Respiro

• By: Siddhartha, Ximena Sariñana
• Album: Memoria Futuro

Lyrics:

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No eres tú ni era yo

It's not you nor was it me

No es tan fácil quererse

It's not so easy to love each other

Ni saber pedir perdón

Nor to know how to apologize

Ni poderse hablar de frente

Nor to be able to talk - face to face

La esperanza cambió

Hope has changed

Y con ella la suerte

And with it, luck

De saber decir te quiero

To know how to say I love you

Cada vez que sea sincero

Every time I am sincere

Uh, te gusta desaparecer

Uh, you like to disappear

Dejando las cenizas del pasado volar

Leaving the ashes - of the past to fly

Uh, escapas al campo a respirar

Uh, you escape to the countryside - to breathe

Estallan tus latidos en silencio total

Your heartbeats explode - in total silence

Así acostumbras al amor a respirar

This is how you get love used to breathing

No eres tú ni era yo

It's not you nor was it me

No es tan fácil quererse

It's not so easy to love each other

Ni saber pedir perdón

Nor to know how to apologize

Ni poderse hablar de frente

Nor to be able to talk - face to face

La esperanza cambió

Hope has changed

Y con ella la suerte

And with it, luck

De saber decir te quiero

To know how to say I love you

Cada vez que sea sincero

Every time I am sincere

Uh, te gusta desaparecer

Uh, you like to disappear

Dejando las cenizas del pasado volar

Leaving the ashes - of the past to fly

Uh, regresas a casa y al entrar

Uh, you return home - and upon entering

Estallan tu sonrisa en una ofrenda de paz

Your smile explodes - in an offering of peace

Así acostumbras al amor

This is how you get love used to

A despojarse de tu mente

To strip away - from your mind

Cuando eres tú mi corazón

When you are - my heart

Sabes hacerme bien

You know how to do me good

Regresarme a la vida y cambiar

To bring me back to life - and change

Lo que desafina mi armonía

What disrupts - my harmony

Cuando eres tú mi corazón

When you are - my heart

Sabes hacerme bien

You know how to do me good

Regresarme a la vida y cambiar

To bring me back to life - and change

Lo que desafina mi armonía ya se va

What disrupts - my harmony is leaving

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No eres tú ni era yo

It's not you nor was it me

No es tan fácil quererse

It's not so easy to love each other

Ni saber pedir perdón

Nor to know how to apologize

Ni poderse hablar de frente

Nor to be able to talk - face to face

No eres tú ni era yo

It's not you nor was it me

No es tan fácil quererse

It's not so easy to love each other

Ni saber pedir perdón

Nor to know how to apologize

Ni poderse hablar de frente

Nor to be able to talk - face to face

Así acostumbras al amor a respirar

This is how you get love used to breathing

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
esperanza /espeˈɾansa/ B2	noun - hope
sincero /sinˈseɾo/ B2	adjective - sincere, honest
enamorarse /ena.moˈɾaɾ.se/ B2	verb - to fall in love
desaparecer /desa.paɾeˈseɾ/ B2	verb - to disappear
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A2	noun - heart
latido /laˈti.ðo/ B1	noun - heartbeat
pasado /paˈsaðo/ A2	noun - past
ser /seɾ/ A1	verb - to be
poder /poˈðeɾ/ A2	verb - to be able to, can
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A2	verb - to want, to love
cambiar /kanˈβjaɾ/ B1	verb - to change
vida /ˈβi.ða/ A2	noun - life
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love

Grammar:

• No eres tú ni era yo

  ➔ Use of the present tense 'eres' and imperfect tense 'era' to describe ongoing states.

  ➔ The Spanish verbs 'eres' and 'era' are used to express ongoing or habitual states in the present and past, respectively.

• Ni saber pedir perdón

  ➔ Use of infinitive verbs 'saber' and 'pedir' to express ability and actions.

  ➔ The infinitives 'saber' (to know/how to) and 'pedir' (to ask for) are used to describe abilities and actions that can be done.

• Dejando las cenizas del pasado volar

  ➔ Use of present participle 'dejando' to indicate an ongoing or simultaneous action.

  ➔ The gerund 'dejando' (leaving / letting) indicates an ongoing or concurrent action happening at the same time as another activity.

• Así acostumbras al amor a respirar

  ➔ Use of the verb 'acostumbras' (from 'acostumbrar') in present tense to express habitual actions.

  ➔ The verb 'acostumbras' in the present tense indicates a habitual action or tendency.

• Cuando eres tú mi corazón

  ➔ Use of the present tense 'eres' and the direct object pronoun 'tú' to specify whom the subject is.

  ➔ 'eres' is the second person singular present form of 'ser', and 'tú' is the informal 'you' pronoun, indicating who the subject is.