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Que bello es vivir

El Kanka

Que bello es vivir by El Kanka, line by line: what the lyrics mean, 25 expressions explained and 383 words translated with their grammar. Learn Spanish from the song, free.

86 lines translated 383 words explained 25 expressions

Lyrics with English translation, line by line

Each line as sung, what it means, and — where it needs one — why it's said that way.

  1. Qué bello es vivir

    How beautiful it is to live

  2. A mí me gusta cada cosa

    I like every thing

  3. Que la vida nos ofrece

    That life offers us

  4. El placer me reconforta

    Pleasure comforts me

  5. El dolor me fortalece

    Pain makes me stronger

  6. Disfruto cada segundo

    I enjoy every second

  7. Y cada segundo que viene

    And every second that comes

  8. Cuando pienso que disfruto

    When I think I'm enjoying myself

  9. Más disfruto, es lo que tiene

    I enjoy it even more, that's just how it is

  10. Y como me gusta recrearme

    And how I love to indulge myself

  11. Disfrutando de cualquier soplo de aire

    Enjoying any breath of air

  12. Y como me alegro de encontrarme

    And how glad I am to find myself

  13. Tan alegre, tan feliz, tan despreciable

    So cheerful, so happy, so despicable

    The juxtaposition of 'tan alegre, tan feliz' (so cheerful, so happy) with 'tan despreciable' (so despicable) is the song's central comic twist — the narrator's over-the-top positivity is so extreme it becomes self-aware and self-mocking.

  14. Qué bello es vivir

    How beautiful it is to live

  15. Cuando me asomo a la ventana

    When I lean out of the window

  16. Y veo el mundo por la mañana

    And I see the world in the morning

  17. A mi es que se me alegra el alma

    My soul just lights up

    'el alma' is a feminine noun but takes the masculine article 'el' in the singular to avoid the clash of two 'a' sounds ('la alma'). This is a standard Spanish grammatical rule applying to feminine nouns beginning with a stressed 'a'.

  18. Y tengo que sacar el cava

    And I have to get out the cava

    cava is a Spanish sparkling wine made primarily in Catalonia, produced using the same traditional method as Champagne. It is Spain's festive drink of choice, equivalent to popping Champagne in English-speaking cultures.

  19. Para brindar por esta vida

    To toast to this life

  20. Que está tan bien fabricada

    That is so wonderfully made

  21. Y saco también el confeti

    And I also get out the confetti

  22. Y voy cantando por mi casa

    And I go singing through my house

  23. Como me gusta recrearme

    How I love to indulge myself

  24. Disfrutando de cualquier soplo de aire

    Enjoying any breath of air

  25. Y como me alegro de encontrarme

    And how glad I am to find myself

  26. Tan alegre, tan feliz, tan despreciable

    So cheerful, so happy, so despicable

  27. Qué bello es vivir

    How beautiful it is to live

  28. Qué lindo es amar

    How lovely it is to love

  29. Yo te quiero a ti

    I love you

  30. Tú me quieres más

    You love me more

  31. Qué bello es vivir

    How beautiful it is to live

  32. Qué lindo es amar

    How lovely it is to love

  33. Yo te quiero a ti

    I love you

  34. Tú me quieres más

    You love me more

  35. A cantar

    Let's sing

  36. Lará lará

    La la la la

  37. Lará lará

    La la la la

  38. Reír

    Laugh

  39. Jaja jaji

    Ha ha ha ha

  40. Jaja jeji

    Ha ha he he

  41. A bailar

    Let's dance

  42. Muévelo pa'llí

    Move it over there

  43. Muévelo pa' llá

    Move it over there

  44. Aplaudir a dos manos, milagro, alegría

    Clap with both hands, miracle, joy

  45. Por Dios, ni yo mismo me aguanto

    Good Lord, I can't even stand myself

  46. Pero qué bello es vivir

    But how beautiful it is to live

  47. Aunque la vida me maltrate

    Even if life mistreats me

  48. De la forma más espeluznante

    In the most hair-raising way

  49. Yo saldré cada día a la calle

    I will go out into the street every day

  50. Con mi sonrisa más grande

    With my biggest smile

  51. Y aunque nadie me soporte

    And even if nobody can stand

  52. Esta felicidad absurda

    This absurd happiness

  53. Y me echen de los bares

    And they throw me out of bars

  54. Y hasta mis padres me huyan

    And even my parents flee from me

  55. No es una rara enfermedad mental que todavía no se ha diagnosticado

    It's not some rare mental illness that hasn't been diagnosed yet

  56. Y no es el efecto de alguna cosita que yo sin querer me haya fumado

    And it's not the effect of some little something I may have accidentally smoked

    The line humorously denies that the singer's happiness is drug-induced, using the diminutive 'cosita' (little thing) as a coy, euphemistic reference to cannabis — adding to the song's self-deprecating, absurdist comedy.

