Vida Lyrics in English Ruben Blades , Boca Livre
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Vida by Ruben Blades from Spanish to English.
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Nadie escoge a su familia
No one chooses their family
O a su raza cuando nace
Or your race when you are born
Ni el ser rico, pobre, bueno, malo
Not being rich, poor, good, bad
Valiente o cobarde
Brave or cowardly
Nacemos de una decisión
We are born from a decision
Donde no fuimos consultados
Where we were not consulted
Y nadie puede
And no one can
Prometernos resultados
Promise us results
Cuando nacemos no sabemos
When we are born we don't know
Ni siquiera nuestro nombre
Not even our name
Ni cual será nuestro sendero
Nor what will be our path
Ni lo que el futuro esconde
Nor what the future hides
Entre el bautizo y el entierro
Between baptism and burial
Cada cual hace un camino
Everyone makes a path
Y con sus decisiones un destino
And with their decisions a destiny
Somos una baraja más de un juego
We are one deck more than one game
Que otro ha comenzado
That another has begun
Y cada cual apostará según
And everyone will bet according to
La mano que ha heredado
The hand you have inherited
La vida es una puerta
Life is a door
Donde no te cobran por la entrada
Where you are not charged for entry
Y el alma es el tiquete
And the soul is the ticket
Que al vivir te rasgan cuando pagas
That when you live they tear you when you pay
Y cada paso crea una huella
And every step creates a footprint
Y cada huella es una historia
And every footprint is a story
Y cada ayer es una estrella
And every yesterday is a star
En el cielo de la memoria
In the heaven of memory
Y la marea del tiempo lleva y trae
And the tide of time carries and brings
Nuestras contradicciones
Our contradictions
Y entre regreso y despedida
And between return and farewell
Cicatrizan los errores
Mistakes heal
Y cada amigo es la familia
And every friend is family
Que escogemos entre extraños
What we choose among strangers
Y entre la espera y el encuentro
And between waiting and meeting
Uno aprende con los años
One learns over the years
Que solamente a la conciencia
That only to consciousness
Nuestro espíritu responde
Our spirit responds
Y que una cosa es ser varón
And that it is one thing to be male
Y otra es ser hombre
And another is to be a man
Nadie escoge a su familia
No one chooses their family
O a su raza cuando nace
Or your race when you are born
Ni el ser bueno, malo, lindo, feo
Not being good, bad, cute, ugly
Inocente o culpable
Innocent or guilty
Del nacimiento hasta la muerte
From birth to death
Toda vida es una apuesta
Every life is a bet
De nuestra voluntad
Of our will
Depende la respuesta
It depends on the answer
Sueño con un mundo diferente
I dream of a different world
Donde nuestro amor nunca se acabe
Where our love never ends
Sueño con un mundo diferente
I dream of a different world
Donde nuestro amor nunca se acabe
Where our love never ends
Sueño con un mundo diferente
I dream of a different world
Donde nuestro amor nunca se acabe
Where our love never ends
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