Spanish Songs Translations

Cama y mesa (Bed and table) by Roberto Carlos (Brasil)

2010-07-03T13:04:00.003+02:00

Translation: Laura

Quiero ser tu canción desde el principio al fin
I want to be your song from start to end
Quiero rozarme en tus labios y ser tu carmín (1)
I want to rub your lips and to be your lipstick
Ser el jabón que te suaviza, el baño que te baña
To be the soap that makes you soft/smooth, the bath that bathes you
La toalla que deslizas por tu piel mojada
The towell that you slid over your wet skin

Yo quiero ser tu almohada, tu edredón de seda
I want to be your pillow, your silk comforter
Besarte mientras sueñas y verte dormir
To kiss you while you dream and to watch you sleeping
Yo quiero ser el sol que entra y da sobre tu cama
I want to be the sun that enters and shines over your bed
Despertarte poco a poco, hacerte sonreir
To slowly wake you up, to make you smile

Quiero estar en el más suave toque de tus dedos
I want to be in the softest touch of your fingers
Entrar en lo más íntimo de tus secretos
To enter in the most intimate of your secrets
Quiero ser la cosa buena liberada o prohibida
I want to be the good thing liberalized or forbidden
Ser todo en tu vida
To be everything in your life

Todo lo que me quieras dar quiero que me lo des
Everything what you want to give me, I want you to give to me
Yo te doy todo lo que un hombre entrega a una mujer
I give you everything what I man gives to a woman
Y más allá de ese cariño que siempre me das
And beyond that love that you always give me
Me imagino tantas cosas quiero siempre más
I Imaging so many (other) thing, I always want more

Tú eres mi dulce desayuno, mi pastel perfecto
You are my sweet breackfast, my perfect cake
Mi bebida preferida, el plato predilecto
My preferred drink, the favorite dish
Yo como y bebo de lo bueno y no tengo hora fija
I eat and drink good things and I have not fixed hours (for eating and drinking…)
De mañana, tarde o noche no hago dieta
In the morning, in the afternoon or at the evening, I make no diet

Y ese amor que alimenta a mi fantasía
And this love that feeds my fantasy
Es mi sueño, es mi fiesta, es mi alegría
Is my dream, is my party/celebration/festivity, is my joy
La comida más sabrosa, mi perfume, mi bebida
The most tasty food, my perfume, my drink
Es todo en mi vida
Is everything in my life

Todo hombre que sabe querer
Every men that knows how to love
sabe dar y pedir a la mujer
knows how to ask from and give to the woman
lo mejor, y hacer de ese amor
the best, and to make from this love
lo que come, que bebe, que da, que recibe
what he eats, what he drinks, what he gives, what he receives

El hombre que sabe querer y
The men that knows how to love
se apasiona por una mujer
falls in love with a woman
Convierte su amor en su vida
(and) makes of this love his life
su comida y bebida en la justa medida
his food and drink in the exact measurement
4x

(1) carmín refers to the carmine colour of lipsticks, and is often used to refer to a lipstick. Nonetheless, i guess this is an old term, at least in Spain. Nowadays mostly everybody says "pintalabios".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=330uiYKnJDI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwoeBxVn7A8

Yo no me doy por vencido (I dont give up) by Luis Fonsi (Puerto Rico)

2010-06-26T16:43:00.003+02:00

Translation: Laura

Me quedo callado
I keep quiet/ I stay silent
Soy como un niño dormido
I am like a sleeping child
que puede despertarse
that can wake up
con apenas solo un ruido
with just a noise
Cuando menos te lo esperas
When you less expect it
Cuando menos lo imagino
When I less imaging
Se que un dia no me aguanto y voy y te miro
I know that one day i can not help it and look at you

Y te lo digo a los gritos
And tell it to you shouting
Y te ries y me tomas por un loco atrevido
And you laugh and think I am daring crazy
Pues no sabes cuanto tiempo en mis sueños has vivido
As you dont know for how long you have been living in my dreams
Ni sospechas cuando te nombre
You dont even have a clue when I called your name

Estribillo 1
Yo, yo no me doy por vencido
I, I dont give up
Yo quiero un mundo contigo
I want a world with you
Juro que vale la pena esperar, y esperar y esperar un suspiro
I swear it worth waiting, and waiting, and waiting for a sight
Una señal del destino
A sign of destiny
No me canso, no me rindo, no me doy por vencido
I dont get tired, I dont quite, I don’t give up

Tengo una flor de bolsillo
I have a pocket flower
marchita de buscar a una mujer que me quiera
withered of searching a woman who loves me
y reciba su perfume hasta traer la primavera
and receive its perfume until bringing the spring
y me enseñe lo que no aprendi de la vida
and teach me what i havent learned from life
que brilla mas cada dia
that shines brighter each day
porque estoy tan solo a un paso de ganarme la alegria
because I am just one step away from getting happiness
porque el corazon levanta una tormenta enfurecida
becasue the heart rise a furious storm
desde aquel momento en que te vi…
since that moment I saw you...

Estribillo 1

Este silencio esconde demasiadas palabras
This silens hide too many words
No me detengo, pase lo que pase seguire
I dont stop, whatever will happen, I will go on

Estribillo 1

To listen to this song click here or here

Me voy (I leave) by Julieta Venegas (Mexico)

2010-06-04T15:17:00.004+02:00

Porque no supiste entender a mi corazón
Because you didnt know (learn) how to understand my heart
lo que había en él
what was inside it (within)
porque no tuviste el valor
because you didnt have the courage
de ver quién soy
to see who I am

Porque no escuchas lo que
Because you dont listen to what
está tan cerca de ti
is so closet o you
sólo el ruido de afuera
just the noise outside
y yo, que estoy a un lado
and I, that I am next to you
desaparezco para ti
disappear for you

Refrain 1
No voy a llorar y decir
I am not ggoing to cry and say
que no merezco esto porque
that I dont deserve this because
es probable que lo merezco
provably I do deserve it
pero no lo quiero, por eso...
but I dont want it, that is why…
Me voy, que lástima pero adiós
I leave, I am so sorry but goodbye
me despido de ti y
i say farwell to you and
me voy, que lástima pero adiós
I leave, I am so sorry but goodbye
me despido de ti
i say farwell to you

Porque sé, que me espera algo mejor
Because I know, that something better is awaiting me
alguien que sepa darme amor
someone who knows how to give me love
de ese que endulza la sal
this kind (of love) that makes salt sweet
y hace que salga el sol
and that makes the sun rise

Yo que pensé, nunca me iría de ti
I, that I thought, that I will never go away from you
que es amor del bueno, de toda la vida
that this is true love, for the whole life
pero hoy entendí que no hay
but today I understood that there is not
suficiente para los dos
enough for the both of us

Refrain 1

To listen to this song, clik here

Dejame vivir (Let me live) by Jarabe de Palo y La Mari (de Chambao)

2010-06-02T22:18:00.003+02:00

Translation: Laura

Déjame vivir
Let me live
libre
free
como las palomas
like the doves
que anidan en mi ventana
that make their nests in my window
mi compañía
my companion (the doves)
cada vez que tú te vas 2x
everytime that you leave

Déjame vivir
Let me live
libre
free
libre como el aire
free as the air
Me enseñaste a volar
You taught me how to fly
y ahora
and now
me cortas las alas
you cut my wings

Y volver a ser yo mismo
And to be myself again
Que tú vuelvas a ser tú
And that you are yourself again
Libre
Free
libre como el aire
free as the wind

Déjame vivir
Let me live
libre
free
pero a mi manera
but my way
Y volver a respirar
And to breath again
de ese aire
(from) this air
que me vuelve a la vida
that give me life back again (that make me feel alive again)
Pero a mi manera 2x
But my way

Y volver a ser yo mismo
And to be myself again
Que tú vuelvas a ser tú
And that you are yourself again
Libre
Free
pero a tu manera
but your way

Y volver a ser yo mismo
And to be myself again
Que tú vuelvas a ser tú
And that you are yourself again
Libre
Free
libre como el aire
free as the wind

Pero a mi manera 2x
But my way

Dejame vivir
Let me live
Pero a mi manera
But my way

Aire, aire…
Air, air…

Offical video

Pau Dones (Jarabe de Palo)

Kaking off oficial video

Te lloré todo un río (I cried a whole river for you) by Mamá (Mexico)

2010-03-05T20:06:00.007+01:00

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Te lloré todo un río (I cried a whole river for you) by Mamá (Mexico)
Translation: Laura

Yo aquí llorándote un río
Here I am, crying a (whole) river for you
mandándome al olvido
sending myself to ovblion
¡qué cosa más injusta amor!
What an unfair thing, my love!

Fuiste matando mis pasiones,
You killed (all) my passions (you were slowly killing all my passions)
tachando mis canciones,
crossing out (deleting) my songs
me tenías pisoteado,
you ruined/destroyed me
estaba desahuciado (1)
I was hopeless
no es justo, no. Bebe
It´s not fair, no. Drink

Refrain 1
Pero este mundo ya giró
But this world has now turned (around)
y ahora te tocó perder
and now is your turn to lose
Bebe, te lloré todo un río
Drink, I cried a whole river for you
(bebe, bebe)
(drink, drink)
bebe, te lloré a reventar
Drink, I cried to death for you
(bebe, bebe)
(drink, drink)
oh no no no, no tienes corazón,
Oh! No, no, no; you do not have a heart
no te vuelvo a amar
I am not loving you again/I will not love you again
Te lloré todo un río,
I cried a whole river for you
ahora llórame un mar.
Now you cry a (whole) sea for me

Ya no me busques
Now you dont look for me (anymore)
ya es muy tarde
now it is too late
ya tengo otro amor
I have another love
una chula sirena
a nice/cool mermaid
que nada en mi piel
that swimms in my skin

Ya te perdono
I forgive you
no hay rencores,
There is no resentment
sólo los dolores
only the pain
Mi alma está arañada
My soul is scratched
lloré en suelo mojado (2)
I cried over a wet floor
no es justo, no, bebe
It´s not fair, no. Drink

Refrain 1

Verdad que un río te lloré
It is true that I creid a (whole) river for you
verdad que no te vuelvo a amar
It is true that I am not loving you again
oh no, no, no, no te vuelvo a amar
Oh no, no, no; I am not loving you again

verdad que un río te lloré
It is true that I creid a (whole) river for you
verdad que no te vuelvo a amar
It is true that I am not loving you again
oh no, no, no, pierdete en tu mar
Oh no, no, no; get lost in your sea

verdad que un río te lloré
It is true that I creid a (whole) river for you
verdad que no te vuelvo a amar
It is true that I am not loving you again
llora, llora, llórame...
Cry, cry, cry for me

(1) "deshauciar" means do declare someone to be terminatelly ill
(2) "llover en suelo mojado" is a saying that means to do something that serves for nothing; your action has no any impact on the situation. When the floor is already wet, the rain cannot make it more wet. Here, the singer has changed the word “llover” -to rain- for “llorar” -to cry, meaning that his crying, served for nothing; he is comparing the effect of his tears on the girl with this of raindrops falling over a wet floor.

