More songs by Jorge Drexler
Description
Associated Performer: Jorge Drexler, Rueda de Candombe
Producer, Adapter, Associated Performer, Vocal: Jorge Drexler
Associated Performer: Rueda de Candombe
Background Vocal: Alana Sinkëy
Background Vocal: Miryam Latrece
Background Vocal: Pastora Andrades
Background Vocal: Javier Calequi
Associated Performer: Jorge Glem
Piano: Diego Paredes
Associated Performer: Darío Terán
Associated Performer: Claudio Martinez
Guitar: Alejandro Luzardo
Guitar: Rolo Fernández
Accordion: Hernan Peyrou
Piano: Juan Álvarez
Associated Performer: Fernando Nuñez
Associated Performer: Camilo Nuñez
Percussion: Gabo Lugo
Lyricist, Composer: Gonzaguinha
Producer: Lucas Piedra Cueva
Recording Engineer, Producer: Mauro
Mixing Engineer: Carles Campi Campón
Mastering Engineer: Fred Kevorkian
Executive Producer: Jesús Presser Martos
Executive Producer: Ocho Sílabas
Lyrics and translation
Original
Prefiero la respuesta que un niño da en la infancia.
Es la vida, es bonita y es bonita, oh.
Vivir y no tener vergüenza de ser feliz.
Cantar y cantar y cantar la belleza de ser un eterno aprendiz.
Yo sé, yo sé, yo sé, que la vida podría ser mejor y será, pero eso no impide que repita: es bonita, es bonita y es bonita.
¿Y la vida? ¿Qué es la vida, mi hermano? Esa es la cuestión.
¿Es acaso el latido de un corazón o una dulce ilusión?
Ay, vida, ¿será que es maravilla o es sufrimiento? ¿Será que es alegría, tal vez un lamento?
¿Qué será, mi hermano, que la vida es?
Hay quien dice que una vida no vale nada en el mundo. Es una gota de tiempo que no dura un segundo.
Otros dicen que es un divino misterio profundo.
Es un soplo del Creador en un arranque del más puro amor. Alguien dijo que es lucha y placer.
Él me dice: «Déjala correr». Ella dice: «Me quiero morir porque sin un amor vivir no es vivir».
Solo sé que confío en que siempre le encuentre sentido de alguna manera.
Cada cual irá haciendo su vida como fuera o quiera o pueda.
Siempre tan deseada, por más que esté errada.
Nadie, nadie quiere la muerte, no.
Solo salud y suerte, oh, oh, oh.
Y la pregunta rueda por su senda infinita.
Me quedo con la respuesta que un niño da en la infancia.
Es la vida, es bonita y es bonita.
Vivir y no tener vergüenza de ser feliz.
Cantar y cantar y cantar la belleza de ser un eterno aprendiz.
Yo sé, yo sé, yo sé, que la vida podría ser mejor y será, pero eso no impide que repita: es bonita, es bonita y es bonita.
Vivir y no tener vergüenza de ser feliz.
Cantar y cantar y cantar la belleza de ser un eterno aprendiz.
Yo sé, yo sé, yo sé, que la vida podría ser mejor y será, pero eso no impide que repita: es bonita, es bonita y es bonita.
Es bonita, es bonita y es bonita.
Es bonita, es bonita y es bonita.
English translation
I prefer the response that a child gives in childhood.
It's life, it's beautiful and it's pretty, oh.
Live and not be ashamed of being happy.
Sing and sing and sing the beauty of being an eternal learner.
I know, I know, I know, that life could be better and it will be, but that does not stop me from repeating: it is beautiful, it is beautiful and it is beautiful.
And life? What is life, my brother? That's the question.
Is it perhaps the beating of a heart or a sweet illusion?
Oh, life, is it wonder or suffering? Could it be that it is joy, perhaps a regret?
What will it be, my brother, what life is?
There are those who say that a life is worth nothing in the world. It is a drop of time that does not last a second.
Others say it is a profound divine mystery.
It is a breath of the Creator in an outburst of the purest love. Someone said it is struggle and pleasure.
He tells me: "Let her run." She says: "I want to die because without love living is not living."
I just know that I trust that I will always make sense of it somehow.
Everyone will lead their life however they want or can.
Always so desired, even if it is wrong.
Nobody, nobody wants death, no.
Just health and luck, oh, oh, oh.
And the question rolls along its infinite path.
I am left with the response that a child gives in childhood.
It's life, it's beautiful and it's beautiful.
Live and not be ashamed of being happy.
Sing and sing and sing the beauty of being an eternal learner.
I know, I know, I know, that life could be better and it will be, but that does not stop me from repeating: it is beautiful, it is beautiful and it is beautiful.
Live and not be ashamed of being happy.
Sing and sing and sing the beauty of being an eternal learner.
I know, I know, I know, that life could be better and it will be, but that does not stop me from repeating: it is beautiful, it is beautiful and it is beautiful.
She's pretty, she's pretty and she's pretty.
She's pretty, she's pretty and she's pretty.