Vivir Así Es Morir de Amor Camilo Sesto Translation Meaning and Lyrics

Song Meaning

'Vivir Así Es Morir de Amor' means 'To Live Like This Is To Die from Love' in English. It is a name of a song by 'Camilo Sesto' human translated here by a native speaker.

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Lyrics and Translations

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Original Lyrics: Siempre me traiciona la razón

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Aligned Translation: The reason always betrays me

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Original Lyrics: Y me domina el corazón

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Aligned Translation: And it dominates my heart

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Original Lyrics: No sé luchar contra el amor

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Aligned Translation: I don't know how to fight against the love

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Original Lyrics: Siempre me voy a enamorar

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Aligned Translation: I'm always gonna fall in love

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Original Lyrics: De quien de mí no se enamora

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Aligned Translation: For those Who doesn't fall in love with me

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Original Lyrics: Y es por eso que mi alma llora

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Aligned Translation: And that's why that my soul cries

Free Translation: That's why my soul keeps weeping

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Original Lyrics: ¡Y ya no puedo más!

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Aligned Translation: And I can't anymore

Free Translation: And I can't take it anymore!

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Original Lyrics: ¡Ya no puedo más!

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Aligned Translation: I can't anymore

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Original Lyrics: Siempre se repite esta misma historia

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Aligned Translation: This same story always repeats itself

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Original Lyrics: ¡Ya no puedo más!

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Aligned Translation: I can't anymore

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Original Lyrics: ¡Ya no puedo más!

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Aligned Translation: I can't anymore

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Original Lyrics: Estoy harto de rodar como una noria

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Aligned Translation: I'm sick of rolling like a waterwheel

Free Translation: I'm sick of spinning like a waterwheel

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Original Lyrics: Vivir así es morir de amor

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Aligned Translation: To Live like This is to die of Love

Free Translation: To live like this is to die from love

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Original Lyrics: Por amor tengo el alma herida

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Aligned Translation: For love I have a wounded soul

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Original Lyrics: Por amor

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Aligned Translation: For love

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Original Lyrics: No quiero más vida que su vida

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Aligned Translation: I don't want more life than her life

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Original Lyrics: ¡Melancolía!

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Aligned Translation: Melancholy!

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Original Lyrics: Vivir así es morir de amor

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Aligned Translation: To Live like This is to die of Love

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Original Lyrics: Soy mendigo de sus besos

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Aligned Translation: I am a beggar for her kisses

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Original Lyrics: Soy su amigo

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Aligned Translation: I'm her friend

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Original Lyrics: Yo quiero ser más que eso

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Aligned Translation: I want to be more than this

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Original Lyrics: ¡Melancolía!

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Aligned Translation: Melancholy!

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Original Lyrics: Siempre se apodera de mi ser

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Aligned Translation: She always takes over my being

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Original Lyrics: Mi serenidad se vuelve locura

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Aligned Translation: My serenity turns to madness

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Original Lyrics: Y me llena de amargura

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Aligned Translation: And it fills me with bitterness

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Original Lyrics: Siempre me voy a enamorar

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Aligned Translation: I'm always gonna fall in love

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Original Lyrics: De quien de mí no se enamora

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Aligned Translation: For those Who doesn't fall in love with me

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Original Lyrics: Es por eso que mi alma llora

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Aligned Translation: That's why that my soul cries

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Original Lyrics: ¡Y ya no puedo más!

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Aligned Translation: And I can't anymore

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Original Lyrics: ¡Ya no puedo más!

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Aligned Translation: I can't anymore

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Original Lyrics: Siempre se repite la misma historia

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Aligned Translation: The same story always repeats itself

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Original Lyrics: ¡Y ya no puedo más!

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Aligned Translation: And I can't anymore

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Original Lyrics: ¡Ya no puedo más!

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Aligned Translation: I can't anymore

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Original Lyrics: Estoy harto de rodar como una noria

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Aligned Translation: I'm sick of rolling like a waterwheel

Free Translation: I'm sick of spinning like a waterwheel

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Original Lyrics: Vivir así es morir de amor

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Aligned Translation: To Live like This is to die of Love

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Original Lyrics: Y por amor tengo el alma herida

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Aligned Translation: And for love I have a wounded soul

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Original Lyrics: Por amor

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Aligned Translation: For love

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Original Lyrics: No quiero más vida que su vida

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Aligned Translation: I don't want more life than her life

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Original Lyrics: ¡Melancolía!