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Quiereme (Love me) by Nuria Fergó (Spain)

2010-02-14T00:01:00.004+01:00

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Quiereme(Love me) by Nuria Fergó (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Refrain 1
Agua del arroyo blanco,
Water from the White stream
Agua pa saciar mis labios,
Water to satiate my lips
Agua de tu primavera,
Water of your spring (Season),
de mi zalamera pa mi corazón
from my flatterer to my heart

Eres para mí como agua clara,
You are for me like clear water
Que corre hacia mi corazón como un río
That runs to my heart like a rives
Que nada y que muere en el fondo del mar.
That swims and die at the bottom of the sea
Eres para mi como la luna, desnuda ante la noche.
You are for me like the moon, naked before the night
Guiando mis pasos hasta el amanecer.
Guiding my steps until dawn

Siempre para mi eres lo primero.
For me you are always the first (thing)
Aunque falte el dinero te quiero.
Even if Money is running out, I love you
Yo sin oro ni plata te espero hasta el atardecer.
I without gold nor silver I wait for you until dusk
Tu serás la calma y el consuelo y el aire que me falta algunas veces
You will be the calm and the comfort and the air that I am lacking some times.
Agua del arroyo blanco
Water from the White stream
Agua pa saciar mi sed.
Water to satiate my thirst

Refrain 2
Quiereme,
Love me
Como se quiere por primera vez, quiereme
In the way that one loves for the first time, love me
Quiereme para los restos de la vida
Love me, for the rest of the live
Y quiereme, como sé que tu lo hacias
And love me, as I know that you used to
Y quiereme de noche, quiereme de día
And love me during the night, love me during the day

Quiereme,
Love me
Como se quiere por primera vez, quiereme
In the way that one loves for the first time, love me
Quiereme para los restos de la vida
Love me, for the rest of the live
Quedate, que mi alma es una buleria
Stay, that my soul is a “buleria”(1)

Refrain 1

Te susurraré mil veces al oído que jamás buscaré nada fuera de ti
I will whisper in your ear a thousand times that I will never search anything outside you
Jamás besaré como te beso a ti, créeme.
I will never kiss the way a kiss you, belive me

Créeme, porque es tan cierto lo que digo
Belive me because what I am saying is as true
como lo es el sentimiento de un suspiro
as the Keeling of a whisper
Como el frío que siente tu piel,
As the coldness your skin feels
Sin abrigo, sin besos, sin sed.
Without cloths, without kisses, without thirst.

Refrain 2

Pero déjate llevar
(But) Let yourself go
Por el sueño que una vez vivimos, que una vez te di.
For the dream we onced lived, that I gave to you once

Refrain 2

Porque te querré
Because i will love you
Aunque te cueste sonreir, amor te querré
Even if you find hard to smile, my love I will love you
Te daré, a puñaditos las caricias
I will give to you bunches of caresses
Quedate, que mi alma es una buleria
Stay, that my soul is a “buleria”

(1) Buleria is a sort of flamenco song.

I like the flamenco version of this song singed by this bride that, on her wedding day, surprised the groom by singing this song. Very beautiful and romantic way to show her love.

Contigo (With you) by Joaquin Sabina (Spain)

2010-01-24T16:42:00.004+01:00

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Contigo (With you) by Joaquin Sabina (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Yo no quiero un amor civilizado,
I don't want a civilized love
con recibos y escena del sofá,
with bills and the sofa scene (1)
yo no quiero que viajes al pasado
I don't want you to go back on time (think about the past)
y vuelvas del mercado con ganas de llorar.
and come back from the market wanting to cry

Yo no quiero vecinas con pucheros
I don't want neighbours with (stew)pots (2)
yo no quiero sembrar ni compartir,
I don't want to sow nor share (3)
yo no quiero catorce de febrero
I don't want 14 of February (Sant Valentine’s day)
ni cumpleaños feliz.
nor happy birthday

Yo no quiero cargar con tus maletas,
I don't want to carry your lugagge
yo no quiero que elijas mi champú,
I don't want you to choose my champoo
yo no quiero mudarme de planeta,
I don't want to move to another planet
cortarme la coleta,
cut my braid off (get retired) (4)
brindar a tu salud.
make a toast to your sake

Yo no quiero domingos por la tarde,
I don't want Sunday afternoons
yo no quiero columpio en el jardin,
I don't want (children) swing in the garden (5)
lo que yo quiero, corazón cobarde,
What I want, you coward heart,
es que mueras por mí.
is that you die for me

Estribillo (Refrain)
Y morirme contigo si te matas,
And dying with you if you kill yourself
y matarme contigo si te mueres,
And killing myself if you die
porque el amor cuando no muere mata,
Because love, when it doesn't die, it kills
porque amores que matan nunca mueren.
Because those loves that kill never die

Yo no quiero juntar para mañana,
I don't want to save for tomorrow
no me pidas llegar a fin de mes,
Don't ask me to get to the end of the month (6)
yo no quiero comerme una manzana
I don't want to eat an apple
dos veces por semana
twice a week
sin ganas de comer.
not being hungry

Yo no quiero calor de invernadero,
I don't want greenhouse warmth (heat)
yo no quiero besar tu cicatriz,
I don't want to kiss your scar
yo no quiero París con aguacero, (7)
I don't want rainy Paris
ni Venecia sin ti.
nor Venice without you.

No me esperes a las doce en el juzgado,
Don't wait for me at 12 in court
no me digas volvamos a empezar,
Don't tell me “lets start again”.
yo no quiero ni libre ni ocupado,
I don't want free nor ocuppied
ni carne ni pecado,
nor flesh or sin
ni orgullo ni piedad.
nor pride or mercy

Yo no quiero saber por qué lo hiciste,
I don't want to know why did you do it
yo no quiero contigo ni sin ti,
I don't want with or without you
lo que yo quiero, muchacha de ojos tristes,
What I want, girl with the sad eyes,
es que mueras por mí.
is that you die for me

Estribillo (Refrain) X3

(1) Paying bills and making love in the sofa
(2) Neighbours cooking, house wifes, a normal neighbour environment
(3) this are famous sayings: if you seed, you will crop after.
(4) “Cortarse la coleta” (to get the braid cut off) means to get retired from an activity. This is a famouse saying that bullfighter use when they get retired form the job.
(5) children playground in the backyard of the house
(6) Tom have money at the end of the month
(7) Paris con Aguacero and Venecia sin ti are the titles of two famous songs or movies…

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Bravo by Diego El Cigala (Diego the crawfish) (Spain)

2009-10-12T23:27:00.003+02:00

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Bravo by Diego El Cigala (Diego the crawfish) (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Bravo, permíteme aplaudir por la forma de herir mis sentimientos
Bravo, allow me to applaud for your way of hurting my feelings
Bravo, te vuelvo a repetir por tu falso e infame juramento
Bravo, I repeat again, for your fake and infamous/vile oath
Todo aquello que sentí y en nuestra intimidad tan bello
all that what I felt and in our intimicy so beautiful (1)
Quien me iba a decir que había de volcar en sufrimiento
who tells me will turn into suffering
Te odio tanto que yo mismo me espanto
I hate you so much that even myself is astonished
De mi forma de odiar
of my way of hating
Deseo, que después de que te mueras
I wish that, after you die
No haya para ti un lugar
there is no palce for you
El infierno resulta un cielo comparado con tu alma
Hell seems like heaven compared to you soul
Y que Dios me perdone por desear
And may God forgive me for wishing
Que ni muerta tengas calma
that not even dead you have (find) peace (can rest)
2X

(1) this sentence is incorrect in Spanish. It makes no sense...

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Si a veces hablo de ti (If I talk about you sometimes) by Tio Moncho and Niña Pastori (Spain)

2009-10-12T22:25:00.003+02:00

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Si a veces hablo de ti (If I talk about you sometimes) by Tio Moncho and Niña Pastori (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Si a veces hablo de ti
If I talk about you sometimes
no pienses que aún te quiero
don't think that I still love you
es sólo porque recuerdo
it is just because I remember
lo que contigo sufrí.
what I suffered with you

Refrain 1
Si a veces hablo de ti
If I talk about you sometimes
o ves que brillan mis ojos
or you see my eyes shining
no creas que estan llorosos
don't think that they are crying
es que mi risa es así.
is just that my laugh is like this

Que cuando lloro por ti
As when I cry for you
ni las estrellas lo saben
not even the stars knows it
yo lloro cuando no hay nadie
I cry when there is nobody
que te lo pueda decir.
that can tell you (after)

Que cuando yo pienso en ti
As when I think about you
lo hago tan para adentro
I do it so deep inside me
que ni mi piel sabe cierto
that not even my skin really knows
que muero pensando en ti.
that I am dying thinking about you

Que no, que no, que no, que no,
no, no, no, no
que nunca podrás saber
you will never know
si todavía te quiero
whether I still love you
o te dejé de querer.
or I stopped loving you
2x

Refrain 2
Que cuando lloro por ti
As when I cry for you
lo hago siempre en silencio.
I always do it in silence

Refrain 1 (2X)

Refrain 2

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Una Espina Clavá (1)" (Stuck thorn) by Estrella Morente y Antonio Carbonel (Spain)

2009-10-11T10:23:00.004+02:00

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Una Espina Clavá (1)" (Stuck thorn) by Estrella Morente y Antonio Carbonel (Spain)
Translation: Laura (thanks to Kamran for the editting and for suggesting this song)

Llevo una espina clavada dentro de mi pecho
I carry (have) a thorn stuck within (on) my chest
Llevo tres dias sin verte, son como tres anhos, solo espero tu regreso
I have been three days without seeing you (I dont see you for three days), they are like three years, I just wait for your return

Veo que se marcha el dia y viene la noche y me muero por mis recuerdos
I see that the day is leaving (finishing) and the night is comming and I am dying of my memories (by remembering her)
Siento que si no estas conmigo y si no vienes pronto de tristeza yo me muero
I feel that if you are not with me, and if you do not come soon, I will die of sadness

Dime, dime que me has dao (2), que me tienes loca, loca estoy mi amado
Tell me, tell me what have you given to me (3), that you drove me crazy, crazy I am, my beloved

L aire (el aire), me falta tu aire, me falta tu aliento, quiero que me abraces
Air, I am short of your air, I am short of your breath, I want you to embrace me (tight)
fuerte, que no te separes me da mucho miedo no poder acariciarte
tight, that you do not separate (from me), it scares me not being able to caress you
siento (4) atarme a tu sombra, pisar donde tu pises, ser una sola persona
I feel/I am sorry tying myself to your shadow, step over your steps, to be just one person (both lovers to be one)

Refrain 1
ser una sola persona atrapada en tu ser
Being just one person trapped in your being
una sola persona cubierta en tu piel
a single person covered (sheltered) in your skin
amor de mis amores, yo quisiera ser, quisiera ser, quisiera ser
love of my loves (love of my life) I would like to be, I would like to be (a single person)
mira, miradas que se cruzan, no hace falta hablar
look, exchanging looks (glances), (there is) no need to talk
estar solo contigo, sobra lo demas, ayyy
being alone with you, all the rest is not needed (extra)

Refrain 2
Vente y no tardes mucho, me muero por verte
Come, and don't delay, I am dying to see you
Cantando te espero juntito (5) en la fuente
Singing I wait for you by (next to) the fountaine
Estos nervios mios me nublan la mente
My excitment (I am so nervous) confuses my mind
de lo que te quiero ayyy (3x)
because I love you so much

Sangre, sangre de mis venas, si a ti te faltara, hasta mi vida entera
Blood, blood of my veins if you were needing (I would give to you), even my whole life
Estrella, si tu me pidieras yo a ti te traeria la que tu quisieras
Star, if you would ask me, I would bring for you the one (star) you like
La rosa, la rosa mas bella, que guardo en mi pecho hasta que tu no vinieras
The rose, the most beautiful rose, that I keep in my chest until your return (I would give to you)

Quiero atarme a tu sombra, pisar donde tu pises, ser una sola persona
I want to tie myself to your shadow, step over your steps, to be just one person (both lovers to be one)

Refrain 1

Refrain 2

(1) Clavada = stuck. In Andalusian dialect the endings of the past tense of verbs is changed by deleting the final "d". Comido = comio (eaten) , bailado = bailao (danced), querido = querio (loved)... and so on.
(2) Dado = given
(3) what magic thing have you given to me that you drove me crazy about you.
(4) siento have two menaings: to feel, to feel sorry about something or to regret.
In this context I dont know whether me meaning is "I feel like tying myself to your shadow" or "I am sorry to tie myself to your shadow".
(5) Junto = together, close to, by. Juntito is like "litle close to".

