly dying

cada día

more and more each day

que llegará el momento

until that moment comes

del adiós.

when we say goodbye.

Y tú te irás (sin despedida)

And you'll go (without farewell)

y tú te irás (sin un adiós)

and you'll go (without a goodbye)

y tú te irás (como la brisa)

and you'll go (like the breeze)

libre

free

en libertad!

free at last!

La soledad de casa

The loneliness of home

me entristece

makes me sad

ya no hay calor de fuego

there's no fire's warmth

en el hogar

in our house

cuando estoy a tu lado

when I’m by your side

soy tu esclavo

I become your slave

yo quiero siempre estar

I always want to stay

en libertad.

free.

En libertad (sin tus caricias),

Free (without your touches),

en libertad (besos de amor)

free (love’s kisses)

en libertad (como las aves)

free (like the birds)

libre

free

en libertad!.

truly free!

Tu amor se muere un poco

Your love is dying a little

cada día

more each day

y llegará el momento

until that moment comes

del adiós.

when we say goodbye.

Y tú te irás (sin despedida)

And you'll go (without farewell)

y tú te irás (sin un adiós)

and you'll go (without a goodbye)

y tú te irás (como la brisa)

and you'll go (like the breeze)

libre

free

en libertad!.

free at last!

(sin tus caricias),

(without your touches),

(besos de amor)

(love’s kisses)

(como las aves)

(like the birds)

libre

free

en libertad!

truly free!

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
libertad /liβeɾˈtad/ B1	noun - freedom
despedida /despeðiˈða/ B2	noun - goodbye, farewell
muriendo /muˈɾjendo/ B2	verb (gerund) - dying
cada /ˈkaða/ A2	determiner - each, every
día /ˈdi.a/ A1	noun - day
tiempo /ˈtjem.po/ B1	noun - time; weather
mismo /ˈmizmo/ B1	adjective - same
llegar /ʎeˈɣaɾ/ A2	verb - to arrive
otro /ˈo.tɾo/ A1	adjective/pronoun - other, another
brisa /ˈbɾi.sa/ B2	noun - breeze
libre /ˈli.βɾe/ A2	adjective - free
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A2	verb - to want, to love

Key Grammar Structures

• No necesitas más de mis caricias

  ➔ Use of the present indicative verb 'necesitar' to express necessity.

  ➔ 'Necesitar' means 'to need'. Here, it's conjugated in the present indicative: 'necesitas'.

• se va muriendo un poco

  ➔ Use of the present progressive for an ongoing action, 'se va muriendo'.

  ➔ The phrase 'se va muriendo' is a reflexive and progressive construction meaning 'is dying little by little'.

• Y tú te irás

  ➔ Use of the simple future tense with 'te irás' to indicate a future action.

  ➔ 'Te irás' is the future tense of 'ir' (to go) and 'te' is a reflexive pronoun indicating the subject's own action.

• como las aves

  ➔ Use of the noun 'aves' with 'como' to make a simile or comparison.

  ➔ 'Como' is a conjunction used here to compare the subject's freedom to that of birds.

• en libertad

  ➔ Use of the noun phrase 'en libertad' to express being free or in a state of freedom.

  ➔ The phrase 'en libertad' means 'free' or 'in freedom', emphasizing the state of independence.