Para Qué La Vida Lyrics in English Enrique Iglesias

Para Qué La Vida asks the simple yet heartbreaking question: “What is life for if you’re not here?” In this passionate Spanish pop ballad Enrique Iglesias counts the exact time since his lover left—“fifteen days and six hours”—and every second feels endless. Days are spent sleeping, nights are soaked in tears, and even the advice of friends or the prescriptions of a doctor cannot dull the sharp ache of absence. The singer’s world has shrunk to one thought: without you, nothing—not dreams, not sanity, not life itself—matters at all.

Listen closely and you’ll feel the storm of emotions swirling through the song: desperation, obsession, and unshakeable devotion. Each repeated question “¿Para qué la vida?” drives home the idea that love can be so powerful it eclipses everything else. It’s a vivid portrait of the first raw weeks after a breakup, when the mind spins in circles and every street corner seems haunted by memories. By the final chorus, Enrique leaves us with a bittersweet truth: sometimes the hardest part of love is learning how to live when it walks away.