Cómo Lyrics in English Luis Miguel

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cómo by Luis Miguel from Spanish to English.
How can I imagine that life stays the same?
How, if your footsteps no longer cross the doorway?
How can I pretend this reality?
How, if until yesterday the sky shone in your gaze?
How can I console the rose and the jasmine?
How, if your laughter is no longer heard in the garden?
How am I to lie to them that tomorrow you'll return?
How can I wake up if you are not here?
How can I imagine that life stays the same?
How, if your footsteps no longer cross the doorway?
How can I pretend this reality?
How, if until yesterday the sky shone in your gaze?
How can I console the rose and the jasmine?
How, if your laughter is no longer heard in the garden?
How am I to lie to them that tomorrow you'll return?
How can I wake up if you are not here?
How can I pretend this reality?
How, if until yesterday the sky shone in your gaze?
How am I to lie to them that tomorrow you'll return?
How can I wake up if you are not here?
How can I wake up if you are not here?
If you are not here
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SONG MEANING

Longing echoes in every ‘¿Cómo?’

Luis Miguel’s “Cómo” is a heartfelt ballad that captures the bewilderment that follows the sudden absence of someone you deeply love. Each line begins with the question “¿Cómo…?”, showing a mind spinning in disbelief. The singer looks around at familiar places—doorway, garden, sky—and realizes they feel empty without that special presence. Everyday sights turn into painful reminders, and even nature itself seems to need comforting because the loved one’s laughter no longer fills the air.

Far more than a simple love song, “Cómo” is a poetic exploration of grief and denial. The repetition of “¿Cómo?” mirrors the way we keep asking the same question when our world changes overnight: How can life just go on? By the end, the song leaves us suspended between hope and reality, capturing that fragile moment when we must wake up to a new day, yet the person we long for is still missing. Listening to it is like stepping into a quiet dawn where every note aches with memory, but also gently teaches us that feeling lost is a natural part of love’s journey.

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