Vive – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José María Napoleón

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Nada te llevarás

Nothing will take you away

Cuando te marches

When you leave

Cuando se acerque el día

When the day

De tu final

Of your end draws near

Vive feliz ahora mientras puedes

Live happily now while you can

Tal vez mañana no tengas tiempo

Maybe tomorrow you won’t have time

Para sentirte despertar

To feel yourself wake up

Siente correr la sangre por tus venas

Feel the blood run through your veins

Siembra tu tierra y ponte a trabajar

Plant your land and start working

Deja volar libre tu pensamiento

Let your thoughts fly free

Deja el rencor para otro tiempo

Leave resentment for another time

Y echa tu barca

And set your boat

A navegar

Sailing

Abre tus brazos fuertes a la vida

Open your strong arms to life

No dejes nada a la deriva

Don’t leave anything adrift

Del cielo nada

Nothing from the sky

Te caerá

Will fall on you

Trata de ser feliz con lo que tienes

Try to be happy with what you have

Vive la vida intensamente

Live life intensely

Luchando lo

Fighting for what you want

Conseguirás

You will achieve it

...

...

Y cuando llegue al fin

And when the end comes

Tu despedida

Your farewell

Seguro es que feliz

Surely you will smile happily

Sonreirás

For having achieved what you loved

Por haber conseguido lo que amabas

For finding what you searched for

Por encontrar lo que buscabas

Because you lived

Porque viviste

Until the end

Hasta el final

Open your strong arms to life

Abre tus brazos fuertes a la vida

Don’t leave anything adrift

No dejes nada a la deriva

Nothing from the sky

Del cielo nada

Will fall on you

Te caerá

Try to be happy with what you have

Trata de ser feliz con lo que tienes

Live life intensely

Vive la vida intensamente

Fighting for what you want

Luchando lo

You will achieve it

Conseguirás

Conseguirás

...

Try to be happy with what you have

Trata de ser feliz con lo que tienes

Live life intensely

Vive la vida intensamente

Fighting for what you want

Luchando lo

You will achieve it

Conseguirás

Conseguirás

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
vida /ˈbiːdə/ A1	noun - life
feliz /feˈlis/ A1	adjective - happy
sangre /ˈsaŋɡre/ A2	noun - blood
trabajar /tɾaβaˈxaɾ/ A2	verb - to work
pensamiento /pensamjento/ B1	noun - thought
rencor /renˈkoɾ/ B2	noun - resentment
navegar /naβeˈɣaɾ/ B1	verb - to sail
despedida /despeˈðiða/ B2	noun - farewell
intensamente /inˈtensamente/ B2	adverb - intensely
conseguir /konsɛˈɡiɾ/ B1	verb - to achieve
caer /kaˈeɾ/ A2	verb - to fall
luchar /luˈtʃaɾ/ A2	verb - to fight
tiempo /ˈtjempo/ A1	noun - time
barca /ˈbaɾka/ A2	noun - boat
cielo /ˈsjelo/ A2	noun - sky

Key Grammar Structures

• Nada te llevarás

  ➔ Future tense with 'ir' to express what will not be taken.

  ➔ In this line, the phrase "Nada te llevarás" means "You will take nothing".

• Vive feliz ahora mientras puedes

  ➔ Imperative form to give advice or command.

  ➔ The phrase "Vive feliz" translates to "Live happily" and is an imperative form.

• Siente correr la sangre por tus venas

  ➔ Present tense to express current actions.

  ➔ The phrase "Siente correr" means "Feel the blood running" and is in the present tense.

• Deja volar libre tu pensamiento

  ➔ Imperative form to encourage freedom of thought.

  ➔ The phrase "Deja volar" translates to "Let fly" and encourages freedom.

• Trata de ser feliz con lo que tienes

  ➔ Infinitive form to express attempts or efforts.

  ➔ The phrase "Trata de ser feliz" means "Try to be happy" and uses the infinitive.

• Luchando lo conseguirás

  ➔ Gerund form to indicate ongoing action.

  ➔ The phrase "Luchando lo conseguirás" means "By fighting, you will achieve it".