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Aligned Translation: Melancholy!

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Original Lyrics: Vivir así es morir de amor

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Aligned Translation: To Live like This is to die of Love

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Original Lyrics: Soy mendigo de sus besos

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Aligned Translation: I am a beggar for her kisses

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Original Lyrics: Soy su amigo

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Aligned Translation: I'm her friend

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Original Lyrics: Y quiero ser algo más que eso

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Aligned Translation: And I want to be something more than this

Free Translation: And I need to be more than this

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Original Lyrics: ¡Melancolía!

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Aligned Translation: Melancholy!

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Original Lyrics: Vivir así es morir de amor

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Aligned Translation: To Live like This is to die of Love

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Original Lyrics: Y por amor tengo el alma herida

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Aligned Translation: And for love I have a wounded soul

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Original Lyrics: Por amor

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Aligned Translation: For love

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Original Lyrics: No quiero más vida que su vida

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Aligned Translation: I don't want more life than her life

Free Translation: I want no life but hers

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Original Lyrics: ¡Melancolía!

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Aligned Translation: Melancholy!

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Original Lyrics: Vivir así es morir de amor

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Aligned Translation: To Live like This is to die of Love

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Review

1) Summary of the Story in the Lyrics

The lyrics depict an all-consuming, torturous love where the narrator feels trapped in a cycle of emotional pain ("Estoy harto de rodar como una noria"). Camilo Sesto equates living in this state to "morir de amor" (dying of love), portraying love as both a wound ("alma herida") and an addiction ("No quiero más vida que su vida"). The exclamation "¡Melancolía!" crystallizes the song’s essence—a surrender to sorrow.

 

2) Emotional Impact & Storytelling Technique 

Sesto’s operatic vocals soar over dramatic piano and orchestral arrangements, mirroring the lyrics’ intensity. The carnival metaphor ("noria" / Ferris wheel) evokes relentless emotional whiplash, while the title’s paradox ("vivir es morir") frames love as existential torment. The melody’s crescendos mimic suffocating despair, making heartbreak feel grandiose and inescapable.

 

3) Themes & Tone

No explicit content. The song explores obsessive, unrequited love with a tone of gothic melodrama—more tragic than angry, leaning into romanticized suffering.

 

4) Music Video Relation

The televised performance transforms the song into a masterclass in dramatic delivery. Camilo Sesto, in a sharp black suit and tie, commands the circular stage like a matador of heartbreak, surrounded by candlelit tables where the black-tie audience becomes part of the spectacle. The interplay of spotlight and shadow mirrors the lyrics' anguish ("Living like this is dying of love"), while four backup singers in midnight-blue dresses swirl around him like echoes of his pain. Every gesture is poetry: hands clawing the air during "I can't take it anymore!", eyes searching the ceiling lights on "For love, my soul is wounded", and a deliberate stumble at "I'm sick of spinning like a waterwheel" as the orchestra swells. The crowd's spontaneous applause at key lines ("Melancholy!") creates a push-pull between despair and catharsis. When the final note fades to black, only the standing ovation remains – proof that even heartbreak can become transcendent art.  

 

5) Verified Discussions

 

1. https://www.sonymusic.es/lanzamientos/camilo-sesto-publica-unas-remezclas-de-vivir-asi-es-morir-de-amor-realizadas-por-la-casa-azul/ [40th anniversary special remix]  

 

2. https://www.centroniemeyer.es/events/event/vivir-asi-es-morir-de-amor-homenaje-a-camilo-sesto/

[Tribute show]  

 

3. https://www.centroculturalmigueldelibes.com/evento/vivir-asi-es-morir-de-amor-camilo-sesto/

[Tour of the musical show]  

 

4. https://culturalanucia.com/vivir-asi-es-morir-de-amor-emociono-al-publico-en-el-auditori-la-nucia/

[Tribute concert chronicle]  

 

5.https://www.tupalacio.org/evento/vivir-asi-es-morir-de-amor

[Details of shows' production]  

Submitted by user: ANAJOSE

Average Ratings

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

Most words used are in very common daily usage.RAE

Vivir Así Es Morir de Amor has 104 BPM (beats per minute)

Vivir Así Es Morir de Amor is suitable for DELE Level students in terms of language complexity.

References

RAE Based on a median word frequency of 687 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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