Mirá para Arriba, Mirá para Abajo – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Katunga

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the timeless wisdom of Katunga's "Mirá para Arriba, Mirá para Abajo." This classic Argentine track offers a powerful message of resilience, guiding listeners with its lyrics about love, hard work, and finding one's path. It's a song that encourages hope and perseverance, making it a special piece for reflection and inspiration.

[English]

Look up, look down

You'll see the path that God has marked for you with love and work

Look up, uoh-oh, look down, uoh-oh

You'll see the path that God has marked for you with love and work

Never lose hope or the will to fight

One falls many times and gets back up again

As that poet said, I remind you again

"Wanderer, there are no paths, the path is made by walking"

Look up, look down

You'll see the path that God has marked for you with love and work

Look up, uoh-oh, look down, uoh-oh

You'll see the path that God has marked for you with love and work

...

You'll live life better if you do a good deed

Don't leave for tomorrow what you can do today

For example, there are many people who are alone in their pain

Don't deny them a hand or a word of love

Look up, look down

You'll see the path that God has marked for you with love and work

Look up, uoh-oh, look down, uoh-oh

You'll see the path that God has marked for you with love and work

Look up, look down

You'll see the path that God has marked for you with love and work (love yes, work no)

Look up, uoh-oh, look down, uoh-oh

You'll see the path that God has marked for you with love and work (enough, Cheli, enough)

Look up, look down

You'll see the path that God has marked for you with love and work

Look up, uoh-oh, look down, uoh-oh

You'll see the path that God has marked for you with love and work

Look up, look down

...

[Spanish]

Mirá para arriba, mirá para abajo

Verás el camino que Dios te ha marcado de amor y trabajo

Mirá para arriba, uoh-oh, mirá para abajo, uoh-oh

Verás el camino que Dios te ha marcado de amor y trabajo

Nunca pierdas la esperanza ni las ganas de luchar

Uno cae muchas veces y se vuelve a levantar

Como dijo aquel poeta, te lo vuelvo a recordar

"Caminante, no hay caminos, se hace camino al andar"

Mirá para arriba, mirá para abajo

Verás el camino que Dios te ha marcado de amor y trabajo

Mirá para arriba, uoh-oh, mirá para abajo, uoh-oh

Verás el camino que Dios te ha marcado de amor y trabajo

Vivirás mejor la vida si hacés una buena acción

No dejés para mañana lo que puedas hacer hoy

Por ejemplo, hay mucha gente que está sola en su dolor

No le niegues una mano ni una palabra de amor

Mirá para arriba, mirá para abajo

Verás el camino que Dios te ha marcado de amor y trabajo

Mirá para arriba, uoh-oh, mirá para abajo, uoh-oh

Verás el camino que Dios te ha marcado de amor y trabajo

Mirá para arriba, mirá para abajo

Verás el camino que Dios te ha marcado de amor y trabajo (amor sí, trabajo no)

Mirá para arriba, uoh-oh, mirá para abajo, uoh-oh

Verás el camino que Dios te ha marcado de amor y trabajo (basta, Cheli, basta)

Mirá para arriba, mirá para abajo

Verás el camino que Dios te ha marcado de amor y trabajo

Mirá para arriba, uoh-oh, mirá para abajo, uoh-oh

Verás el camino que Dios te ha marcado de amor y trabajo

Mirá para arriba, mirá para abajo

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
arriba /aˈri.βa/ A1	adverb - up; above
abajo /aˈβa.xo/ A1	adverb - down; below
camino /kaˈmi.no/ A1	noun - road; path; way
Dios /di.os/ A1	noun - God
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
trabajo /tɾaˈβa.xo/ A1	noun - work; job
ver /beɾ/ A1	verb - to see
marcar /maɾˈkaɾ/ B1	verb - to mark; to indicate
esperanza /es.peˈɾan.θa/ B1	noun - hope
ganas /ˈɡa.nas/ B1	noun - desire; urge
luchar /luˈt͡ʃaɾ/ B1	verb - to fight; to struggle
veces /ˈbe.θes/ A1	noun - times
levantar /le.βanˈtaɾ/ A2	verb - to raise; to lift; to get up
poeta /poˈe.ta/ B2	noun - poet
andar /anˈdaɾ/ A2	verb - to walk
vida /ˈbi.ða/ A1	noun - life
acción /akˈθjon/ B1	noun - action
mañana /maˈɲa.na/ A1	noun - morning; tomorrow
gente /ˈxen.te/ A1	noun - people
dolor /doˈloɾ/ A2	noun - pain; sorrow
mano /ˈma.no/ A1	noun - hand
palabra /paˈla.βɾa/ A1	noun - word

Key Grammar Structures

• Mirá para arriba, mirá para abajo

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The phrase "Mirá" is in the imperative mood, used to give commands or instructions.

• Verás el camino que Dios te ha marcado

  ➔ Future tense

  ➔ The verb "Verás" is in the future tense, indicating an action that will happen.

• Nunca pierdas la esperanza

  ➔ Negative imperative

  ➔ The phrase "Nunca pierdas" is a negative imperative, instructing someone not to lose hope.

• Como dijo aquel poeta

  ➔ Past tense

  ➔ The phrase "dijo" is in the past tense, referring to something that was said in the past.

• No le niegues una mano ni una palabra de amor

  ➔ Negative imperative with indirect object

  ➔ The phrase "No le niegues" is a negative imperative that includes an indirect object, instructing not to deny help.

• Vivirás mejor la vida si hacés una buena acción

  ➔ Conditional clause

  ➔ The phrase "si hacés" introduces a conditional clause, indicating a condition for living better.

• Verás el camino que Dios te ha marcado de amor y trabajo

  ➔ Present perfect tense

  ➔ The phrase "te ha marcado" is in the present perfect tense, indicating an action that has relevance to the present.