Diez Mil Maneras David Bisbal Translation Meaning and Lyrics

Song Meaning

'Diez Mil Maneras' means 'Ten Thousand Ways' in English. It is a name of a song by 'David Bisbal' human translated here by a native speaker.

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Lyrics and Translations

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Original Lyrics: Si antes de correr

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Aligned Translation: If before running

Free Translation: If before running away

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Original Lyrics: Olvidar y desaparecer

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Aligned Translation: Forget and disappear

Free Translation: Forgetting and disappearing

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Original Lyrics: Antes de hablar y herir después

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Aligned Translation: Before talking and hurting after

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Original Lyrics: Caer y levantarnos

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Aligned Translation: Falling and getting up

Free Translation: Falling and getting back up

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué no caminas junto a mí?

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Aligned Translation: Why don't you walk next to me?

Free Translation: Why don’t you walk beside me?

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Line 6
Original Lyrics: De la mano solo sin decir

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Aligned Translation: Just hand to hand without saying

Free Translation: Just hand in hand without saying

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Original Lyrics: Nada, solo basta estar aquí

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Aligned Translation: Nothing, just to be here is enough

Free Translation: Nothing, just being here is enough

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Original Lyrics: Suficiente con mirarnos

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Aligned Translation: It's enough to look at us

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Original Lyrics: No es para mí

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Aligned Translation: It's not for me

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Line 10
Original Lyrics: Vivir así

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Aligned Translation: Living like this

Free Translation: To live like this

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Original Lyrics: Tal vez si es para ti

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Aligned Translation: Maybe it is for you

Free Translation: Maybe it is for you

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Original Lyrics: ¿Qué vas a decidir?

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Aligned Translation: What are you going to decide?

Free Translation: What will you decide?

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Original Lyrics: Si hay diez mil maneras de olvidar

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Aligned Translation: There are ten ten thousand ways to forget

Free Translation: If there are ten thousand ways to forget

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Original Lyrics: De rescatarnos e intentar

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Aligned Translation: To rescue us and try

Free Translation: To rescue us and try

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Original Lyrics: Contarnos siempre la verdad

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Aligned Translation: Always tell us the truth

Free Translation: To always tell each other the truth

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué decir que no?

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Aligned Translation: Way say no?

Free Translation: Why say no?

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Original Lyrics: Si hay diez mil silencios que olvidar

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Aligned Translation: There are ten thousand silences to forget

Free Translation: If there are ten thousand silences to forget

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Original Lyrics: Ningún secreto que ocultar

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Aligned Translation: No secret to hide

Free Translation: No secrets to hide

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Original Lyrics: (Oh-oh, oh-oh)

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Aligned Translation: (Oh-oh, oh-oh)

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Original Lyrics: No hay porqué decir que no

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Aligned Translation: There's no need to say no

Free Translation: There’s no reason to say no

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Original Lyrics: Y sé muy bien que a veces puede más

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Aligned Translation: And I know very well that sometimes it can more

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Original Lyrics: La costumbre que la soledad

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Aligned Translation: Habit than loneliness

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Original Lyrics: A veces tanta terquedad

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Aligned Translation: Sometimes so much stubbornness

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Original Lyrics: Intenta separarnos

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Aligned Translation: Tries to separate us

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Original Lyrics: No es para mí

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Aligned Translation: It's not for me

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Original Lyrics: Vivir así

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Aligned Translation: Living like this

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Original Lyrics: Tal vez si es para ti

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Aligned Translation: Maybe it is for you

Free Translation: Maybe it is for you

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Original Lyrics: ¿Qué vas a decidir?

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Aligned Translation: What are you going to decide?

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Original Lyrics: Si hay diez mil maneras de olvidar

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Aligned Translation: There are ten ten thousand ways to forget

Free Translation: If there are ten thousand ways to forget

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Original Lyrics: De rescatarnos e intentar

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Aligned Translation: To rescue us and try

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Original Lyrics: Contarnos siempre la verdad

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Aligned Translation: Always tell us the truth

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué decir que no?

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Aligned Translation: Way say no?