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Lo eres todo (You are everything) by Luz Casal (Spain)

2009-08-15T09:37:00.003+02:00

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Lo eres todo (You are everything) by Luz Casal (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Cada vez que veo tu fotografía
Everytime I look at your picture
descubro algo nuevo
I discover something new
que antes no veía
that I was not seeing before
y me hace sentir lo que nunca creí.
and it makes me feel what I never thought (I would feel)

Siempre te he mirado indiferente,
I always looked at you with indiference
eras tan solo un amigo
you were just a friend
y de repente lo eres todo, todo para mí,
and suddenly you are everything, everything for me
mi principio y mi fín.
My beginning and my end

Estribillo 3 (Refrain)
Mi norte y mi guía, mi perdición,
mi north and my guiding star, my perdition
mi acierto y mi suerte, mi equivocación,
my good decision (move) and my luck, my mistake
eres mi muerte y mi resurrección,
you are my death and my resurrection
eres mi aliento (1) y mi agonía
you are the air I breath and my suffering
de noche y de día,
day and night

Dame tu alegría, tu buen humor,
Give me your joy, your good humor
dame tu melancolía,
give me your melancholy
tu pena y dolor,
your sorrow and pain
dame tu aroma, dame tu sabor
give me your smell, give me your taste
dame tu mundo interior,
give me your inner world

dame tu sonrisa y tu calor,
give me your smile and your warmth
dame la muerte y la vida,
give me death and life
tu frío y tu ardor,
your cold and your fever
dame tu calma, dame tu furor,
give me your calm, give me your fury
dame tu oculto rencor.
give me your hidden rancor

Estribillo 3 (2x)

Te lo pido por favor,
I beg you please
que me des tu compañía
that you give me your company (stay with me)
de noche y de día... lo eres todo.
day and night.... you are everything

(1) aliento = breath, can also mean support.

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Un violinista en tu tejado (A violinist over your roof) by Melendi (Spain)

2009-05-07T20:01:00.009+02:00

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Un violinista en tu tejado (A violinist over your roof) by Melendi (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Eres tan dura
you are as hard/tough
como la piedra de mi mechero
as the stone of my lighter
Me asaltan dudas
doubts come to me
de si te quiero
regarding if i love you
Eres tan fria como el agua
you are as cold as the water
que baja libre de la montaña.
that free goes down the mountain

Estribillo 1 - Refrain
Y no lo entiendo
and I dont understand
Fue tan efimero
it was so ephemeral
el caminar de tu dedo en mi espalda
the walk (movement) of your finger in my back
dibujando un corazon
drawing a heart
Y pido al cielo que sepa comprender
and I ask heaven to understand (that he is able to understand or ask heaven to understand him...)
estos ataques de celos
this jaelosy attacks
que me entran si yo no te vuelvo a ver.
that come to me if I dont see you again

Estribillo 2
Le pido a la luna
I ask the moon
que alumbre tu vida
to iluminate your life
la mia hace ya tiempo que yace fundida
mine is laying blowed since long time
Con lo que me cuesta
As it cost me so much
querer solo a ratos
to love you just for some whiles (not constantly, not all the time)
mejor no te quiero, sera mas barato
I better dont love you, it will be cheaper
Cansado de ser el triste violinista que esta en tu tejado
tired of being the sad violinist over your roof
Tocando pa (1) el ingles siempre desafinado.
playing for the english (men), always out of tune

Eres tan tenue
you are as soft
como la luz que alumbra en mi vida
as the light that lights in my life
La mas madura fruta prohibida
the most ripen forbiden fruit
Tan diferente
so different
y parecida
and similar
a la tormenta que se llevo mi vida
to the storm that took my life away

Estribillo 1

Estribillo 2

Mientras rebusco en tu basura
while I look in your garbage
nos van creciendo los enanos
get growing the dawrfs
de este circo que un dia montamos
of this circus that one day we set up
Pero que no quepa duda
but without any doubt
Muy pronto estaré liberado
very soon i will be free
Porque el tiempo todo lo cura
because time heals everything
Porque un clavo saca otro clavo
because a nail takes out another nail (2)
Siempre desafinado
always out of tune
Mientras rebusco en tu basura
while I look in your garbage
Nos van creciendo los enanos
get growing the dawrfs
De este circo que un dia montamos
of this circus that one day we set up

(1) pa= para
(2) this is a saying that means that the lost of something we like can be replace by anmother similar one (like a boyfriend(girlsfriend).

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Official video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJbIMODHIdw

Sin documentos (without documents) by Los Rodriguez (Argentina)

2009-04-14T23:45:00.004+02:00

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Sin documentos (without documents) by Los Rodriguez (Argentina)
Translation: Laura

Estribillo 1
Déjame atravesar el viento sin documentos
Let me cross the wind with no documents (papers)
que lo haré por el tiempo que tuvimos.
that I will do it for the time we had
Porque no queda salida
Because there is no exist left
porque pareces dormida,
because you look asleep
porque buscando tu sonrisa
because searching for your smile
estaría toda mi vida.
I will be all my life

Estribillo 2- Refrain
Quiero ser el único que te muerda la boca,
I want to be only one who bits your mouth
quiero saber que la vida
I want tto know that life with you
contigo no va a terminar.
is not going to end

Déjame que te cierre
Let me close
esta noche los ojos
this night your eyes
y mañana vendré
and tomorrow I will come
con un cigarro a la cama.
with a cigarret to bed

Porque no tengo más intenciones
Because I have no more intentions
que seguir bebiendo de esta copa
that keep on drinking from this glass
que no está tan rota.
that is no so broken

Estribillo 2

Estribillo 3
Porque sí (3x)
Because it is like this,
porque en esta vida
because in this life
no quiero pasar
I dont want to spend
un día entero sin ti.
a whole day without you
Porque sí (3x)
Because it is like this,
porque mientras espero
Because while I wait
por ti me muero
for you I am dying
y no quiero seguir así.
and i dont want to continue like this

Estribillo 1

Estribillo 2

Estribillo 3

Estribillo 2 (2x)

Estribillo 3

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Se me olvidó otra vez (I had forgotten again) by Maná (Mexico)

2009-04-12T22:25:00.013+02:00

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Se me olvidó otra vez (I had forgotten again) by Maná (Mexico)
Translation: Laura

Probablemente ya
Probably, already
de mi te has olvidado
you have forgotten about me
Y mientras tanto yo
and meanwhile I
te seguiré esperando
will continue waiting for you
No me he querido ir
I haven't wanted to leave
para ver si algun dia
to see if one day (just in case)
que tu quieras volver
that you may want to come back
me encuentres todavia
you may still find me

Estribillo 1 - Refrain
Por eso aun estoy
That is why I am still
en el lugar de siempre
in the same place as always
en la misma ciudad
in the same city
y con la misma gente
and with the same people
Para que tu al volver
So that when you return
no encuentres nada extraño
you don't find anything strange
y sea como ayer
and [everything] be as yesterday
y nunca mas dejarnos
and we never break up again

Estribillo 2
Probablemente estoy
Probably I am
pidiendo demasiado
asking for too much
Se me olvidaba que
I had forgotten that
ya habiamos terminado
we had already finished
que nunca volveras
that you will never come back
que nunca me quisiste
that you never loved me
Se me olvido otra vez
I had forgotten again
que sólo yo te quise
that only I loved you

(ay chiquita, y asi se descomponen las rolas compa Juan Gabriel y arriba Juarez oiga).

Estribillo 1

Estribillo 2

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Ahi estas tú (You are there) by Chambao (Spain)

2009-04-10T15:14:00.002+02:00

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Ahi estas tú (You are there) by Chambao (Spain)
Translation; Anonymous

Dejate llevar, por las sensaciones
Lose yourself in the sensations
Que no ocupen en tu via (1), malas pasiones
Dont let bad feelings come into your life

Esa pregunta que te haces sin responder
That question you ask yourself and that you dont answer
Dentro de ti está la respuesta para saber
The answer is inside you (to know)
Tu eres el que decide el camino a escoger
You are the one that chooses the way
Hay muchas cosas buenas y malas, elige bien
There are many good things as well as bad ones, so make a good choice
Que tu futuro se forma a base de decisiones
Your future is based on these decisions
Y queremos alegrarte con estas canciones
And we want to make you happy with these songs

Y ahí estás tú, tú...
And you are there
2x

Y es que yo canto porque a mi me gusta cantar
And I sing becasue I like to sing
También tú bailas porque a ti te gusta bailar, tú...
Also you dance because you like to dance
Y es que yo canto porque a ti te gusta escuchar
And I sing because you like tlistening
lo que yo canto porque así se puede bailar, tú...
what I sing, becasue like this, it is possible to dance

Estribillo - Refrain
Y ahí estás tú
And you are there
Y a mi me gusta como bailas, tú...
And I like the way you dance
Tú a bailar, tú a bailar
You go to dance, you go to dance

Y ahí estás tú, tú...
And you are there
Y a mi me gusta como te mueves, tú...
And I like the way you move
Tú a bailar, tú a bailar
You go to dance, you go to dance

Canto por el día, y en mañanas da alegría
I sing in day time and in mornings of joy (happy mornings)
Canta tú conmigo si quieres conmigo canta
Sing with me if you want with me sing
Canto por las noches, cuando el lorenzo (2) se esconde
I sing in night time when "El Lorenzo" hides (the sun)
Canta tú conmigo si quieres conmigo canta
Sing with me if you want with me sing
Canto pa (3) los pobres que temprano se levantan
I sing for the poor people that wake up early
Canta tú conmigo si quieres conmigo canta
Sing with me if you want with me sing

Estribillo

(1) vida = Life
(2) Lorenzo is a name given to the sun. I guess it comes from a children song that goes like this: El sol se llama Lorenzo, la luna Catalina.... (The sun is named Lorenzo, the moon is named Catalina...).
(3) pa = para

(*) Chambao´s music use to be known as "Flamenco Chillout".

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Official Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjYGMPJXNK8

Pokito a poko (Little by little) by Chambao (Spain)

2009-04-10T15:12:00.002+02:00

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Pokito a poko (Little by little) by Chambao (Spain)
Translation: Anonymous

Andaba perdia de camino pa (1) la casa
I was lost while walking towards home
cavilando en lo que soy y en lo que siento
pondering/thinking about what i am and about what i feel

Estribillo - Refrain
pokito a poko (1) entendiendo
little by little understanding
que no vale la pena andar por andar
that is not worth to be walking for the sake of it
que es mejor caminar pa ir creciendo
it's better walking for growing up

volvere a encontrame con vosotros
i'll meet you up again
volvere a sonreir en la mañana
i will smile again in the morning
volvere con lagrimas en los ojos
i'll be back with tears in my eyes
mirar al cielo y dar las gracias
to look up to the sky and give thanks

Refrain (2x)

mirarme dentro y comprender
looking on my inside and understand
que tus ojo son mis ojos
that your eyes are my eyes
que tu piel es mi piel
that your skin is my skin
en tu oido me alborozo
in your attention (more or less) i am joyful
en tu sonrisa me baño
i bathe in your smile
y soy parte de tu ser
and i am part of your being

que no vale la pena andar por andar
that it's not worth the trouble to walk for the sake of walking
es mejor caminar pa ir creciendo.
that it's better to walk for the sake of growing

Refrain (2x)

volvere a sentarme con los mios
i will come back to sit with mine
volvere a compartir mi alegría
i will come back to share my happiness
volvere pa contarte que he soñado
i will come back to tell you that i dreamed of
colores nuevos y días claros
new colors and clear days
volvere pa contarte que he soñado
i will come back to tell you that i dreamed of
colores nuevos y días claros
new colors and clear days

(1) pokito a poko = poquito a poco
(2) pa = para

(*) Chambao´s music use to be known as "Flamenco Chillout".

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Official Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT7M3j50Vls

El Tamborilero (The little drummer-boy) by Raphael (Spain)

2009-02-21T22:58:00.002+01:00

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El Tamborilero (The little drummer-boy) by Raphael (Spain)
Translation: Laura

El camino que lleva a Belén
The road that leads to Bethlen
baja hasta el valle que la nieve cubrió
goes down to the valley covered by the snow (1)
Los pastorcillos quieren ver a su Rey,
The little shepherds want to see their King
le traen regalos en su humilde zurrón (2)
they bring him presents in their humble leather bag
ROPO POM POM, ROPO POM POM (3)
Ha nacido en un portal de Belén el Niño Dios.
The Child God has been born in a hall (4) in Bethelen.

