Una traducción de "Ser o Estar"
¡Hola a todos! Estaba escuchando la canción "Ser o Estar" de Jesse y Joy, y traté de traducirla (creo que hice algunas partes mal). Lo siguiente es mi intento. ¿Es que ustedes lo pueden corregir?
No puedo esperar más sin tenerte junto a mí
Desesperación es que no estés aquí
Que no estés para verme caer
Ni me pueda tu voz levantar
Qué difícil se vuelve lograr respirar
I can't wait anymore without having you together with me
Despair that you're not here
That you're not here to see me fall
Nor can your voice lift me up
It becomes so difficult to breathe
No quiero ser
No quiero hablar
No quiero estar
Si tú no estás aquí
I don't want to be (exist)
I don't want to talk
I don't want to be (here)
If you're not here
No no puedo entender ya
Por qué no te dejas llevar
Dame una razón dos
Para soportar
I can't understand anymore
Why you don't let yourself carry (I had no idea here)
Give me a reason or two
To endure
Que no esté para verte caer
Y te pueda mi voz levantar
Qué difícil se vuelve lograr respirar
That I'm not here to see you fall
Or can my voice lift you up
It becomes so difficult to breathe
No quiero estar si tú no estás aquí
No entiendo lo que siento
Cómo pensar en dejarte ir
Si digo que no importa miento
I don't want to be here if you're not here
I don't understand what I feel
How to think about letting you go
If I tell you that it doesn't matter, I'm lying
Se empieza a notar si tú no estás
En mi comportamiento
No se te ocurra pensar en decirme adiós
It's beginning to be noticed if you're not here
In my behavior
It doesn't occur to you to say goodbye to me
También tenia otra pregunta - ¿por qué se utiliza tanto el subjuntivo? ¿Me pueden explicar por qué cantan
Desesperación es que no estés aquí
Que no estés para verme caer
Ni me pueda tu voz levantar
en lugar de esto?
Desesperación es que no estás aquí
Que no estás para verme caer
Ni me puede tu voz levantar
¡Muchas gracias!
6 Answers
I think dejarse llevar means something like to get carried away or to lose control. Otherwise, your translation looks good to me. Translating songs used to be one of my favorite ways to practice Spanish. Glad to see I'm not the only one 
I'll let someone else tackle the subjunctive here. I'd guess that he's just trying to be poetic but there's a good chance that I'm mistaken since subjunctive has always been confusing to me.
The subjunctive requires certain "triggers" (See my article on the Subjunctive Link to subjunctive. One of the triggers is "siento que" or "me etristece que" followed by the subjoined clause with the verb in the subjunctive. This "trigger" indicates sadness.
In this case the word "desesperación" (meaning "despair" or "hopelessness") all by itself initiates the subjunctive of the three following verbs. The fifth line is not subjoined to "desesperación" as It begins a new sentence. There should have been a period after "levantar" on the fourth line.
I hope I have been clear enough on this.
No no puedo entender ya
Por qué no te dejas llevar
Dame una razón dos
Para soportar
I just can't understand
Why you don't let yourself carry away
Give me a reason or two
To endure
Nice, the last two lines even rhyme!
Desesperación es que no estés aquí
Que no estés para verme caer
Ni me pueda tu voz levantar
en lugar de esto?
Desesperación es que no estás aquí
Que no estás para verme caer
Ni me puede tu voz levantar
Well, in this case it is pretty clear. The speaker is not talking about actual facts but possibilities, so the subjunctive is used.
If they were actual facts, the second options would be correct.
Please have a look at Daniel's thread on the subjunctive.
No puedo esperar más sin tenerte junto a mí
Desesperación es que no estés aquí
Que no estés para verme caer
Ni me pueda tu voz levantar
Qué difícil se vuelve lograr respirar
I can't wait anymore without having you by my side
(have you together with me sounds odd to me)
Despair means not having you here /by my side
That you're not here to see me fall
Nor can your voice lift me up
It becomes so difficult to breathe
Wait for native speakers to confirm 
Se empieza a notar si tú no estás
En mi comportamiento
No se te ocurra pensar en decirme adiós
It's beginning to show if you're not here
In my behavior
Don't you dare say goodbye to me
Nice shot, however, please wait for native speakers.
