Sabes? Alex Ubago Translation Meaning and Lyrics

Song Meaning

'Sabes?' means 'You know?' in English. It is a name of a song by 'Alex Ubago' human translated here by a native speaker.

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Lyrics and Translations

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Line 1
Original Lyrics: ¿Sabes, vida mía?

Typing Test: ¿,     ?

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Aligned Translation: You know, my life?

Free Translation: You know, my life?

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Line 2
Original Lyrics: Que cuando cae el sol y se apaga el día

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Aligned Translation: That when the sun goes down and the day goes out

Free Translation: when the sun goes down and the day goes out

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Line 3
Original Lyrics: La luna brilla pura y limpia

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Aligned Translation: The moon shines pure and clean

Free Translation: The moon shines pure and clean

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Line 4
Original Lyrics: Pues tu la iluminas con tu amor

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Aligned Translation: Well you light itup with your love

Free Translation: Well you light it up with your love

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Line 5
Original Lyrics: Con tu belleza y con tu olor

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Aligned Translation: With your beauty and with your smell

Free Translation: With your beauty and with your smell

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Original Lyrics: Con tu cariño, tu alegría y con tu voz

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Aligned Translation: With , your joy and with your voice

Free Translation: With your love, your joy and with your voice

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Line 7
Original Lyrics: Pero si no estás, si te vas

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Aligned Translation: But if you' 're not here , if you're leaving

Free Translation: But if you're not here, if you're leaving

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Line 8
Original Lyrics: La luna mengua y desaparece

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Aligned Translation: The moon wanes and disappears

Free Translation: The moon wanes and disappears

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Line 9
Original Lyrics: Y las estrellas la encontrarán

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Aligned Translation: And the stars will find it

Free Translation: And the stars will find it

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Line 10
Original Lyrics: Y descubrirán que mis lágrimas mecen en algún lugar

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Aligned Translation: And they'll find that my tears are rocking somewhere

Free Translation: And they'll find that my tears are rocking somewhere

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Line 11
Original Lyrics: Sin más amparo que mi propia soledad

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Aligned Translation: With no other shelter than my own loneliness

Free Translation: With no other shelter than my own loneliness

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Original Lyrics: Y ahora morirme no sería más desgracia

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Aligned Translation: And now to die would be no disgrace

Free Translation: And now to die would be no disgrace

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Line 13
Original Lyrics: Que perderte para siempre, ay, mi vida, no te vayas

Typing Test:       ,   ,     ,      

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Aligned Translation: Than to lose you forever, oh, my life , don't leave

Free Translation: Than to lose you forever, oh, my life, don't go

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Line 14
Original Lyrics: Porque yo que esto es amor del verdadero

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Aligned Translation: 'Cause I know that this is true love

Free Translation: 'Cause I know this is true love

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Original Lyrics: Y sin dudarlo ni un momento, te confieso que te quiero

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Aligned Translation: And without any hesitation, , I confess that I love you

Free Translation: And without any hesitation, I confess that I love you

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Original Lyrics: Sin dudarlo ni un momento

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Aligned Translation: Without any hesitation

Free Translation: Without any hesitation

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Line 17
Original Lyrics: Llora mi guitarra, cuando no estás se me parte el alma

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Aligned Translation: My guitar cries, , when you' 're not there my soul breaks

Free Translation: My guitar cries, when you're not there, my soul breaks

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Line 18
Original Lyrics: Me haces jugar malas pasadas

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Aligned Translation: You make me play games

Free Translation: You make me play games

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Line 19
Original Lyrics: Levantas mi ánimo cuando me hace falta

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Aligned Translation: You lift my spirits when I need it

Free Translation: You lift my spirits when I need it

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Line 20
Original Lyrics: Sabes hacerme reír a carcajadas

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Aligned Translation: You know to make me laugh out loud

Free Translation: You know how to make me laugh out loud

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Line 21
Original Lyrics: Puede que mañana veas en mi rostro la luz del alba

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Aligned Translation: Maybe tomorrow you'll see the light of dawn on my face

Free Translation: Maybe tomorrow you'll see the light of dawn on my face

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Original Lyrics: O puede que ya no sientas nada

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Aligned Translation: Or maybe you don't feel anything anymore

Free Translation: Or maybe you don't feel anything anymore

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Original Lyrics: Pero te aseguro que si hay algo de lo que no dudo

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Aligned Translation: But I assure you that if there is something that I do not doubt

Free Translation: But I assure you that if there is something that I do not doubt

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Original Lyrics: Es que mi amor no encuentra fronteras en este mundo

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Aligned Translation: Is that my love finds no borders in this world

Free Translation: my love finds no borders in this world

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Original Lyrics: Y ahora morirme no sería más desgracia

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Aligned Translation: And now to die would be no disgrace

Free Translation: And now to die would be no disgrace

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Original Lyrics: Que perderte para siempre, ay, mi vida, no te vayas

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Aligned Translation: Than to lose you forever, oh, my life , don't leave

Free Translation: Than to lose you forever, oh, my life, don't go

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Line 27
Original Lyrics: Porque yo que esto es amor del verdadero

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Aligned Translation: 'Cause I know that this is true love

Free Translation: 'Cause I know this is true love

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Original Lyrics: Y sin dudarlo ni un momento, te confieso que te quiero

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Aligned Translation: And without any hesitation, , I confess that I love you

Free Translation: And without any hesitation, I confess that I love you

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Line 29
Original Lyrics: No, no, no-oh, no, no, no

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Aligned Translation: no no no, oh no no no

Free Translation: No, no, no-oh, no, no, no

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Line 30
Original Lyrics: Ahora morirme no sería más desgracia

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Aligned Translation: Now to die would be no disgrace

Free Translation: Now to die would be no disgrace

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Line 31
Original Lyrics: Que perderte para siempre, ay, mi vida, no te vayas

Typing Test:       ,   ,     ,      

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Aligned Translation: Than to lose you forever, oh, my life , don't leave

Free Translation: Than to lose you forever, oh, my life, don't go

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Original Lyrics: Porque yo que esto es amor del verdadero

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Aligned Translation: 'Cause I know that this is true love

Free Translation: 'Cause I know this is true love

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Original Lyrics: Y sin dudarlo ni un momento, te confieso que te quiero

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Aligned Translation: And without any hesitation, , I confess that I love you

Free Translation: And without any hesitation, I confess that I love you

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Review

Alex asks the girl along the song whether she knows how different she makes the world look, how lucky he is to have her, and how sad he would feel without her.

It is such a sad song, making me feel romantic but bleak.

There are no explicit themes.

In the video, We can see him on the beach singing and thinking about her in different places, and we can also see a model representing the girl to whom he is dedicating the song.

Spanish learners can learn the use of possessives, reflexives, and some advanced Vocabulary such as alba, mengua, mece, amparo, or idioms, for example Hacer jugar malas pasadas.

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Average Ratings

Most people find the song lyrics easy to understand lyrics, lyrics sung very slowly and it has very hard to remember verbs and nouns

Most words used are in very common daily usage.RAE

Sabes? has 140 BPM (beats per minute)

References

RAE Based on a median word frequency of 77 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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