Yo quisiera poner a tus pies,
I would like to put at your feet
algún presente que te agrade, Señor.
any present that pleases you, Lord
Más Tú ya sabes que soy pobre también,
But You know that I am poor as well
y no poseo más que un viejo tambor,
and I have nothing but an old drumm
ROPO POM POM, ROPO POM POM
En tu honor frente al portal tocaré,
Paying tribute to you, in front of the hall I will play
con mi tambor.
with my drumm

El camino que lleva a Belén,
The road that leads to Bethlen
yo voy marcando con mi viejo tambor.
I am signaling with my old drumm
Nada mejor hay que yo pueda ofrecer,
There is nothing better taht I can offer
su ronco acento es un canto de amor,
its hoarse/husky accent is a love song/hymn
ROPO POM POM, ROPO POM POM
Cuando Dios me vió tocando ante El,
When God saw me playing in front of Him,
me sonrió.
he smiled to me.

(1) the valley is covered by the snow
(2) "Zurrón" is a leather bag typically used by shepherds.
(3) This is the sound of the drumm.
(4) Here, Hall means the place where the animals were kept, a stable, a Manger. Traditionally, it is called "Portal de Belén". Stable and Manger would be translated as "Establo" and "Pesebre".

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2000

Quiero ser (I want to be) by Amaia Montero (Spain)

2009-01-17T22:56:00.006+01:00

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Quiero ser (I want to be) by Amaia Montero (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Quiero ser, una palabra serena y clara
I want to be a word calm and clear
Quiero ser, un alma libre, de madrugada
I want to be a free soul, at dawn
Quiero ser una emigrante, de tu boca delirante,
I want to be an emigrant, delirious for your mouth
de deseos que una noche convertiste en mi dolor.
of desires that one night you turned into my pain

Estribillo 1 (refrain)
Quiero creer, quiero saber,
I want to believe, I want to know
que dormiré a la verita tuya (1)
that I will sleep by your side
Quiero esconderme de miedo y mirar de una vez
I want to hide because of fear and to look at last
los ojos que tiene la luna.
the eyes that the moon has

Estribillo 2
Quiero cantar a la libertad,
I want to sing to freedom
y caminar cerca del mar, amarradita siempre a tu cintura (2)
and to walk close the sea, tided always to your waist
que esta locura de amarte no puede acabar
that this crazyness of loving you cannot end
por mucho que te entren las dudas
just because you doubt
de si eres tú el que me hace tan feliz
whether is you who makes me so happy

Quiero ser, la que te jure amor eterno.
I want to be the one who swears to you eternal love
Quiero ser, una parada en la estación
I want to be an stop in the station
que lleva tu nombre.
that has your name

Quiero ser el verbo "puedo",
I want to be the verb "can"
quiero andarme sin rodeos (3), confesarte
I want not to beat around the bush, to confess to you
que una tarde empecé a morir por ti
that one afternoon I started diying for you

Estribillo 1

Estribillo 2

*Amaia Montero is the former singer of the band "La oreja de van Gogh".

(1) a la vera tuya
(2) amarrada
(andarse con rodeos means not to be clear talking about something. Kind of "beating around the bush".

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Official Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STG1ixn5EMk
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x76kfs_amaia-montero-quiero-ser-videoclip_music

Colgando en tus manos (Hanging in your hands) by Carlos Baute (Venezuela) Feat. Marta Sanchez (Spain)

2009-01-11T18:32:00.009+01:00

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Colgando en tus manos (Hanging in your hands) by Carlos Baute (Venezuela) Feat. Marta Sanchez (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Quiza no fue coincidencia encontrarme contigo
Maybe it was not a coincidence meeting you
Tal vez esto lo hizo el destino
Maybe this was made by destiny/fate
Quiero dormirme de nuevo en tu pecho
I want to fall sleep in your chest again
y despues me despierten tus besos
and afterwards your kisses will wake me up

Tu sexto sentido sueña conmigo
your sixth sense dreams of me
Sé que pronto estaremos unidos
I know that soon we will be united
Esa sonrisa traviesa que vive conmigo
That naughty smile that lives with me
Sé que pronto estare en tu camino
I know that soon I will be in your path

Estribillo 1 (refrain)
Sabes que estoy colgando en tus manos
You know that I am hanging in your hands
Asi que no me dejes caer
so, do not let me fall
Sabes que estoy colgando en tus manos
You know that I am hanging in your hands

Estribillo 2
Te envío poemas de mi puño y letra (1)
I send you poems in my own handwriting (written by me)
Te envío canciones de 4.40
I send you songs of 4.40 (2)
Te envío las fotos cenando en Marbella
I send you the photos of us having dinner in Marbella (3)
y cuando estuvimos por Venezuela
and when we were in Venezuela
Y asi me recuerdes y tengas presente
And so that you remember me and always have present (in mind)
Que mi corazón está colgando en tus manos
that my heart is hanging in your hands
Cuidado, cuidado
Careful, careful
Que mi corazon esta colgando en tus manos
That my heart is hanging in your hands

No perderé la esperanza de hablar contigo
I will not lose the hope of talking to you
No me importa qué dice el destino
I dont care about what fate might say
Quiero tener tu fragancia conmigo
I want to have your scent with me
y beberme de ti lo prohibido
and to drink from you what's forbiden

Refrain 1

Refrain 2

Cuidado, cuidado, mucho cuidado, cuidado
Careful, careful, be very careful, careful
No perderé la esperanza de estar contigo
I won't lose the hope of being with you
Cuidado, cuidado, mucho cuidado, cuidado
Careful, careful, very careful, careful
Quiero beberme de ti todo lo prohibido
I want to drink from you all that's forbiden
Cuidado, cuidado, mucho cuidado, cuidado
Careful, careful, very careful, careful
Quiero amanecer besando toda...
I want to wake up kissing (your) whole
toda tu ternura mi niña, mi vida te necesito
your whole tenderness, my girl, my life, I need you

(1) de mi puño y letra: literally means "from my fist and writing". Fig. In my own handwriting, written by my hand, by me.
(2) 4.40 is Juan Luis Guerra's band. (click here to get more info about 4.40)
(3) Marbella is a summer village in Malaga, South Spain. Is famous because wealthy people and the "Jet set" go there.

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Carlos Baute

Carlos Baute Feat. Marta Sanchez

Carlos Baute Feat. Marta Sanchez

Por verte pasar (For seeing you passing by) by Elefantes (Spain)

2008-12-17T23:47:00.006+01:00

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Por verte pasar (For seeing you passing by) by Elefantes (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Mis ojos curiosos te buscan y aunque no te encuentran,
My curious eyes search for you and although they do not find you
me quedo en un lado sentado por verte pasar.
I stay sitting aside for/to seeing you passing by
Segundos son horas, las horas son días que pasan,
seconds are hours, hours are days that go by
y yo aquí sentado en un lado por verte pasar.
and I (myself) sitting here aside to see you passing by

Y aún no te conozco, pero es que es tan fácil mirarte...
And I still do not know you but it is so easy to look at you
tus cejas, tus manos, la gracia en tu forma de andar.
your eyebrowns, your hands, the grace in your way of walking
Me enredo en tu pelo moreno con forma de viento,
I get entangled in your black, wind shape, hair
y presiento el momento en que al fin yo te vea pasar.
and I have the premonition of the moment when I finally see you passing by

Refrain
Déjame ser quien te cuide.
Let me be the one who takes care of you
Déjame hacerte soñar.
Let me make you dream
Ven aquí y dame tus manos,
Come here and give me your hands
que el mundo es precioso, y el cielo está hermoso,
that the world is preciuos, and the sky is beautiful
y el suelo que piso es la luna cuando te veo pasar.
and the floor where I step on is the moon when I see you passing by

Por verte pasar te daría todo lo que tengo.
For seeing you passing by I will give you everything that I have
Te doy todo lo que yo soy, si te veo pasar.
I give you everything that I am, if I see you passing by
Y aunque no soy mucho me escucho y se bien lo que siento,
And although I am not much, I listen to me and I well know what I feel
y siento que sería feliz solo con verte pasar.
and I feel that I would be happy just by seeing you passing by

Y así pasa el tiempo y yo sigo sentado en un lado.
And so time goes by and i keep sitting aside
Mis ojos curiosos no se cansan de tanto buscar.
My curious eyes do not get tired of so much searching
Que alegre es mi vida desde el día en que tu apareciste,
How joyful my life is since the day when you showed up
y que alegre será cuando al fin yo te vea pasar.
and how joyful it will be when I finally see you passing by

Refrain

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Se me va (It goes away) by Elefantes (Spain)

2008-12-16T22:18:00.006+01:00

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Se me va (It goes away) by Elefantes (Spain)
Translation: Laura (I love this song...)

Se me va,
Goes away
este amor que he ido amasando
this love that I have kneaded/amassed (build)
con mis manos, se me va
with my hands, goes away
Lo que tanto tiempo yo he querido tanto
What for so long I have wanted/loved so much
hoy se me va.
today it goes away

No hay razon
There is no reason
que yo pierda en un momento lo que tanto me costo
for me to lose in a moment what cost me so much
No hay razon
There is no reason
que se vaya de mis manos en un soplo tanto amor
that scape from my hands so much love in a puff (in a second)

Refrain 1
Se me va
It goes away
como el agua que se escurre de mis manos, se me va
like the water that slip out of my hands, it goes away
como el aire que no puedes sujetarlo
like the air that you cannot hold
como el tiempo que implacable va pasando
like the time that implacable (relentless) keeps on going (goes away)
como el humo tu cariño se me va.
like smoke, your love goes away

Refrain 2
Se me va
It goes away
y no puedo ya luchar por retenerlo
and I cannot fight anymore to retain it
este amor que en realidad se ha ido muriendo
this love that in fact went dying
y por eso de mis manos se me va
and so, out of my hands it goes

Donde iran
Where will go
esos dias de alegrias que pasamos donde iran
those joyful days that we spent, where will they go
Donde iran
Where will go
esas miles de caricias que inventamos donde iran
those thousand caresses that we invented (made up), where will they go
Yo no lo sé
I dont know
en la vida nunca hay nada para siempre, ahora lo se
in life there is nothing forever, now I know
pero fue tan bonito asi quererte que ahora me cuesta perder
but was so beautiful to love you like this, that now is hard for me to lose

Refrain 1(*)

Refrain 2
2x

(*) como el agua que se escurre de LAS manos, se me va
like the water that slip out of the hands, it goes away

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Flamenco version

Live in concert

Mexico en la Piel by Xcaret (Mexico)

2008-12-08T19:33:00.002+01:00

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Mexico en la Piel by Xcaret (Mexico)
Translation: Scott Thomas

Como una mirada hecha en Sonora
Like the view you'd take in in Sonora
vestida con el mar de Cozumel
dressed with the sea at Cozumel
con el calor del sol por todo el cuerpo
with the sun's warmth on your whole body
así se lleva México en la piel.
that's the feeling you get from Mexico

Como el buen tequila hecho en Arandas
Like good tequila made in Arandas
o toda la miel de Yucatán
or all the honey in Yucatán
y en Aguascalientes deshiladas
and embroidered in Aguascalientes
o lana tejida en Teotitlán.
or woven like wool in Teotitlán

Chorus
Así se siente México,
That's how Mexico feels,
así se siente México
that's how Mexico feels
así como unos labios por la piel
just like lips on your skin
así te envuelve México,
that's how Mexico captivates you
así te sabe México
that's how Mexico tastes to you
así se lleva México en la piel.
that's the feeling you get from Mexico

Verse 2
Como ver la sierra de Chihuahua
Like seeing the mountains of Chihuahua
o la artesanía en San Miguel
or the craftsmanship in San Miguel
como ver de arriba la Quebrada
Like looking at the Quebrada from on high
así se lleva México en la piel
That's the feeling you get from Mexico.

