Ayer Lyrics in English by Luis Miguel

Desgarramos comes from the verb desgarrar, which means 'to tear' or 'to rip'. It's a visceral and intense word that you don't often hear in songs.

In this passionate ballad, Luis Miguel sings “Nos desgarramos de placer” (We tore ourselves apart with pleasure). He uses this powerful metaphor to describe being so completely overcome by emotion and passion that it feels like a physical tearing, highlighting the dream's intensity and the singer's deep yearning.

Ever wake up from a dream so vivid that reality feels like a bad prank? That is the exact mood Luis Miguel brings to "Ayer". He starts off on cloud nine, singing about how "Hoy en un sueño te encontré / Como un loco te besé" ("Today in a dream I found you / Like a crazy man I kissed you"). He even uses the phrase "estrenamos nuestro amor" ("we debuted our love"). In Spanish, the verb estrenar literally means to wear or use something brand new for the very first time—like taking the tags off a jacket. Here, he is test-driving a whole romance while asleep, touching eternity in a single hug.

Then the alarm goes off, and the crash hurts. Reality sets in with "Cómo me duele saber / Que esto es algo que sólo soñé" ("How it hurts to know / That this is something I only dreamed"). He looks back at secret vows made with no witnesses ("Nos juramos lealtad sin testigos") and pledges where they bet their very souls. It is wonderfully dramatic, completely over the top, and entirely trapped in his own head. By the time he admits "mi vida la dejé / En un sueño que soñé / Ayer" ("I left my life / In a dream I dreamed / Yesterday"), you realize he is mourning a fantasy breakup that never even happened in the waking world.