Melina León (born 12 July, 1970 as Yamillette Aponte Yunqué in Río Piedras,… Read Full Bio ↴Melina León (born 12 July, 1970 as Yamillette Aponte Yunqué in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican merengue singer and actress. From an early age she performed with several groups including The Rubi, Girls of Puerto Rico and The Cherries, with whom she appeared in several San Juan hotels. Her first recording, Mujeres Liberadas, appeared in 1997 on the Tropix Music label. This was followed in 1998 with a Sony release, Con Los Pies Sobre La Tierra. By 2003 she was also performing as an actress on television movies such as: "Yo Creo en Santa Claus" in 2004, broadcasted by Televicentro in Puerto Rico, and Wapa America in the United States, among others, and has received several popular awards and had several successful albums and singles on the Billboard Tropical and Latin charts.
León started singing as a girl in musical festivals and music contests. At the age of 15, she joined a group called Las Cheris (The Cherries). After that she formed a group called Ruby which released an album through Independent Musical Productions.

Tropix Music signed her as a solo artist and she released her first album Mujeres Liberadas (Liberated Women) in 1997 which reached the top 10 of the Billboard tropical charts. The title track was a top 20 track on the Latin charts.

This attracted the interest of Sony Music who released her second album Con Los Pies Sobre La Tierra produced by Eduardo Reyes which made both the Billboard Latin and Billboard tropical album charts. Me Voy De Fiesta became another sizable hit single.

Baño de Luna was another top 10 Latin album when released and also won best female merengue singer by Premios de Musica 2000. Corazon de Mujer was another top 10 Latin album which was nominated for best tropical/salsa album in the 2002 Billboard Latin Awards. A self-titled album reached the top 15 of the Billboard tropical album charts in 2003 while she has also released an album called Serie Azul Tropical. In 2006, she recorded an album with the famous Colombian vocal group: Los Trío, and together taped a T.V. Special about it, broadcasted by Tu Universo Television.

Si Tú Te Vas
Melina León Lyrics

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Un sueño que he vivido tanto
Tiempo contigo NO puede acabar
Si me das a elegir,
Prefiero dormir en tu despertar
Si mi alma yo te di
Por tus ojos siempre vi
Ahora vienes a decir
Que te alejarás de mí

Si tú te vas (si tú te vas)
Si tú te vas (si tú te vas)
Mi corazón NO hará poom poom
Ni taqui taqui porque tú
Ya NO estarás
Para qué seguir viviendo
Si la vida es sufrimiento & nada más
Si tú te vas (si tú te vas)
Si tú te vas (si tú te vas)
NO tendrá ningún sentido
El vivir lo que he vivido
Si conmigo NO estarás
Déjame ser tu alegría
O mi tristeza tú serás
Si tú te vas...
Si llegas a pensar que triste es
Vivir en la soledad
Verías que es mejor
Vivir con quien amas
Que morir sin amor
Si mi alma yo te di
Por tus ojos siempre vi
Ahora vienes a decir
Que te alejarás de mí
Si tú te vas (si tú te vas)
Si tú te vas (si tú te vas)
Mi corazón NO hará poom poom
Ni taqui taqui porque tú
Ya NO estarás
Para qué seguir viviendo
Si la vida es sufrimiento & nada más
Si tú te vas (si tú te vas)
Si tú te vas (si tú te vas)
NO tendrá ningún sentido
El vivir lo que he vivido
Si conmigo NO estarás
Déjame ser tu alegría
O mi tristeza tú serás
Si tú te vas...
(Si te vas ya NO me queda nada,
La sonrisita de tu mirada)
Si tú te vas y te vas y te vas
Me quedaré en la soledad
(Si te vas ya no me queda nada,
La sonrisita de tu mirada)
Quizás ya nunca estarás,
Tus besos NO me darás
(Ese mambo)
(Si te vas ya no me queda nada,
La sonrisita de tu mirada)
Ay NO te vayas, NO te vayas
Que NO podré vivir jamás
Si tú te vas (si tú te vas)
Si tú te vas (si tú te vas)
Mi corazón NO hará poom poom
Ni taqui taqui
Porque tú ya NO estarás
Para qué seguir viviendo

Si la vida es sufrimiento y nada más
Si tú te vas... Ay...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Melina León's song Si Tú Te Vas describe the intense feelings of love and loss of someone who is about to be left by their lover. The singer opens with the line "Un sueño que he vivido tanto" which translates to "a dream that I have lived for so long". This indicates that the singer has been holding onto this dream of their relationship for a while now and does not want it to end. She then goes on to state "Tiempo contigo NO puede acabar" which translates to "time with you cannot end". The use of the word "NO" in all caps indicates the intensity of her desire to hold onto this relationship. She then says "Si me das a elegir, prefiero dormir en tu despertar". This line translates to "If you give me the choice, I prefer to sleep in your wake-up call", highlighting her desire to wake up next to her lover and not wake up to a world without them.

The singer then pleads with her lover to not leave her as she cannot bear the thought of living without them. The lines "Déjame ser tu alegría o mi tristeza tú serás" which translates to "Let me be your happiness or you will be my sadness" show the deep level of attachment she has to her lover. The chorus further emphasizes her pain and suffering at the prospect of losing her lover. The lines "Para qué seguir viviendo si la vida es sufrimiento y nada más" translate to "Why continue living if life is only suffering" which highlights the hopelessness she feels at the thought of her lover leaving her.

Overall, the lyrics to Si Tú Te Vas are a poignant description of the deep love and attachment the singer has for her lover and how unbearable it would be for her to lose them.

Line by Line Meaning

Un sueño que he vivido tanto
A dream that I have lived for so long

Tiempo contigo NO puede acabar
Time with you cannot end

Si me das a elegir,
If you give me a choice,

Prefiero dormir en tu despertar
I prefer to sleep in your awakening

Si mi alma yo te di
If I gave you my soul

Por tus ojos siempre vi
Through your eyes, I always saw

Ahora vienes a decir
Now you come to say

Que te alejarás de mí
That you will distance yourself from me

Si tú te vas (si tú te vas)
If you go (if you go)

Mi corazón NO hará poom poom Ni taqui taqui porque tú Ya NO estarás
My heart will not beat because you will not be there

Para qué seguir viviendo
Why keep living