Como hablar Tarasco o Zapoteco
Like speeking Tarasco or Zapateco
o decir Basasiachic, Tzin Tzun Tzan
or saying Basasicachic, Tzin Tzun Tzan,
Matanchen, Janitzio o Lambitieco,
Matanchen, Janitzio, or Lambitieco,
Xcaret, Tlapa, Tenochtitlán
Xcaret, Tlapa, Tenochtitlán

Chorus

Verse 3
Como un buen sarape de Saltillo
Like a good sarape from Saltillo
como bienvenida en Veracruz
Like a welcome in Veracruz
con la emoción de un beso frente a frente
with the emotion of a face-to-face kiss
así se lleva México en la piel
That's the feeling you get from Mexico

Como descubrir el chocolate
Like discovering chocolate
o acompañar el humo con café
or having a smoke with a cup of coffee
comer nopal, frijoles y aguacate
eating nopales, beans and avocado
y que lo sepa hacer una mujer
and what a woman knows to make

Chorus

así se lleva México en la piel. (2x)
that's the feeling you get from Mexico

Vocabulary
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piel: skin
mirada: look
vestida: dressed
cuerpo: body
deshiladas: embroidered
labios: lips
te envuelve: envelops you
sierra: mountain
artesanía: craftsmanship
Quebrada: name of cliffs in Acapulco, Mexico
Tarasco: Indian language and people from Michoacán, Mexico
Zapoteco: Indian language and people from Oaxaca, Mexico
Basasiachic: water falls near Ocampo, Chihuahua, Mexico
Tzin Tzun Tzan: town in Michoacán, Mexico
Matanchen: Pacific coast bay in Nayarit, Mexico
Janitzio: island off the coast of Michoacán
Lambitieco: ruins in Oaxaca, Mexico
Xcaret: Mayan ruins in Quintana Roo, Mexico; site of amusement park
Tlapa: city in mountains of Guerrero
Tenochtitlán: Aztec capital on the site of present-day Mexico City
sarape: a long, thick and usually colorful shawl-like garment
bienvenida: welcome
emoción: emotion
beso: kiss
frente a frente: face to face, lit forehead to forehead
descubrir: to discover
humo: a smoke
nopal: edible vegetable cut from prickly pear cactus
frijoles: beans
aguacate: avocado

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With subtitles

Luis Miguel

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Entre tu y yo (Between you and I) by Jyve V (Puerto Rico)

2008-12-08T18:52:00.001+01:00

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Entre tu y yo (Between you and I) by Jyve V (Puerto Rico)
Translation: Laura

Entre tu y yo
Between you and I
hay algo mas
there is something else
que la ilusion de un paraiso azul
than the illusion of a blue paradise
Beso con beso, fuego con fuego
Kiss with kiss, fire with fire
A mis deseos los enciendes tu
my desires are lighted up by you

Niña y mujer
Girl and woman
Lluvia de sol
Sunrain (rain of sun)
Sólo por ti cambie mi soledad
Just for you I changed my loneliness
Mis pensamientos
My thoughts
vuelan contigo
flight with you
Te has convertido en mi necesidad
You have become my necesity (need)

Estribillo 1 (Refrain)
Sólo tu (sólo tu), nadie mas
Just you, nobody else
tiene la llave de mi corazon
has the key of my heart
Nunca te vayas, nunca me dejes
Never leave, never leave me
Todos mis sueños bailan con tu amor
All my dreams dance with your love
Viviras (viviras)
You will live
siempre en mi
always in me
Desde la tarde cuando te encontre
Since the afternoon when I met you
Cada minuto mientra exista
each minute while I exist
Por siempre te amare
for ever I will love you

Cada lugar (cada lugar)
Each place
Cada cancion (cada cancion)
each song
Hasta el silencio solo habla de ti (hasta el silencio solo habla de ti)
even silence just talk about you
Sobre mi almohada digo tu nombre
Over my pillow I say your name
Como un tajuaje estas grabada en mi
Like a tatoo you are engraved on me

Estribillo 1 (Refrain)

Donde quiera que vaya
Wherever I go
tu recuerdo va conmigo (uuuu)
your memory goes always with me
Cada instante que pasa
Each moment that goes away
necesito mas de ti
I need more from you (I need you more)

Estribillo 1 (Refrain)

(piano)

Por siempre te aaa
For ever I will Lo
Por siempre te a-ma-re
For ever I will Love you
Por siempre te amare
For ever I will Love you

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Amor de mis amores (Love of my loves) by Andrés Cabas (Colombia)

2008-12-02T23:38:00.003+01:00

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Amor de mis amores (Love of my loves) by Andrés Cabas (Colombia)
Translation: Laura

Poniendo la mano sobre el corazon
Puting my hand on my heart
quisiera decirte al compas de un son
I would like to tell you with the rythem of a son (2)
Que tu eres mi vida
That you are my life
Que no quiero a nadie
That I want nobody
Que respiro el aire
That I breath the air
Que respiro el aire
That I breath the air
Que respiras tu
That you breath
(2x)

Refrain
Amor de mis amores (1)
Love of my loves
Sangre de mi alma
Blood of my soul
Regalame las flores
Offer me the flowers
de tu esperanza
of your hope

Permite que ponga
Let me put
toda la dulce verdad
the whole sweet truth
que tienen mis dolores
that my pains (sorrows) have
para decirte que tu eres
to tell you that you are
el amor de mis amores
the love of my loves

Refrain

(1) You are "the love" among all loves I had before
(2) "Son" is a kind of Cuban music, rythem or whatever... I dont know exactly
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Eres (You are) by Alejandro Fernandez (Mexico)

2008-11-25T00:08:00.001+01:00

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Eres (You are) by Alejandro Fernandez (Mexico)
Translation: Laura

Solo un recuerdo es el que quiero yo dejar
Just a memory I want to left
Y solo el tuyo es el que quiero retocar
and just yours (memory) is which I want to touch up
Solo acá dentro es que se sabe la verdad
Just here inside the truth is known
Mi intención fue amor, te lo digo de corazón
My intention was love, I tell you with my heart

Dicen que paso varias noches sin dormir
They say I spent several night sleepless
Dicen que el tiempo nunca se me va a acabar
they say that time will never finish for me
Hoy solo vengo niña yo a decirte aquí
Today, girl, I just come here to tell you
Que te quiero más, que esta es mi vida y nada más
that I love you more, that this is my life and nothing else

Refrain 1
Eres luz en mi vida
you are light in my live
Eres mi sueño
you are my dream
Eres parte del día
you are part of the day
Eres mi anhelo
you are my wish/desire
Eres la garantía de mi recuerdo
you are the guaranty of my memory
Eres mi vida y mucho más
you are my live and much more

Refrain 2
Eres un cuento eterno
you are an eternal tale/story
Eres la dueña
you are the owner
Eres mi pasajera, la que yo quiero
you are my passenger
La que siento acá dentro
the one I feel here inside
Ya lo que digan me da igual
I dont care anymore what people may say

Que porque bailo y porque veo el amanecer
why do I dance and why do I watch the sunrise
La conclusión es que te estoy haciendo mal
the conclusion is that I am hurting you
Es mi manera de vivir y de gozar
it is my way of living and enjoying
No por eso yo voy a dejarte de adorar
and not for this I will stop loving you

Refrain 1

Refrain 3
Eres un cuento eterno
you are an eternal tale/story
Eres la dueña
you are the owner
Eres mi pasajera, la que yo quiero
you are my passenger
La que siento acá dentro
the one I feel here inside
de mi recuerdo
of my memory

Sueños, son mis sueños
dreams, are my dreams
Yo se que vivo en un desierto
I know that I am living in a desert
Por eso con tus besos es que me vienes a salvar
thats is why, with your kisses you come to rescue me

Refrain 1

Refrain 3

Ya lo que digan me da igual
I dont care anymore what people may say

The sintaxis of this lyrics is strange. He is choosing words in a poetic way, and sentences are not fully connected... the translation may sound weird, as in Spanish it also sounds weird.

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Tenía tanto que darte (I had so much to give you) by Nena Daconte (Spain)

2008-11-23T23:54:00.004+01:00

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Tenía tanto que darte (I had so much to give you) by Nena Daconte (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Prometo guardarte en el fondo de mi corazón
I promise to keep you in the bottom of my heart
prometo acordarme siempre de aquel raro diciembre
I promise to always remeber that weird December
prometo encender en tu día especial una vela
I promise to light a candle on your special day
y soplarla por ti, prometo no olvidarlo nunca.
and blow it for you, I promise never forget it.

Refrain
Tenía tanto que darte, tantas cosas que contarte
I had so much to give you, so many things to tell you
tenía tanto amor guardado para ti,
I had so much love kept (saved, reserved) for you
(2x)

Camino despacio pensando volver hacia atrás
I walk slow thinking about going back
no puedo, en la vida las cosas suceden no más
I cant, in live things just happen
aún pregunto que parte de tu destino se quedo conmigo
I still wonder which part of your destiny remained with me
pregunto que parte se quedó por el camino.
I wonder which part remained (was left) on the way

Refrain

Tenía tanto, que a veces maldigo mi suerte
I had so much that sometimes I curse my luck
a veces la maldigo por no seguir contigo.
sometimes I curse it for not still being with you

Refrain

pararapa parararapa pampararara pararipapa pampararapapa..........

* I guess this song talks about a miscarriage the singer had. I also guess they both were a couple in the past.

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Official video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IzfnhVLuuE

Ella y yo (She and I) by Decai -Album: Baila Morena (Spain)

2008-11-23T00:24:00.005+01:00

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Ella y yo (She and I) by Decai -Album: Baila Morena
Translation: Laura

Ella y yo
She and I
Dos locos viviendo una aventura (1) castigada por Dios
Two crazy (person) living an affair punished by God
Un laberinto sin salida donde el miedo se convierte en amor
A maze without exit where fear becomes love
Somos marido (2), ella y yo
We are husband, she and I

Mi esposa y yo
My wife and I
Igual que ustedes compartimos en la vida un eterno amor
Like you, we share in live an eternal love
La dama perfecta, toda una belleza, ella es mi inspiración
The perfect lady, a real beauty, she is my inspiration
Somos felices ella y yo (ella y yo)
We are happy, she and I (she and I)

Amigo, ella y yo
(my) friend, she and I
Solos nos vemos de (3) escondidas para ahogar esta prohibida pasión
we meet alone secretly to suffocate (extinguish) this forbidden passion.
Y aunque tiene dueño (4), yo solo tengo un sueño, sere su protector
And although she has owner, I only have a dream, I will be her protector
Somos marido, ella y yo.
We are husband, she and I

Refrain
Oye chico lucha por amor.
Listen man, fight for love
No me aconsejes en tu posición.
Dont give me advice in your possition
Quizás su marido no mande en su corazón
Maybe her husband do not rule her heart
No sabes quien es victima en la confusion.
You dont know who is the victim in the confusion
Es mi consejo lucha por amor
It is my advice, fight for love.
No, no me aconsejes en tu posicion.
No, dont give me advice in your possition
Quizas ese tipo no mande en su corazon!
Maybe that guy do not rule her heart
Tu No sabes quien es victima en esta confusion!
You dont know who is the victim in this confusion

Mi esposa y yo, somos felices,
My wife and I, we are happy
dos almas matrices, en lo que es el amor (5)
two matrix souls regarding love
por eso te entiendo y aunque sea casada no te alejes por temor,
that is why I understand you, and even if she is married, do not go away because of fear
no lo hagas no, ay! no no.
dont do it, no, ay! no, no

Amigo ella y yo
(my) friend, she and I
teniamos claro que era una locura esta relacion,
we were clear about this realtionship was madness
pero la carne nos llamaba y la cama nos hacia una invitacion,
but the flesh was calling us and the bed invited us
a solo hacer el amor, el amor
to only make love, love

ya te explique
I already explained you
cuando hay personas que se aman el amor tiene que vencer,
when there are people who love each other, love should win
y ya el marido entiende que perdio su hembra, ahora es tu mujer,
and now the husband understand that he lost his female, now is your wife
no pueden ganar los tres.
Not the three of you can win

Refrain
Y te repito lucha por amor
And I repeat to you fight for love
.......

