Usted Se Me Llevó La Vida – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Alexandre Pires

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Usted se me llevó la vida

You took my life away

Y el alma entera

And my entire soul

Y se ha clavado aquí en mis huesos el dolor con esta angustia y esta pena

And the pain has stuck here in my bones with this anguish and sorrow

Usted

You

...

...

No sabe qué se siente perder

You don't know what it's like to lose

No sabe qué se siente caer y caer

You don't know what it's like to fall and fall

En un abismo profundo y sin fe

Into a deep and faithless abyss

Usted se me llevó la vida

You took my life away

Y aquí me tiene

And here you have me

Como una roca que el océano golpea que ahí esta, pero no siente

Like a rock that the ocean hits, that is there, but doesn't feel

Usted

You

No sabe lo importante que fue

You don't know how important you were

No sabe que su ausencia fue un trago de hiel

You don't know that your absence was a gulp of bile

Que se ha quedado clavada en mi piel

That has remained stuck on my skin

Usted no sabe

You don't know

Lo que es el amor

What love is

Y el miedo que causa

And the fear it causes

La desolación

The desolation

Usted no sabe

You don't know

Qué daño causó

What damage you caused

Cómo ha destrozado

How you have shattered

A este corazón

This heart

Que tan solo palpitaba

That only beat

Con el sonido de su voz

With the sound of your voice

Con el sonido de su voz

With the sound of your voice

Usted se me llevó la vida

You took my life away

Todas mis ganas

All my desire

Y me ha dejado congelada la razón y viva la desesperanza

And you have left my reason frozen and hopelessness alive

Usted

You

No sabe qué se siente perder

You don't know what it's like to lose

No sabe que su adiós fue morirme de sed

You don't know that your goodbye was dying of thirst

Que desgarró en este cuerpo su ser

That tore your being in this body

Usted no sabe

You don't know

Lo que es el amor

What love is

Y el miedo que causa

And the fear it causes

La desolación

The desolation

Usted no sabe

You don't know

Qué daño causó

What damage you caused

Cómo ha destrozado

How you have shattered

A este corazón

This heart

Que tan solo palpitaba

That only beat

Con el sonido de su voz

With the sound of your voice

Con el sonido de su voz

With the sound of your voice

Usted no sabe

You don't know

De verdad cómo se ama

Truly how to love

Usted no sabe

You don't know

Cómo he sufrido yo

How I have suffered

Usted es fría

You are cold

Y su maldad me hiela el alma

And your evil freezes my soul

Usted llenó mi vida

You filled my life

Toda de dolor

All with pain

(Usted no sabe)

(You don't know)

Lo que es el amor

What love is

(El miedo que causa)

(The fear it causes)

(La desolación)

(The desolation)

Usted no sabe

You don't know

(Qué daño causó)

(What damage you caused)

(Cómo ha destrozado)

(How you have shattered)

(A este corazón)

(This heart)

Usted no sabe, no sabe

You don't know, you don't know

...

...

(Usted no sabe)

(You don't know)

(Lo que es el amor)

(What love is)

Y el miedo que causa

And the fear it causes

La desolación

The desolation

Usted no sabe

You don't know

Qué daño causó

What damage you caused

Cómo ha destrozado

How you have shattered

A ese corazón

That heart

Usted no sabe

You don't know

(Lo que es el amor)

(What love is)

Y el miedo que causa

And the fear it causes

La desolación

The desolation

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
vida /ˈbi.ða/ A1	noun - life
alma /ˈal.ma/ A2	noun - soul
dolor /doˈloɾ/ B1	noun - pain
miedo /ˈmje.ðo/ B1	noun - fear
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A2	noun - heart
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
ausencia /awˈsen.sja/ B2	noun - absence
desesperanza /desespeˈɾanθa/ B2	noun - despair
trago /ˈtɾa.ɣo/ B1	noun - drink (often alcoholic)
daño /ˈda.ɲo/ B1	noun - damage
sufrir /suˈfɾiɾ/ B1	verb - to suffer
clavar /klaˈβaɾ/ B2	verb - to nail or to drive in
golpear /ɡolˈpeaɾ/ B1	verb - to hit or to strike
congelar /konxeˈlaɾ/ B2	verb - to freeze
fría /ˈfɾi.a/ B2	adjective - cold
importante /impoɾˈtante/ B1	adjective - important

Key Grammar Structures

• Usted se me llevó la vida

  ➔ Use of 'se' as a reflexive pronoun combined with indirect object pronoun 'me' to indicate a reciprocal or passive action.

  ➔ 'Se' is a reflexive pronoun in Spanish used here to indicate that the subject is affected by the action, combined with 'me' to show the action done to the speaker.

• Y el alma entera

  ➔ Use of 'entera' as an adjective meaning 'whole' or 'entire' to modify 'alma'.

  ➔ 'Entera' emphasizes that the soul is affected completely, highlighting the depth of the emotional pain.

• No sabe qué se siente perder

  ➔ Use of 'sabe' in the present indicative tense of 'saber' to express knowledge or awareness.

  ➔ 'Sabe' indicates the third person singular form of 'saber', meaning 'he/she/it knows'.

• Usted no sabe qué daño causó

  ➔ Use of 'causó' as the past tense of 'causar' indicating a completed action in the past.

  ➔ 'Causó' shows that the action of causing damage is completed and emphasizes its impact on the past.

• Con el sonido de su voz

  ➔ Use of 'de' as a preposition indicating possession or characteristic.

  ➔ 'De' connects 'sonido' (sound) and 'su voz' (his/her voice), indicating possession or origin of the sound.

• Con el sonido de su voz

  ➔ Use of 'de' as a preposition indicating possession or characteristic.

  ➔ 'De' indicates that the sound belongs to or originates from 'su voz', emphasizing possession or source.