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Original Lyrics: Si hay diez mil silencios que evitar

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Aligned Translation: There are ten thousand silences to avoid

Free Translation: If there are ten thousand silences to avoid

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Original Lyrics: Ningún secreto que ocultar

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Aligned Translation: No secret to hide

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Original Lyrics: (Oh-oh, oh-oh)

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Aligned Translation: (Oh-oh, oh-oh)

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Original Lyrics: No hay porqué decir que no

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Aligned Translation: There's no need to say no

Free Translation: There’s no reason to say no

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Original Lyrics: El amor duele sin remedio

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Aligned Translation: Love hurts without remedy

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Original Lyrics: Si lo dejas ir

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Aligned Translation: If you let it go

Free Translation: If you let it go

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Original Lyrics: Y no hay porqué perderlo

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Aligned Translation: And there's no reason to lose it

Free Translation: And there’s no reason to lose it

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Original Lyrics: Dejemos de mentir

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Aligned Translation: Let's stop lying

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Original Lyrics: Está acabando el tiempo

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Aligned Translation: Time is running out

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Original Lyrics: Lentamente

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Aligned Translation: Slowly

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Original Lyrics: Si hay diez mil maneras de olvidar

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Aligned Translation: There are ten ten thousand ways to forget

Free Translation: If there are ten thousand ways to forget

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Original Lyrics: De rescatarnos e intentar

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Aligned Translation: To rescue us and try

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Original Lyrics: Contarnos siempre la verdad

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Aligned Translation: Always tell us the truth

Free Translation: To always tell each other the truth

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué decir que no?

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Aligned Translation: Way say no?

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Original Lyrics: Si hay diez mil silencios que evitar

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Aligned Translation: There are ten thousand silences to avoid

Free Translation: If there are ten thousand silences to avoid

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Original Lyrics: Ningún secreto que ocultar

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Aligned Translation: No secret to hide

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Original Lyrics: (Oh-oh, oh-oh)

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Aligned Translation: (Oh-oh, oh-oh)

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Original Lyrics: No hay porqué decir que no, oh oh ohh

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Aligned Translation: There's no reason to say no, oh, oh , ohh

Free Translation: There’s no reason to say no, oh oh ohh

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Review

1) Lyric Summary & Meaning

The lyrics portray a plea to salvage a relationship by choosing connection over escape. The narrator suggests that before running away or causing more hurt, they should simply walk together in silence, arguing that there are "ten thousand ways" to forget, rescue themselves, and be honest, framing the situation as a conscious choice between giving up or fighting for their love.

2) Emotional Impact & Storytelling

The song evokes a feeling of urgent, heartfelt vulnerability and hopeful desperation through its dramatic pop-ballad arrangement and David Bisbal's powerful, emotive vocal delivery. The story is built on a critical crossroads in the relationship, using rhetorical questions and the contrast between destructive actions ("run," "hurt") and a simple, peaceful alternative ("walk hand in hand") to emphasize the active choice required to avoid a painful end.

3) Explicit Themes & Mood

The song contains no explicit content; it is an emotional ballad dealing with themes of relationship conflict, reconciliation, and the conscious effort required to save a love. The mood is intensely passionate, anxious, and cautiously hopeful, focusing on the precarious balance between saving a connection and accepting its end.

4) Relation to the Music Video

In the video for "Diez Mil Maneras", David Bisbal crafts a surreal and symbolic narrative that explores the search for authentic connection beyond conventions. The story unfolds between the coldness of a modern office building and the purity of an all-white minimalist stage, connected by a black hole that acts as a portal between both worlds. Bisbal, initially trapped in a corporate meeting, discovers through a folder a hole that allows him to transition into a space where the rules are different. There, an executive model multiplies in photocopies that Bisbal manipulates, transforming gray repetition into images of a specific woman, and then into real people who, carrying colored circles, create a vibrant grid on the floor. This explosion of color and dance represents the "ten thousand ways to forget, rescue, and try" proposed by the lyrics, a call to choose to walk together "hand in hand, without saying anything". The final return to the office, where the model looks at Bisbal and each step leaves colored circles on the floor, suggests that hope and the possibility of change can infiltrate even the most rigid spaces, inviting us to decide for truth and genuine connection.

5) External Links & Mentions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diez_Mil_Maneras

6) Artist's Official Links

https://www.instagram.com/davidbisbal/

https://twitter.com/davidbisbal

https://www.davidbisbal.com/

Submitted by user: ANAJOSE

Average Ratings

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

Some words used are in common daily usage.RAE

Diez Mil Maneras has 154 BPM (beats per minute)

Diez Mil Maneras is suitable for DELE Level students in terms of language complexity.

References

RAE Based on a median word frequency of 2184 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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