  57. Qué bello es vivir

    How beautiful it is to live

  58. Qué lindo es amar

    How lovely it is to love

  59. Yo te quiero a ti

    I love you

  60. Tú me quieres más

    You love me more

  61. Qué bello es vivir

    How beautiful it is to live

  62. Qué lindo es amar

    How lovely it is to love

  63. Yo te quiero a ti

    I love you

  64. Tú me quieres más

    You love me more

  65. A cantar

    Let's sing

  66. Lará lará

    La la la la

  67. Lará lará

    La la la la

  68. Reír

    Laugh

  69. Jaja jaji

    Ha ha ha ha

  70. Jaja jeji

    Ha ha he he

  71. A bailar

    Let's dance

  72. Muévelo pa'llí

    Move it over there

  73. Muévelo pa'llá

    Move it over there

  74. Aplaudir a dos manos, milagro, alegría

    Clap with both hands, miracle, joy

  75. Por Dios, ni yo mismo me aguanto

    Good Lord, I can't even stand myself

  76. Lará lará

    La la la la

  77. Lará lará

    La la la la

  78. Jaja jaji

    Ha ha ha ha

  79. Jaja jeji

    Ha ha he he

  80. Lará lará

    La la la la

  81. Lará lará

    La la la la

  82. Viva y bravo, "alegrida", ilusión

    Hurray and bravo, 'alegrida', hope

    'alegrida' is a made-up word, blending 'alegría' (joy) with a nonsense suffix, used for comic and rhythmic effect. It does not exist in standard Spanish dictionaries.

  83. Qué bonico es vivir

    How lovely it is to live

    'bonico' is a dialectal diminutive of 'bonito' (pretty/nice), characteristic of the Murcian and Valencian regional dialects of Spain. Its use here adds a warm, folksy, slightly ironic tone.

  84. Si se os nota en la cara que estáis deseando

    You can tell by your faces that you're dying for

    The singer breaks the fourth wall here, directly addressing the live audience and joking that their faces reveal they are waiting for the song to end so they can applaud — a classic piece of self-aware performance humour.

  85. Que acabe para hincharos de a…

    For it to end so you can stuff yourselves with a...

    The lyric is deliberately cut off mid-word ('de a…') before 'aplaudir', creating a comedic pause that implies the audience might be thinking of something else entirely — a classic double-entendre setup resolved innocently on line 85.

  86. Para hincharos de aplaudir

    To stuff yourselves with applause

Expressions and idioms in “Que bello es vivir”

The lines that don't mean what the dictionary says.