Amigo pido perdon, yo nunca te falle,
(my) friend I apologize, I never let you down
me traicionaron las ganas de volverla a ver,
the desire to see her again betrayed me
Y aunque todavia no puedo creer
And although I still cannot believe
lo que este amargo encuentro me hizo comprender
what this encounter made me understand
pues tu tambien llegaste a ese lugar,
as you also came to this place
donde tantas veces yo la fui a buscar,
where I went to pick her up so many times
y aunque no es facil lo que voy a hacer
and although it is not easy what I am going to do
Admitiré que salí con tu mujer
I will admit that I went out with your wife
Salí con tu mujer
I went out with your wife
(Que!?)
What!?
Sali con tu mujer
I went out with your wife
(No, yo no estoy creyendo esto)
No, I am not believing this
sali con tu mujer
I went out with your wife
(No, no)
Sali con tu mujer
I went out with your wife

Que te perdone Dios, yo no lo voy a hacer,
May God forgive you, I wont do it
Los perdi a los dos y a la misma vez,
I lost both of you, and at the same time
Ya que todo era mentira cuando ella me decia
It was all lie when she told me
que se iba de vacaciones de varano con su amiga,
that she was going on summer holidays with her friend
Me mintio, tu y ella en una cama, alli sucedio
She lied to me, you and her in a bed, there it happened
Qien sabe en cuantas ocasiones, cuantos hoteles ensució,
Who knows how many times, how many hotels did she get dirty
Tu tambien, los odio a los dos.
You too. I hate you both.

que yo soy quien mas sufro con todo esto,
that I am who suffer the most with all this
Me mata el dolor
Pain is killing me
( Fue una traicion)
It was a betrayal
Perdi un amigo por la tentacion
I lost a friend because of temptation
Perdon
Sorry
Adios
Goodbye

(1) Tener una aventura: within a love context means to have an affair.
(2) The sentence should be: somos marido y mujer (we are husband and wife).
(3) "Nos vemos de escondidas". This sentence is wrong, It should be: nos vemos A escondidas.
(4) To have owner, in this context menas that she is already promised/engaged/married to somebody.
(5) I dont understand what this sentence menas

To listen to this song click here

Official video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsgBdp0mLJ8

Pretendo hablarte (I intend to talk to you) por Beatriz Luengo -Album: Carrousel, 2008 (Spain)

2008-07-30T14:15:00.004+02:00

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Pretendo hablarte (I intend to talk to you) por Beatriz Luengo -Album: Carrousel, 2008 (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Refrain 1
Mon coeur a ses raisons mon amour
My heart has its reasons, my love,
de n´pas t´appeler chéri
For not saying "darling" to you.
Toi tu veux que je t´aime,
You want that I love you
moi je ne veux pas soufrir
(But) me, I don't want to suffer.

Refrain 2
Le coeur a ses raisons mon amour
The heart has its reasons my love
de pas t´appeler ainsi
for not saying this to you
Moi ce que je veux c´est t´aimer,
What I want is loving you,
je ne veux pas soufrir
I don't want to suffer.

Pretendo hablarte y no decirte
I intend to talk to you and not to tell you
que ya no se vivir si ya no estas aquí,
that I dont know how to live if you are not here
Aquí tan sola estoy, y en medio de la nada,
Here so lonely I am, and in the midle of nowhere
en medio de la nada y entre tanta gente.
in the midle of nowhere and among so many people

Estoy pensado en ti, las horas pasan,
I am thinking about you, hours goes by,
tú ya no estás, yo ya no soy.
you are not anymore (1), I am not anymore (2)
Quizá mejor decir adiós que hasta mañana,
Maybe would be better saying "goodbye" rather than "see you tomorrow"
No me quedare esperando tu llegada,
I wont stay here waiting for your arrival
Ay! tu llegada...
ay! your arrival

Refrain 3
Comprende, cuando uno ama como lo hago yo
Understand, when someone loves as I do
Con decirlo es suficiente
by saying it is enough
Si es que me quieres como dices tú...ven y hazme feliz.
If you love me as you say you do, come (here) and make me happy

Refrain 4
Dame tu corazón la razón de llamarte así,
Give me you, my heart, the reason for calling you like this (3)
Tú me quieres querer, no quiero sufrir,
You want to love me, I dont want to suffer
(2x)

Quiero pensarte (4) no recordarte
I want to think you, not to remember you
mientras te vas tus labios conmigo se quedan
while you leave, your lips stay with me
Yo te espero. Tú me olvidas. Él me deja...
I wait for you. You forget me. He leaves me.
Escondido entre mis versos tu nombre
Hidden within my verses your name
Quizá mejor así, tal vez mañana
Perhaps (is) better like this, maybe tomorrow
quiera morir por ti o vivir así
I want to die for you or to live like this
No sé si pronto yo reciba tu llamada,
I dont know wether I will recive your call soon
por si tardaras, yo te esperare sentada,
In case you take long (in calling), I will wait sitting
aquí sentada...
here sitting

Refrain 3

Refrain 4

Refrain 2

Refrain 1

Como te siento, Como te extraño
How I feel you, how I miss you
Te miento si te digo que no me haces daño
I would be liying to you if I tell you that you dont hurt me
Verte a ti con otra y no sentirme idiota,
To see you with somebody else and not feeling like an idiot
entre tantas otras cosas que pienso
among so many other things that I think
No me hagas más sentir, que tras la espera,
Dont make me feel longer that after the waiting
pueda dormir siempre a tu vera
I will be able to sleep always by your side
Hoy no te quiero ya no me engaño
Today I dont love you, I do not deceive myself anymore
y entre tantas otras cosas no me haces daño
and among so many other things you dont hurt me

Refrain 4 (2x)

Ay! que tu me quieres querer y no quiero sufrir
ay! that you want to love me and I dont want to suffer
Ay! que contigo me voy aunque me cueste morir
ay! that I go with you even when it causes my death
Que tú me quieres dejar y yo no quiero sufrir
That you want to leave me and I dont want to suffer
Ay que contigo me voy aunque me cueste morir
ay! that I go with you even when it causes my death

(1) you are not anymore (i.e. you are not here, or with me...)
(2) I am not anymore (i.e without you I am nothing)
(3) My heart (menaing him), give me you the reson for calling you like this
(4) right sentence should be "quiero pensar en ti".

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Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W7Ogp6Etkw&feature=related

Como ayer (Like yesterday) por Gipsy Kings -Album: Roots, 2004 (France)

2008-07-25T17:44:00.002+02:00

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Como ayer (Like yesterday) por Gipsy Kings -Album: Roots, 2004 (France)
Translation: Laura

Estribillo 1
Yo quiero ser si otra vez llegaras,
I want to be, if you will come again (1)
Yo quiero ser si tu siempre a mi querer....
I want to be, if you always to my love (2)
La vida seras mas bella para mi
Live will be more beautiful for me (In live you will be the most beatiful for me...) (3)
Que siempre yo sentí
That I always felt
Ante mi juventud (4)
faced with my youth ???
(2x)

Estribillo 2
Ahora a mi me encantarás ??? (I cannot understand well what they sing)
Now I will like you very much
No tengo ganas de llorar
I am not in the mood of crying
Y si los tiempos pasaran,
And if time will pass
Las lagrimas no caen ya mas
Tears do not fall anymore

Eres para mi la flor mas bella del jardín
You are for me the most beautiful flower of the garden
Lo sabes tu que siempre me cuido de ti (5)
You know it that I always take care of you
Guapa tu seras mas bella que eras (I cannot understand well what they sing)
Beauty, you will be more beautifull that you were
Y tú lo sentiras
And you will feel it
Lo voy a preguntar.
I am going to ask it (6)

Para mi seras la flor mas bella de jardín
For me you will be the most beautiful flower of the garden
Lo sabes tu me cuido siempre yo de ti.
You know it, I always take care of you
Guapa tu seras mas bella que eras
Beauty, you will be more beautifull that you were
Y tú lo sentiras
And you will feel it
Lo voy a preguntar.
I am going to ask it

Estribillo 2

Estribillo 1

Estribillo 2 (2X)

(1) This sentence has no meaning.
(2) This sentence has no meaning.
(3) This sentence is incorrect. I can guess what they want to say.
(4) ???
(5) It should be "yo siempre cuido de ti", and no "me cuido".
(6) ...I dont even know what is the meaning of the whole paragraph. I think they just use random words that sound good withouth a real, menainfull intention.

NOTE: Gipsy Kings is a french band. The mebers are descendents of spanish emigrants, but they grew up in France. Their Spanish is not always right and sometimes difficult to understand. This song is specially difficult. I dont understand half of it. The sentences have no meaning! And the grammar is awful. I have just tried to imaging what they were trying to say...

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Como Siento Yo (As I feel) por Gipsy Kings -Album: Roots, 2004 (France)

2008-07-25T14:41:00.001+02:00

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Como Siento Yo (As I feel) por Gipsy Kings -Album: Roots, 2004 (France)
Translation: Laura

Mi corazón por ti late con pasion ante tu mirar
My heart beats for you with your look
sin tu cariño yo no puedo vivir ni un momento más
withouth your love I cannot live a moment longer
estas palabras son toda mi verdad toda mi razón
these words are all my truth, all my reason
yo sé que tu vendrás y lo sentirás como siento yo
I know that you will come and you will feel it as I feel

Estribillo
ay como vivir sin la ilusion solo por el mundo
ay! how to live without the illusion, alone in the world
ay como sufrir en la imensidad sin ti
ay! how to sufer in the inmensity without you

hace algún tiempo que ya en mi soledad nació una ilusion
since long time ago in my loneliness an illusion was born
y poco a poco ya tengo en palpitar a mi corazón
and litle by litle I have my heart beating
yo soy el hombre que por primera vez siento libertad
I am the men taht for the first time I feel freedom
y sabes que esta vez conmigo tambien tu lo sentirás
and you know that this time with me you will also feel it

Estribillo 2
ay amor amor amor el tiempo dira tendras que quererme
ay! my love, my love, my love, time will say, you will have to love me
ay si no es aquí prefiero partir por siempre
ay! if it is not here, I preffer to leave forever

Estribillo 1

Estribillo 2

NOTE: Gipsy Kings is a french band. The mebers are descendents of spanish emigrants, but they grew up in France. Their Spanish is not always right and sometimes difficult to understand.

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Devórame otra vez (Devore me again) por Lalo Rodríguez (Spain)

2008-07-24T22:50:00.004+02:00

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Devórame otra vez (Devore me again) por Lalo Rodríguez (Spain)
Translation: Laura

He llenado tu tiempo vacio de aventuras mas (1)
I have filled with adventures your empty time
y mi mente ha parido nostalgias por no verte ya
and my mind has gave birth nostalgia for not seing you anymore
y haciendo el amor te he nombrado sin quererlo yo
and making love I have said your name without me wanting it
porque en todas busco lo salvaje de tu sexo amor
because in all (women) I am searching for the wild of your sex, my love

Estribillo 1
Hasta en sueño he creído tenerte devórandome
Even in dreams I have though I had you devouring me
y he mojando mis sabanas blancas recordandote
and I have wet my white sheets remembering you
en mi cama nadie es como tu
on my bed nobody is like you
no he podido encontrar la mujer
I couldnt find the woman
que dibuje mi cuerpo en cada rincón
that draws my body in each corner
sin que sobre un pedazo de piel
without a piece of skin left

Estribillo 2
ay! ven devórame otra vez,
ay! come (here), devoure me again
ven devórame otra vez
come, devore me again
ven castígame con tus deseos mas
come, punish me with your desires
que el vigor lo guarde para ti
that I safe/kept vigor for you
ay! ven devórame otra vez,
ay! come, devoure me again
ven devórame otra vez
come, devore me again
que la boca me sabe a tu cuerpo
that my mouth taste like your body
desesperan mis ganas por ti
my desire for you despairs

Estribillo 1

Estribillo 2

Estribillo 1

Estribillo 2

ven devórame otra vez, ven devórame otra vez
come, devore me again, come, devore me again

(ven devórame otra vez, devórame otra vez)
come, devore me again, come, devore me again
hace tiempo mi cuerpo esta reclamando en silencio
since long ago my body is claiming in silence
tus momentos de placer
for your moments of pleasure

(devórame otra vez, devórame otra vez)
come, devore me again, come, devore me again
son ansias de amarte, deseos de mi carne
it is longing to love you, desires of my flesh (body)
que hacen que te llame, ven devórame
that make me call you, come, devore me.

