Sálvame – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: RBD
• Album: Rebelde

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Extrañarte es mi necesidad

Missing you is my need

Vivo en la desesperanza

I live in despair

Desde que tú ya no vuelves más

Since you won't be back anymore

Sobrevivo por pura ansiedad

I survive on pure anxiety

Con el nudo en la garganta

With a lump in my throat

Y es que no te dejo de pensar

And I can't stop thinking about you

Poco a poco el corazón

Little by little the heart

Va perdiendo la fe

Is losing faith

Perdiendo la voz

Losing its voice

(Sálvame del olvido)

(Save me from oblivion)

Sálvame de la soledad

Save me from loneliness

(Sálvame del hastío)

(Save me from boredom)

Estoy hecho a tu voluntad

I'm made to your will

(Sálvame del olvido)

(Save me from oblivion)

Sálvame de la oscuridad

Save me from darkness

(Sálvame del hastío)

(Save me from boredom)

No me dejes caer jamás

Never let me fall

...

...

Me propongo tanto continuar

I try so hard to move on

Pero "amor" es la palabra

But "love" is the word

Que me cuesta a veces olvidar

That I sometimes struggle to forget

Sobrevivo por pura ansiedad

I survive on pure anxiety

Con el nudo en la garganta

With a lump in my throat

Y es que no te dejo de pensar

And I can't stop thinking about you

Poco a poco el corazón

Little by little the heart

Va perdiendo la fe

Is losing faith

Perdiendo la voz

Losing its voice

(Sálvame del olvido)

(Save me from oblivion)

Sálvame de la soledad

Save me from loneliness

(Sálvame del hastío)

(Save me from boredom)

Estoy hecho a tu voluntad

I'm made to your will

(Sálvame del olvido)

(Save me from oblivion)

Sálvame de la oscuridad

Save me from darkness

(Sálvame del hastío)

(Save me from boredom)

No me dejes caer jamás

Never let me fall

...

...

(Sálvame del olvido)

(Save me from oblivion)

Sálvame de la soledad

Save me from loneliness

(Sálvame del hastío)

(Save me from boredom)

Estoy hecho a tu voluntad

I'm made to your will

(Sálvame del olvido)

(Save me from oblivion)

Sálvame de la oscuridad

Save me from darkness

(Sálvame del hastío)

(Save me from boredom)

No me dejes caer jamás

Never let me fall

(Sálvame del olvido)

(Save me from oblivion)

(Sálvame del hastío)

(Save me from boredom)

(Sálvame del...)

(Save me from...)

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
extrañar /ekstɾaˈɲaɾ/ B1	verb - to miss (someone or something)
necesidad /neθesiˈðað/ B2	noun - need, necessity
vivo /ˈbi.βo/ A1	verb - I live adjective - alive
desesperanza /desespeˈɾanθa/ C1	noun - hopelessness
volver /bolˈβeɾ/ A2	verb - to return
sobrevivo /soβɾeˈβi.βo/ B2	verb - I survive
ansiedad /ansiˈeðað/ B2	noun - anxiety
nudo /ˈnu.ðo/ B1	noun - knot
garganta /ɡaɾˈɣanta/ B1	noun - throat
pensar /penˈsaɾ/ A1	verb - to think
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A1	noun - heart
perder /peɾˈðeɾ/ A2	verb - to lose
fe /fe/ B1	noun - faith
voz /bos/ A1	noun - voice
olvido /olˈβiðo/ B2	noun - forgetfulness, oblivion
soledad /soleˈðað/ B1	noun - solitude, loneliness
hastío /asˈti.o/ C1	noun - boredom, weariness
oscuridad /oskuriˈðað/ B1	noun - darkness
caer /kaˈeɾ/ A2	verb - to fall

Key Grammar Structures

• Extrañarte es mi necesidad

  ➔ The verb 'es' (is) is used to express identity or equivalence.

  ➔ In this line, 'Extrañarte' (missing you) is identified as a necessity.

• Vivo en la desesperanza

  ➔ The present tense 'vivo' (I live) indicates a current state.

  ➔ Here, the speaker expresses their current existence in despair.

• Con el nudo en la garganta

  ➔ The phrase 'con el nudo' (with the knot) uses a prepositional phrase to describe a feeling.

  ➔ This line conveys the feeling of having a lump in the throat due to emotion.

• Poco a poco el corazón va perdiendo la fe

  ➔ The phrase 'va perdiendo' (is losing) uses the present continuous to indicate an ongoing action.

  ➔ This line suggests that the heart is gradually losing faith.

• Sálvame del olvido

  ➔ The imperative 'sálvame' (save me) is used to give a command or request.

  ➔ In this line, the speaker is pleading for rescue from oblivion.

• Estoy hecho a tu voluntad

  ➔ The phrase 'estoy hecho' (I am made) uses the passive voice to indicate a state of being.

  ➔ This line indicates that the speaker is shaped by the will of another.

• No me dejes caer jamás

  ➔ The negative imperative 'no me dejes' (don't leave me) is used to express a strong request.

  ➔ In this line, the speaker is urgently asking not to be abandoned.