Una Vida Lyrics in English Natalia Lafourcade

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Una Vida by Natalia Lafourcade from Spanish to English.
I want to dedicate this song to you
And say cheers for us
Because you're brave when you come back
Little singing dove
Although I know that there are wounds in your immense heart
Now they are blessed
Today I would like to gift you the sun
And that in every wave the tide
Cleans the memories of pain
Of this bitter pain
That today has taught us
There's only one life to find each other again
There's only one life
There's only one life
To forgive each other
There's only one life to give it all
There's only one life to give smiles
There's only one life
One life, one life
To love each other again
I want to confess to you once more
It's not a matter of lies or betrayals
It was that we let go and the emptiness of my lonely heart
Wanted to have us both
Love was so forbidden
As inevitable to do it
There's only one life
There's only one life
To forgive each other
There's only one life to give it all
There's only one life to give smiles
There's only one life
One life, one life
Today I want to love you
Like this softly and calmly
With that calm that we didn't have yesterday
Now I deeply admit it, I was wrong
I know that I failed you, I even lost you
It seems that so much pain and so much suffering
Was worth it
There's only one life
There's only one life
To forgive each other
There's only one life to give it all
There's only one life to give smiles
There's only one life
One life, one life
To love each other again
I want to dedicate this song to you
Because I still love you
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SONG MEANING

“Una Vida” is Natalia Lafourcade’s warm, acoustic cheers to second chances. Picture her lifting a glass, smiling at someone who has just walked back into her life. She recognizes the scars they both carry, yet she invites the waves of the ocean to wash those memories clean. Over gentle guitar and her unmistakable voice, Natalia celebrates the courage it takes to return, to sing again, and to let sunlight back in.

The chorus repeats like a mantra: we only get one life to forgive, to smile, to give everything, and to love each other anew. She admits past mistakes, owns the pain, and still chooses tenderness. The song’s message is simple but powerful—value the single life you have, heal what hurts, and pour your heart out while you can. Listening feels like being wrapped in a hopeful embrace where regret turns into resolve and love finds its way home.

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