Quiero esa sensualidad
I want that sensuality

(devórame otra vez , devorame otra vez)
come, devore me again, come, devore me again
Devorame suavecito y con calma hasta al amanecer
Devore me softly and quietly until dawn

(devórame otra vez, devórame otra vez)
come, devore me again, come, devore me again
ven castígame con tus deseos mas
come, punish me with your desires
que el vigor lo guarde para ti
that I safe/kept vigor for you

(1) In this song, the word "mas" is used to complete the verses, it really do not add a menaing to the sentence

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Lalo Rodríguez

Azucar Moreno

Tú, sólo tú (You only you) por Bertín Osborne (Spain)

2008-07-23T18:00:00.003+02:00

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Tú, sólo tú (You only you) por Bertín Osborne (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Tú, sólo tú, tentación
You, only you, temptation
en la sombra del jardín
in the shadows of the garden
luna llena en el salón
full moon in the living room
paso suave por mi piel
soft step over my skin
suave vuelo de gorrión
soft flight of sparrow
pajarita de papel
origami bird
que quisiera ser halcón.
that would like to be a falcon

Tú, sólo tú, corazón
You, only you, heart
rosa rosa en el mantel
pink rose on the table cloth
carta blanca en el buzón
white letter in the mailbox
beso rojo de carmín
red lipstick kiss
pelo negro de visón
black mink hair
y al final tú, sólo tú
and at the end you, only you
y al final yo, sólo yo.
and at the end I, only I

Estribillo 1
Todavía no te vayas
Yet, dont you go
no te vayas todavía
do not go, yet
eres mía, eres mía tú
you are mine, you are mine, you
Tú, sólo tú, corazón, tentación
You, only you, heart, temptation
esa nota que le falta
that note missing
a mi canción.
in my song

Estribillo 2
Tú, sólo tú, como no
You, only you, how could it be otherwise
miro al aire y eres tú
I look at the air and it is you
siempre estas donde estoy yo
you are always where I am
persiguiendome al andar
chasing me while I am walking
espiando en mi rincón
spying in my corner
abro un libro y estas tú
I open a book and (there) you are
escondida en un reglón.
hidden in a paragraph

Estribillo 1

Estribillo 2 (2x)

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Échame a mí la culpa (Blame it on me) por Artista desconocido (Unknown artist) (Mexico??)

2008-07-23T17:01:00.004+02:00

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Échame a mí la culpa (Blame it on me) por Artista desconocido (Unknown artist) (Mexico??)
Translation: Laura

Sabes mejor que nadie
You know better than anyone
que me fallaste,
that you deceived me
Que lo que prometiste
That what you promised
Se te olvidó
you forgot
Sabes a ciencia cierta (1)
You well know
que me engañaste
that you cheated on me
aunque nadie te amaba
although nobody loved you
Igual que yo.
as much as I did

Lleno estoy de razones
I am full of reasons
Pa´ (2) despreciarte
to despise you
Y sin embargo quiero
And nonetheless I want
Que seas feliz.
you to be happy

Estribillo
Y allá en el otro mundo
And there in the other world (i.e. heaven)
en vez de infierno
(I want, wish, hope) that instead of hell
encuentres gloria,
you to find glory
y que una nube de tu memoria
and that a cloud of your memory
Me borre a mí.
will erase the memory of me
(2x)

Dile al que te pregunte
Tell it to whomever asks you
que no te quise,
that i did not love you
Dile que te engañaba,
Tell him/her that I cheated on you
Que fui lo peor.
That I was the worst
Échame a mí la culpa
Blame me
De lo que pase,
for what may happen
Cúbrete tú la espalda
Cover your back
con mi dolor.
with my pain

Estribillo (3x)

(1) Saber algo a ciencia cierta is an idiom. It means to know something very well, scientifically undeniable.
(2) Para

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Albert Hammond

Ricardo Montaner

Rocío Durcal

Bertin Osborne

Acabo de llegar (I have just arrived) por Fito y Fitipaldis -Album: Por la boca vive el pez (Spain)

2008-07-22T18:06:00.003+02:00

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Acabo de llegar (I have just arrived) por Fito y Los Fitipaldis -Album: Por la boca vive el pez (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Estribillo (Refrain)
Qué te voy a decir
What am I going to tell you
si yo acabo de llegar
when I have just arrived
si esto es como el mar
when this is like the sea
quien conoce alguna esquina
Who knows any corner (any part of the sea)
Dejadme nacer
Let me be born (again)
que me tengo que inventar
that I have to re-invent myself
para hacerme pez
to become a fish
empecé por las espinas.
I started by the fishbones

Nunca lo escribí en un papel
I never wrote it on a paper
y nunca me ha encantado mi voz
and I never liked my voice very much (or my voice has never enchanted me)
y tú ahora me preguntas qué hacer
and now you ask me what to do
Y yo que siempre voy detrás del error
And I, that am always going after the mistake
que canto a lo que nunca tendré
that sing to what I wont ever have
al beso que ella nunca me dio
to the kiss that she never gave me
Dime tú qué puede saber
You, tell me what can (somebody) knows
alguien que ha pasado la vida
somebody that has spend live
buscando la melodía
searching for the melody

Estribillo

La vida es algo que hay que morder
Live is something to bite
y en cada boca tiene un sabor
and in each mouth it has a taste
tus huesos no los tapa mi piel
your bones are not covered by my skin
por eso siempre digo que no
that is whay I always say "no"
Ahora tengo cosas que hacer
now I have things to do
que aún me queda media vida
that I still have half live left (more half live)
para encontrar la melodía
to find the melody

Estribillo

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La Flaca por Jarabe de Palo (Spain)

2008-07-20T16:16:00.002+02:00

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La Flaca por Jarabe de Palo (Spain)
Translation: Laura

En la vida conoci mujer igual a la Flaca
In my live I never met a woman like "La Flaca" (1)
coral negro de la Habana, tremendisima (2) mulata.
black coral of La Habana, tremendous mulatto woman (of a mixed race)
Cien libras de piel y hueso, cuarenta kilos de Salsa,
One hundred pounds of skin and bone, forty kilos of Salsa
en la cara dos soles que sin palabras hablan
in the face two suns that speak without words
que sin palabras hablan
that speak without words

La Flaca duerme de dia, dice que asi el hambre engaña,
La Flaca sleeps during the day, she says that like this she cheats/tricks the hunger
cuando cae la noche baja a bailar a la Tasca.
when the night falls down she goes to the bar/tavern for dancing
Y bailar y bailar, y tomar y tomar
and dancing and dancing, and drinking and drinking
una cerveza tras otra pero ella nunca engorda
a beer after the other but she never gets fat
pero ella nunca engorda
but she never gets fat

Estribillo (Refrain)
Por un beso de la Flaca daria lo que fuera
for a kiss of La Flaca I will give anything
por un beso de ella, aunque solo uno fuera
for a kiss of her, even if it were just one

Mojé mis sabanas blancas, como dice la canción
I wet my white sheets (bed sheets), as it is said in the song (3)
Recordando las caricias que me brindó el primer día
remembering the caresses that she gave me the first day
Y enloquezco de ganas de dormir a su ladito
and I get crazy wanting to sleep by her side
Porque Dios que esta flaca a mi me tiene loquito
Because God sees that this flaca drives me crazy
Oh, a mi me tiene loquito
drives me crazy

Estribillo

(1) Flaca means slender, thin. In some countries in southamerica, this term is used for men and women in general Flaco/Flaca.
(2) tremenda = tremendous; tremendisima = very/highly tremendous
(3) there is a famous songs that sings like this

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Esos ojos negros (Those black eyes) por Duncan Duh (Spain)

2008-07-20T10:45:00.001+02:00

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Esos ojos negros (Those black eyes) por Duncan Duh (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Estribillo (Refrain)
Esos ojos negros,
Those black eyes
esos ojos negros,
those black eyes
no los quiero ver llorar
I dont want to see them crying
Tan sólo quiero escuchar,
I just want to llisten,
dime, lo que quiero oir,
tell me, what I want to hear
dime, dime ahora que duerme la ciudad.
tell me, tell me now that the city is speeling

Hace ya algún tiempo,
Since some time ago
hace ya algún tiempo
Since some time ago
que tu voz parece ser
your voice seems to be
una pluma y un papel que cuentan
a pen and a a paper that tell
que vas a volar en sueños,
that you are going to fly in dreams
que serán tus ojos negros
that will be your black eyes
los que me iluminen al andar.
the ones that illuminate my walking

La lluvia cae sobre el suelo gris
Rain falls over the grey pavement
El tiempo pasa y no puedo reír.
time passes by and I cannot laugh
La noche es larga, mi voz amarga
The night is long, my voice is bitter
Hoy he visto despertar el sol
today I have seen the sun awaiking
Y tus pupilas brillan más
and your puplis shine more
Pero espera, descuida, que ya vendrán
But wait, dont worry, that (they) will come
Los buenos tiempos volverán
good times will return
Pero espera, descuida, que ya vendrán...
But wait, dont worry, that (they) will come
La lluvia los devolverá.
The rain will bring them back

Estribillo

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Litros de alcohol (Litres of alcohol) por Ramoncín (Spain)

2008-07-19T10:32:00.003+02:00

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Litros de alcohol (Litres of alcohol) por Ramoncín (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Estribillo (Refrain)
Litros de alcohol corren por mis venas, mujer
Litres of alcohol run through my veins, woman
No tengo problemas de amor
I have no love problems
Lo que me pasa es que estoy loco por privar
What happens is that I am crazy to booze (drink)
(2x)

No te preocupes más por mi
Dont worry about me any longer
Voy a dejar esta ciudad
I am going to leave this town
Ya no te voy a perseguir
I am not going to chase you anymore (run after you)
Sólo te pido una vez más
I just ask you one more time

Salta hacia atrás o quíitate la ropa, mujer
Jump backwards or take your cloths out, woman
No provoques más mi pasion
Do not arise (provoke) my passion longer
Tengo un fuego dentro
I have a fire inside
que no puedo contener
that I cannot contain (hold on)

Lluvia de alcohol moja mi cabeza al salir
Alcohol rain is wetting my head
De donde? de la habitación del hotel
From where? from the hotel room
donde nos lo hicimos la noche que te conocí
where we made it the night I met you (i.e. made love)

No necesito más de ti
I dont need anything else from you
Ya no me puedes engañar
You cannot trick (cheat on?) me anymore
He cambiado tu colchón
I have changed your mattress
Por una botella de champagne
for a botle of champaigne

Estribillo

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Me colé en una fiesta (I slipped into a party) por Mecano (Spain)

2008-07-17T17:39:00.002+02:00

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Me colé en una fiesta (I slipped into a party) por Mecano (Spain)
Translation: Laura

No me invitó, pero yo fui
He didnt invite me, but I went
Tras la esquina espero el momento
Behind the corner, I wait for the moment
en que no me miren y meterme dentro
when nobody sees me and get in

Era mi oportunidad
It was my oportunity
unos entran, otros van saliendo
some (people) comes in, (some) other goes out
y entre el barullo yo me cuelo dentro
and with the confusion (among the crowd) I slip in

Estribillo 1
Allí me colé y en tu fiesta me planté
There I slipped in and into your party I went
Coca-cola para todos y algo de comer
Coca-cola for everyone and something to eat
Mucha niña mona pero ninguna sola
Plenty of cute girls but none (of them) alone
luces de colores, lo pasaré bien
colorfull lights, I will have fun (I will enjoy it)

Yo me preguntaba ¿Quién me la puede presentar?
I wondered myself, who can introduce her to me?
Yo me preguntaba ¿Qué es lo que le voy a contar?
I wondered myself, what am I going to tell her?

La vi pasar y me escondí
I saw her passing by and I hide
con su traje transparente
with her transparent dress
iba provocando a la gente
she was Provoking/arousing people (sexually)
Ella me vio y se acercó
She saw me and came by
el flechazo (1) fue instantáneo
love at first sight was instantaneous
y cayó entre mis brazos
and felt into my arms

Estribillo 1 (4x)

(1) Lit: arrow shoot. Metaphorically, to fall in love at first sight.

