Eres Mi Religión – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Maná

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Iba caminando por las calles empapadas en olvido

I was walking through the streets soaked in oblivion

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Iba por los parques con fantasmas y con ángeles caídos

I was going through parks with ghosts and fallen angels

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Iba sin luz, iba sin sol

I was without light, I was without sun

Iba sin un sentido

I was without a meaning

Iba muriéndome

I was dying

Iba volando sobre el mar

I was flying over the sea

Con las alas rotas

With broken wings

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Ay, amor, apareciste en mi vida y me curaste las heridas

Oh, love, you appeared in my life and healed my wounds

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Ay, amor, eres mi luna, eres mi sol, eres mi pan de cada día

Oh, love, you are my moon, you are my sun, you are my daily bread

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Apareciste con tu luz

You appeared with your light

No, nunca te vayas

No, never leave

Oh, no te vayas, no

Oh, don't go, no

Tú eres la gloria de los dos

You are the glory of us both

Hasta la muerte

Until death

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En un mundo de ilusión

In a world of illusion

Yo estaba desahuciado

I was hopeless

Yo estaba abandonado

I was abandoned

Vivía sin sentido

I was living without meaning

Pero llegaste tú

But you came

Ay, amor

Oh, love

Tú eres mi religión

You are my religion

Tú eres luz, tú eres mi sol

You are light, you are my sun

Abre el corazón

Open your heart

Abre el corazón

Open your heart

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Hace tanto tiempo, corazón

A long time ago, sweetheart

Vivía el dolor en el olvido

I was living the pain in oblivion

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Ay, amor, eres mi bendición, mi religión

Oh, love, you are my blessing, my religion

Eres mi sol que cura el frío

You are my sun that cures the cold

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Y apareciste con tu luz

And you appeared with your light

No, no, no me abandones

No, no, don't abandon me

No, nunca, mi amor

No, never, my love

Gloria de los dos

Glory of us both

Tú eres sol, tú eres mi todo

You are sun, you are my everything

Todo, tú eres bendición

Everything, you are a blessing

En un mundo de ilusión

In a world of illusion

Yo estaba desahuciado

I was hopeless

Yo estaba abandonado

I was abandoned

Vivía sin sentido

I was living without meaning

Pero llegaste tú

But you came

Ay, amor

Oh, love

Tú eres mi religión

You are my religion

Tú eres luz, tú eres mi sol

You are light, you are my sun

Abre el corazón

Open your heart

Abre el corazón

Open your heart

Ay, amor

Oh, love

Tú eres mi bendición

You are my blessing

Tú eres luz, tú eres mi sol

You are light, you are my sun

Abre el corazón

Open your heart

Abre, abre el corazón

Open, open your heart

Viviré siempre a tu lado

I will always live by your side

Con tu luz (oh-oh-oh)

With your light (oh-oh-oh)

Moriré estando a tu lado

I will die being by your side

Eres gloria y bendición, oh, yeh (oh-oh-oh)

You are glory and blessing, oh, yeah (oh-oh-oh)

Eres tu mi bendición

You are my blessing

Eres tú mi religión, yeh (oh-oh-oh)

You are my religion, yeah (oh-oh-oh)

Eres tú mi eternidad

You are my eternity

Y hasta eres salvación (oh-oh-oh)

And you are even salvation (oh-oh-oh)

No tenía nada

I had nothing

Y hoy te tengo con la gloria

And today I have you with the glory

Con la gloria, con la gloria

With the glory, with the glory

Amor, amor, amor, amor, amor

Love, love, love, love, love

Eres tú mi bendición

You are my blessing

Eres mi luz, eres mi sol

You are my light, you are my sun

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
caminando /kamiˈnando/ A2	verb - walking
calles /ˈkaʝes/ A2	noun - streets
empapadas /emapaˈðaðas/ B1	adjective - soaked, drenched
olvido /oˈβiðo/ B1	noun - forgetfulness, oblivion
parques /ˈpaɾkes/ A2	noun - parks
fantasmas /fantaʝmas/ B2	noun - ghosts
ángeles /ˈaŋxeles/ B2	noun - angels
luz /luθ/ A1	noun - light
sol /sol/ A1	noun - sun
corazón /koɾaˈson/ A2	noun - heart
dios /ˈdios/ A2	noun - God
luz /luθ/ A1	noun - light
vida /ˈbiða/ A2	noun - life
mundo /ˈmundo/ A2	noun - world
ilusión /ilusuˈθjon/ B2	noun - illusion

Key Grammar Structures

• Eres mi religión

  ➔ Use of the verb "ser" for identity and attributes

  ➔ The verb "eres" is the conjugated form of "ser" for "tú" (you), indicating a defining characteristic.

• Tú eres mi religión

  ➔ Use of possessive pronoun "mi" with noun to show possession

  ➔ The possessive pronoun "mi" indicates that "religión" belongs to or is associated with "tú".

• Abre el corazón

  ➔ Imperative form of the verb "abrir" (to open) for giving commands or encouragement

  ➔ "Abre" is the imperative form of "abrir" (to open), used here as a command to "open the heart".

• Vivía sin sentido

  ➔ Imperfect tense of "vivir" to describe ongoing past actions

  ➔ "Vivía" is the imperfect tense of "vivir" (to live), conveying a continuous or habitual action in the past.

• Moriré estando a tu lado

  ➔ Futuro simple tense with a present participle to express an action in the future

  ➔ "Moriré" is the future tense of "morir" (to die), expressing an action that will happen in the future.