Iba Lyrics in English Alejandro Sanz

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Iba by Alejandro Sanz from Spanish to English.
Verse 1
I was going
Alone, through the sand of your love
I was going
Alone, all alone, only me
I was going
Alone, asking about your God
Look
Look at where love took us
Verse 1
Give me a reason
Give me that pain
that you have inside
Now get it out
Chorus 1
I was going
With the air that was blowing around
Look at where love took us
I was going
Crazy with silence and your scent
Don't leave
Don't leave me
Don't leave me again
I don't know how to live
I don't know how to live
Verse 2
I was going
Give me from the brazier of your voice
Give me the taste of your betrayal
Give me your modesty and give it to me
Give me the warmth of your doubts
I was going
Chorus 2
I was going
With the air that was blowing around
Look at where love took us
I was going
Crazy with silence and your scent
Don't leave
Don't leave me
Don't leave me again
I don't know how to live
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SONG MEANING

Alejandro Sanz invites us on a windswept walk across the shifting sands of love. In Iba he portrays a solitary narrator who drifts “solo, por la arena de tu amor,” carried by the breeze of memories and perfume of the one he can’t forget. Each step is a question, a plea, a mix of wonder and hurt: “Mira a dónde nos llevó el amor.” The song’s imagery—air that circles, silence that shouts, a brazier-like voice that burns—turns a simple stroll into an emotional odyssey.

At its core the track is a passionate tug-of-war between desire and desperation. The singer begs for the other’s hidden pain, doubts, even betrayal, believing that sharing the darkest pieces of each other is better than separation. The repeated cry “No te vayas de mí… No sé vivir” lays bare a fear of abandonment and an admission that love, however painful, gives life its rhythm. Sanz wraps these raw emotions in a gentle yet aching melody, making Iba a heartfelt anthem for anyone who has ever felt both lost and found within the same love story.

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