¿Por Qué Te Vas? Lucero Translation Meaning and Lyrics

Song Meaning

'¿Por Qué Te Vas?' means 'Why are you leaving?' in English. It is a name of a song by 'Lucero' human translated here by a native speaker.

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Lyrics and Translations

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Original Lyrics: Hoy en mi ventana brilla el sol

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Aligned Translation: Today in my window shines the sun

Free Translation: Today the sun shines through my window

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Original Lyrics: Y un corazón

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Aligned Translation: And a heart

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Original Lyrics: Se pone triste contemplando la ciudad

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Aligned Translation: Setting sadly looking at the city

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué te vas?

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Aligned Translation: For what you go

Free Translation: Why are you leaving?

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Original Lyrics: Como en cada noche desperté

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Aligned Translation: Like each night I woke up

Free Translation: Like every night I woke up

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Original Lyrics: Pensando en ti

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Aligned Translation: Thinking of you

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Original Lyrics: Y en mi reloj todas las horas pasar

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Aligned Translation: An on my watch all the hours I saw pass

Free Translation: And on my watch I saw all the hours go by

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué te vas?

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Aligned Translation: For what you go

Free Translation: Why are you leaving?

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Original Lyrics: Todas las promesas de mi amor se irán contigo

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Aligned Translation: All the promises of my love will go with you

Free Translation: All the promises of my love will go with you

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Original Lyrics: Me olvidarás, me olvidarás

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Aligned Translation: You will forget me You will forget me

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Original Lyrics: Junto

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Aligned Translation: By the station today I will cry like a child

Free Translation: I will cry like a child at the the station today

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué te vas?

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Aligned Translation: For what you go

Free Translation: Why are you leaving?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué te vas?

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Aligned Translation: For what you go

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué te vas?

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Aligned Translation: For what you go

Free Translation: Why are you leaving?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué te vas?

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Aligned Translation: For what you go

Free Translation: Why are you leaving?

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Original Lyrics: Bajo la penumbra de un farol

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Aligned Translation: Under the light of a street light

Free Translation: Under the shadow of a lantern

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Original Lyrics: Se dormirán

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Aligned Translation: They will fall asleep

Free Translation: They will die

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Original Lyrics: Todas

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Aligned Translation: All the things left to say

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Original Lyrics: Se dormirán

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Aligned Translation: They will fall asleep

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Original Lyrics: Junto a las manillas de un reloj

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Aligned Translation: Next to the handles of a clock

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Original Lyrics: Esperarán

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Aligned Translation: They will wait

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Original Lyrics: Todas las horas que quedaron por vivir

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Aligned Translation: All the hours that they remained to live

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Original Lyrics: Esperarán

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Aligned Translation: They will wait

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Original Lyrics: Todas las promesas de mi amor se irán contigo

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Aligned Translation: All the promises of my love will go with you

Free Translation: All the promises of my love will go with you

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Original Lyrics: Me olvidarás, me olvidarás

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Aligned Translation: You will forget me You will forget me

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Original Lyrics: Junto

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Aligned Translation: By the station today I will cry like a child

Free Translation: I will cry like a child at the the station today

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué te vas?

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Aligned Translation: For what you go

Free Translation: Why are you leaving?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué te vas?

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Aligned Translation: For what you go

Free Translation: Why are you leaving?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué te vas?

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Aligned Translation: For what you go

Free Translation: Why are you leaving?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué te vas?

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Aligned Translation: For what you go

Free Translation: Why are you leaving?

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Original Lyrics: Todas las promesas de mi amor se irán contigo

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Aligned Translation: All the promises of my love will go with you

Free Translation: All the promises of my love will go with you

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Original Lyrics: Me olvidarás, me olvidarás

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Aligned Translation: You will forget me You will forget me

Free Translation: You'll forget me, you'll forget me

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Original Lyrics: Junto

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Aligned Translation: By the station today I will cry like a child

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué te vas?

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Aligned Translation: For what you go

Free Translation: Why are you leaving?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué te vas?

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Aligned Translation: For what you go

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué te vas?

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Aligned Translation: For what you go

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Original Lyrics: ¿Por qué te vas?

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Aligned Translation: For what you go

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Review

The girl in the song is looking to the near future when her boyfriend will be leaving.  Her heart is sad even though it is a beautiful day.

Its a sad song about someone leaving.  She doesn't know why he's leaving.  It seems the dreams and hopes for the relationship will go at the same time.

Lucero is doing a live performance in this video with a big band in 2017 in Mexico.  She looks amazing in a glittery dress and high heels as she twirls around and shows off a big of leg.

Wonderful sound from the trumpets in the Mexican band, and lovely timing and intonation by Lucero.

It is a sad song: "Why are you leaving?"  It is a well known song, with recordings by many artists.

There does seem to be some confusion about how the title is translated; on Wikipedia it is suggested that the title is 'Porque te vas' - Because you are leaving.  This does seem to make a more sense - she suggests for example that 'all the promises of my love will leave with you - because you are leaving', rather than the more open; 'why are you leaving'. 

Submitted by user: BENDECKO

Average Ratings

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

Many words used are not in common daily usage.RAE

¿Por Qué Te Vas? has 174 BPM (beats per minute)

References

RAE Based on a median word frequency of 5551 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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