A mí me gusta I like
gustar works the opposite way from English 'to like': the thing liked is the grammatical subject, and the person who likes it is an indirect object. 'A mí me gusta' literally means 'to me it is pleasing'. The 'a mí' is added for emphasis or contrast.
es lo que tiene that's just how it is / that's the thing about it
'Lo que tiene' is a fixed colloquial expression meaning 'that's what comes with it' or 'that's just the way it is'. It cannot be deduced word-for-word.
me gusta recrearme I love to indulge myself
recrearse (reflexive) means to amuse or indulge oneself; the plain verb recrear means to recreate or entertain someone else. The reflexive clitic -me shifts the meaning to a self-directed action.
disfrutar de to enjoy
disfrutar governs the preposition 'de' where English uses no preposition: 'disfrutar de algo' = 'to enjoy something'. Dropping 'de' is a common learner error.
me alegro de encontrarme I am glad to find myself
alegrarse de + infinitive is the standard pattern for expressing gladness about something. The verb alegrarse (reflexive) means 'to be glad/pleased'; plain alegrar means 'to make someone happy'.
me asomo a la ventana I lean out of the window
asomarse a is a reflexive verb + preposition construction meaning 'to lean out of' or 'to look out of'. The plain verb asomar means 'to stick out/show', so the reflexive changes the perspective to the subject looking outward.
por la mañana in the morning
The preposition 'por' is used with parts of the day in Spanish: 'por la mañana' (in the morning), 'por la tarde' (in the afternoon), 'por la noche' (at night). English uses 'in' or 'at', not 'by'.
se me alegra el alma my soul lights up / my heart lifts
This is a common Spanish construction where a body part or abstract noun (el alma) is the grammatical subject of an involuntary reaction. 'Se me alegra el alma' literally means 'the soul cheers itself up to me'. The 'me' is an indirect object showing who is affected.
tengo que sacar I have to get out
tener que + infinitive expresses obligation or necessity, equivalent to English 'have to' or 'must'. It is one of the most common modal constructions in Spanish.
brindar por to toast to / to drink to
brindar por is the standard expression for raising a toast to someone or something. The preposition 'por' is required; you cannot say 'brindar a' in this sense.
voy cantando I go along singing
ir + gerund describes an action happening progressively or continuously as one moves. 'Voy cantando' means 'I go along singing' — it emphasises the ongoing, casual nature of the action rather than a single event.
A cantar Let's sing / Time to sing
'A' + infinitive is a colloquial hortative construction in Spanish, equivalent to 'let's' + verb or 'time to' + verb. It is informal and energetic, common in songs and commands to groups.
Por Dios For God's sake / Good Lord
'Por Dios' is a fixed exclamation of exasperation or emphasis, equivalent to 'For God's sake' or 'Good Lord' in English. It uses the preposition 'por' (for/by) with 'Dios' (God).
ni yo mismo me aguanto I can't even stand myself
'Ni' here means 'not even', intensifying the negation. 'Aguantarse' (reflexive) means 'to put up with oneself / to stand oneself'. The phrase is a humorous self-deprecating idiom.
aunque la vida me maltrate even if life mistreats me
'Aunque' + subjunctive expresses a hypothetical or open concession ('even if'). If the speaker used the indicative instead, it would mean 'even though' (a known fact). The subjunctive 'maltrate' signals uncertainty or hypothesis.
aunque nadie me soporte even if nobody can stand me
Again 'aunque' + subjunctive ('soporte') for a hypothetical concession. soportar means 'to put up with / to stand (someone)', not 'to support' — a common false-friend trap for English speakers.
me echen de los bares they throw me out of bars
echar a alguien de un lugar means 'to throw/kick someone out of a place'. The reflexive/indirect object 'me' marks who is being expelled. This is a very common colloquial use of echar.
mis padres me huyan my parents flee from me
huir de alguien means 'to flee from someone'. Here 'me' functions as an indirect object showing who is being fled from. The subjunctive 'huyan' continues the 'aunque' clause from line 50.
no se ha diagnosticado has not been diagnosed
This is the passive reflexive construction: 'se' + third-person verb + past participle (via haber). Spanish often uses 'se' + active verb instead of a passive construction with 'ser'. 'Se ha diagnosticado' = 'has been diagnosed'.
sin querer without meaning to / accidentally
'Sin querer' is a fixed idiom meaning 'unintentionally' or 'accidentally'. Literally 'without wanting (to)', it is used exactly like 'by accident' in English. Very common in everyday speech.
me haya fumado I may have smoked
haber + past participle in the present subjunctive (haya fumado) expresses a past action viewed from a hypothetical or uncertain standpoint. The 'me' here is an ethical dative, adding a casual, colloquial flavour — roughly 'gone and smoked'.
Viva Long live / Hurray for
'Viva' is the 3rd person singular present subjunctive of vivir used as an exclamation of celebration, equivalent to 'Long live!' or 'Hurray for!'. It is a fixed exclamatory use of the subjunctive.
se os nota en la cara it shows on your faces
notarse (reflexive/impersonal) means 'to be noticeable / to show'. 'Se os nota' uses 'os' (2nd person plural indirect object, Spain) to mean 'it is noticeable in you'. This construction is very common for describing visible emotions or states.
estáis deseando you are dying to / you are longing to
estar + gerund forms the Spanish progressive tense. 'Estáis deseando' = 'you are (right now) wishing/longing'. 'Desear' here means 'to wish for / to long for', stronger than just 'to want'.
para hincharos de to stuff yourselves with
hincharse de + noun/infinitive is a colloquial expression meaning 'to stuff oneself with' or 'to do something to excess'. 'Hincharse' literally means 'to swell up', but idiomatically it means to overindulge.

Vocabulary to learn from “Que bello es vivir”

The words the song uses most.

Verbs in the song, and the form being sung

Present tense for each; the highlighted row is the one you'll hear.

ser is

sung: es irregular
ser — present tense
yo soy
tú eres
él / ella / usted es
nosotros somos
vosotros sois
ellos / ustedes son

vivir to live

sung: viva
vivir — present tense
yo vivo
tú vives
él / ella / usted vive
nosotros vivimos
vosotros vivís
ellos / ustedes viven

querer I love / I want

sung: quiero irregular
querer — present tense
yo quiero
tú quieres
él / ella / usted quiere
nosotros queremos
vosotros queréis
ellos / ustedes quieren

disfrutar I enjoy

sung: disfruto
disfrutar — present tense
yo disfruto
tú disfrutas
él / ella / usted disfruta
nosotros disfrutamos
vosotros disfrutáis
ellos / ustedes disfrutan

amar to love

amar — present tense
yo amo
tú amas
él / ella / usted ama
nosotros amamos
vosotros amáis
ellos / ustedes aman

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