Cherish The Day – English Lyrics

• By: Sade
• Album: Love Deluxe

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the smooth, rhythmic flows of Sade to enhance your English listening skills. This song is perfect for learning nuanced romantic vocabulary and practicing your ear for soulful, steady phrasing and atmospheric storytelling.

[English]

(mellow music)

♪ You're ruling the way that I move ♪

♪ And I breathe your air ♪

♪ You only can rescue me ♪

♪ This is my prayer ♪

♪ If you were mine ♪

♪ If you were mine ♪

♪ I wouldn't want to go ♪

♪ To Heaven ♪

♪ I cherish the day ♪

♪ I won't go astray ♪

♪ I won't be afraid ♪

♪ You won't catch me running ♪

♪ You're ruling the way that I move ♪

♪ You take my air ♪

♪ You show me how deep love can be ♪

♪ I cherish the day ♪

♪ I won't go astray ♪

♪ I won't be afraid ♪

♪ You won't catch me running, no ♪

♪ I cherish the day ♪

♪ I won't go astray ♪

♪ I won't be afraid ♪

♪ Won't run away ♪

♪ You show me how deep love can be ♪

♪ You show me how deep love can be ♪

♪ This is my prayer ♪

♪ I cherish the day ♪

♪ I won't go astray ♪

♪ I won't be afraid ♪

♪ Won't run away, won't shy ♪

♪ I cherish the day ♪

♪ I won't go astray ♪

♪ I cherish the day ♪

♪ I cherish the day ♪

♪ I cherish the day ♪

♪ I cherish the day ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
rule /ruːl/ B1	verb - to exercise control or authority over
breathe /briːð/ B1	verb - to take air into the lungs and then expel it
rescue /ˈres.kjuː/ B1	verb - to save someone from a dangerous or difficult situation
prayer /preər/ B2	noun - a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God or an object of worship
heaven /ˈhev.ən/ B1	noun - a place of supreme happiness or the abode of God
cherish /ˈtʃer.ɪʃ/ C1	verb - to protect and care for someone or something lovingly
astray /əˈstreɪ/ C1	adverb - away from the correct path or direction
afraid /əˈfreɪd/ A2	adjective - feeling fear or anxiety; frightened
catch /kætʃ/ A2	verb - to intercept and hold something; to capture
running /ˈrʌn.ɪŋ/ A1	verb - the action of moving at a speed faster than a walk
deep /diːp/ A2	adjective - extending far down from the top or surface; intense
shy /ʃaɪ/ B1	adjective - nervous or timid in the company of other people