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Karaoke

Que sea mi condena (Shall it be my sentence) by Juan Gabriel (Mexico)

2008-07-17T16:50:00.003+02:00

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Que sea mi condena (Shall it be my sentence) by Juan Gabriel (Mexico)
Translation: Laura

Amor, quiero pedir perdon
My love, I want to ask for forgiveness (I beg you pardon)
por lo que hice llorar a tus lindos ojos
for (how much) I made your beautiful eyes cry
pero no, no me atrevo hablar
but no, I dont dare talking
que pena a mi me da, que pena a mi me da
How sorry I feel, How sorry I feel (It is such a pity)
lo reconozco
I recognize it (I am aware that I did this)

Amor, ya que tanto llore
My love, as I cryed so much
y con creces pague lo que te hice
and greatly paid for what I did to you
se que tu, si escuchas esta cancion
I know that you, if you hear this song
tu me vas a perdonar, eres muy bueno
you are going to forgive me, you are so good (kind)
y el que yo siga pensando en ti
and that I continue thinking about you
que no seas para mi, sea mi condena
that you are not for me, shall it be mi sentnece
(2x)

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Todo o nada (All or nothing) por Lucia Mendez (Mexico)

2008-07-17T15:43:00.002+02:00

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Todo o nada (All or nothing) por Lucia Mendez (Mexico)
Translation: Laura

No tengas miedo
Dont be scared
de volverte a enamorar
of falling in love again
si alguna vez fallaste.
if once you failed.
permite que tu piel
let your skin
vuelva a sentir
feel again
otro calor
another heat

Olvida que una vez
forget that once
fuiste engañada
you were deceived
Y comienza
and start
a vivir de nuevo
to live again
con otra ilusion
with another illusion

No tengas miedo
Dont be scared
de volverte a enamorar
of falling in love again
si tu cuerpo lo pide.
if your body asks for this.
No hagas nada
Dont do anything
que pueda detener
that can stop
a esa pasion
that passion

Pecado es renunciar
Is a sin to renounce
cuando se ama
when you are in love.
Mejor jugarse entero
Better is to gamble (play)
a todo o nada
all or nothing
Y no llorar arrepentida
and not to cry regretfull
en esa soledad
in that lonelyness

Por eso ve corriendo
So go running
a buscarlo
to search for him
No pierdas ni un minuto
dont loose a minute
en intentarlo
trying
Y olvidate de
and forget about
todo lo pasado
all (the things) that happened (all the past)
y ve con él
and go with him

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Para vivir contigo (To live with you) by David Civera (Spain)

2008-07-13T10:18:00.003+02:00

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Para vivir contigo (To live with you) by David Civera (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Nadie ve, lo que éste corazón y yo sé
Nobody sees, what this heart and I know
un huracán de sentimientos y razones
a huracan of feelings and reasons
que bien conocen las envidias.
that knows envy well

Nadie lo ve, que es demasiado qrande y porque
Nobody sees it, that it is too big and becasue
un poquito loco hay que estar y
a bit crazy you must be and
no dejarse atar ni manipular, por nada.
dont let yourself tie nor manipulate by anything

Estribillo 1
Quiero dar el salto al vacio de tu amor
I want to jump to the open air of your love
encontrarme tan perdido,
to feel myself so lost
que me ampare Dios.
that may God shelter me

Estribillo 2
Para vivir contigo,
to live with you
no me hace falta ni consejos ni mentiras.
I dont need advices nor lies
Para vivir contigo,
to live with you
tan sólo quiero que me dejen con mi vida.
I just want they keep me alive
Para vivir contigo,
to live with you
yo te pongo el sentimiento
I put my feelings on you
tú me pones fantasía
you put fantasy on me
y con eso ya me sobra, amor.
and with that is enough for my, my love
Para vivir contigo.
To live with you

Nadie lo ve, que es demasiado inmenso y porque
Nobody sees it, that it is too inmense and because
un poquito malo hay que ser y no
a bit evil you must be and not
dejarse desestabilizar por nada.
let yourself destabilize by nothing

Estribillo 1

Estribillo 2 (2x)

Estribillo 1

Estribillo 2 (2x)

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Amor (Love) by Eydie Gorme y Los Panchos (Mexico)

2008-06-30T20:44:00.003+02:00

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Amor (Love) by Eydie Gorme y Los Panchos (Mexico)
Translation: Laura

Amor, amor, amor
Love, love, love
(Amor, dulce amor)
(love, sweet love)
nacio de ti, nacio de mi
it was born from you, it was born from me
de la esperanza
(ir was born) from the hope

Amor, amor, amor
Love, love, love
(Amor, dulce amor)
(love, sweet love)
nacio de Dios, para los dos
it was born from God, for the both of us
nacio del alma
(ir was born) from the soul

Sentir que tus besos
To feel that your kisses
se anidaron en mi
made their nest on me
igual que palomas
mensajeras de luz
as messenger pigeons of light

Saber que mis besos
To know that my kisses
se quedaron en ti
Remained on you
haciendo en tus labios
Doing on your lips
la senal de la cruz
The signo f the cross (the sign that Christians do for praying)

(Replay all)

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La Mentira (Se te olvida) (The lie - You forget) by Alvaro Carrillo (Mexico)

2008-06-23T17:23:00.002+02:00

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La Mentira (Se te olvida) (The lie - You forget) by Alvaro Carrillo(Mexico)
Translation: Laura (Thanks Bruce for the corrections)

Se te olvida
You forget
que me quieres a pesar de lo que dices
that you love me IN spite what you say
pues llevamos en el alma cicatrices
as we carry scars in our souls
imposibles de borrar
Impossible to erase

Se te olvida
You forget
que hasta puedo hacerte mal si me decido
that I even can hurt you if I decide to
pues tu amor lo tengo muy comprometido
as I have your love very committed (I am sure that you love me)
pero a fuerza no será
But it wont be by force (I wont force you to love me)

Y hoy resulta
And today it turns out
que no soy de la estatura de tu vida
that I am not of the height of your life that (I am not good enough for your life)
y que al dejarme casi, casi, se te olvida
and when leaving me you almost, almost forget
que hay un pacto entre los dos
that there is a pact between the both of us

Por mi parte
On my side
te devuelvo tu promesa de adorarme,
I give you back your promise to adore me
ni si quiera sientas pena por dejarme
do not even feel sorry for laving me
que ese pacto no es con Dios
that this pact is not with God

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Olga Guillot

Javier Solis

Caminito (litle path) by Carlos Gardel(Argentina)

2008-06-01T11:40:00.003+02:00

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Caminito (litle path) by Carlos Gardel(Argentina)
Translation: Anonymous

Caminito que el tiempo ha borrado
Little path that time has erased
que juntos un día nos viste pasar
That one day saw us pass by together
he venido por última vez
I have come for the last time
he venido a contarte mi mal
I have come to tell you my woes

Caminito que entonces estabas
Little path, you were then
bordado de trébol y juncos en flor
embroidered in clover and flowering reeds
una sombra ya pronto serás
a shadow you will soon be
una sombra lo mismo que yo
a shadow the same as myself

Desde que se fué
Since she/he left
triste vivo yo
I live in sadness
caminito amigo
little path my friend
yo tambien me voy
I'm leaving also

Desde que se fué
Since she/he left
nunca más volvió
she/he never returned
seguiré sus pasos
I'll follow her/his steps
caminito, adiós
little path, goodbye

Caminito que todas las tardes
Little path which every afternoon
feliz recorría cantando mi amor
I happily travelled singing of my love
No le digas si vuelve a pasar
don't tell her/him if she/he passes through again
que mi llanto tu huella regó
that my tears watered your tracks

Caminito cubierto de cardos
Little path covered with thistle,
la mano del tiempo tu huella borró
the hand of time erased your tracks
Yo a tu lado quisiera caer
I would like to fall beside you
y que el tiempo nos mate a los dos
and let time kill us both

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Tú (You) by Juan Luis Guerra (Dominican Rep.)

2008-05-31T23:07:00.004+02:00

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Tú (You) by Juan Luis Guerra (Dominican Rep.)
Translation: Laura

Tú, mientras más lo pienso, tú
You, the more than I think about it, you
llenaste mi tiempo, tú
filled my time, you
la razón que me hace ser feliz
The reason that makes me (be) happy
qué más puedo pedir
What else can I ask for?

Tú, mi poema tierno, tú
You, my tender poem, you
todo mi recuerdo, tú
All my memory, you
te sumerges con tu cuerpo en mí
sunk with your body in me
qué más puedo yo sentir.
What else can I sense?

Refrain 1
Tú, lo que más extraño, tú
You, what I miss the most, you
mi mejor regalo, tú.
my best gift, you

Refrain 2
En las horas de amor eterno
In the hours of eternal love
tú cuando hablo, tú cuando sueño.
You, when I speak, you when I dream

Refrain 3
Tú en las noches
You in the nights
que trae el viento
that the wind brings
todos mis versos
All my verses
mientras más lo pienso, tú
The more than I think about it, you

Refrain 4
en la lluvia, gotas de cielo
in the rain, drops of heaven/sky (?)
Tú en la orilla de mi silencio.
You, on the shore of my silence

Refrain 5
Tú mi ternura
You my tenderness
mi compañera
My companion
lo que más quiero
What I love the most
mientras más lo pienso...
The more than I think about it

Tú, mi canción desnuda, tú
You, my naked song, you
mi anhelo, mi furia, tú
my desire, my unger, you
la razón que me hace ser feliz
the reason that makes me (be) happy
qué más puedo pedir.
What else can I ask for?

Tú, todo lo que callo, tú
You, all that I dont say (keep quiet), you
mi abecedario, tú
my abc, you
te sumerges con tu cuerpo en mí
sunk with your body in me
qué más puedo yo sentir.
What else can I sense?

Refrain 1

Refrain 2

Refrain 3

Refrain 4

Refrain 5

(Coro - Chorus)
Tú... Tú...
You...You...

(J.L Guerra)
Sólo tú... sólo tú
Just/only you, just/only you

Refrain 2

Tú en las noches
You in the nights
que trae el viento
that the wind brings
Lo que más quiero
What I love the most
mientras más lo pienso, tú
The more than I think about it, you

Refrain 4

Tú mi ternura
You my tenderness
mi compañera
My companion

Refrain 2

Tú en las noches
You in the nights
que trae el viento
that the wind brings

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Eres tú (You are) Mocedades (Spain)

2008-05-16T17:00:00.007+02:00

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Eres tú (You are) Mocedades (Spain)

Translation: Anonymous

Como una promesa, eres tú, eres tú.
Like a promise, you are, you are
Como una mañana de verano.
Like a summer morning
Como una sonrisa, eres tú, eres tú.
Like a smile, you are, you are
Así, así, eres tú.
Like that, like that, you are

Toda mi esperanza, eres tú, eres tú.
All my hope, you are, you are
Como lluvia fresca en mis manos
Like fresh rain in my hands
como fuerte brisa, eres tú, eres tú.
Like a strong breeze, you are, you are
Así, así, eres tú.
Like that, like that, you are

Estribillo (Refrain)
Eres tú como el agua de mi fuente (algo así eres tú)
You are like the water of my source (Something like that, you are)
Eres tú el fuego de mi hogar
You are the fire of my home
Eres tú como el fuego de mi hoguera
You are like the fire of my bonfire
Eres tú el trigo de mi pan.
You are the wheat of my bread

Como mi poema, eres tú, eres tú.
Like my poem, you are, you are
Como una guitarra en la noche,
Like a guitar in the night
todo mi horizonte eres tú, eres tú.
My whole horizon, you are, you are
Así, así, eres tú.
Like that, like that, you are

Refrain

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No by Shakira Ft. Gustavo Cerati (Colombia)

2008-05-16T16:16:00.004+02:00

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No by Shakira Ft. Gustavo Cerati (Colombia)
Translation: Anonymous

No, no intentes disculparte
No, don't try to apologize
No juegues a insistir
Don't play the game of persistence
Las excusas ya existían antes de ti
Excuses existed before you did
No, no me mires como antes
No, don't look at me like you did before,
No hables en plural
Don't talk in plural
La retórica es tu arma más letal
Rhetoric is your most lethal weapon

Refrain 1
Voy a pedirte que no vuelvas más
I'm going to ask you not to come back ever again
Siento que me dueles todavía aquí,
I feel that you still can hurt me here,
Adentro
Inside
Y que a tu edad sepas bien lo que es
And that at your age you should know well
Romperle el corazón a alguien así
What it's like to break someone's heart like this
No se puede vivir con tanto veneno,
No, one can live with so much poison
La esperanza que me da tu amor
The hope your love gives me
No me la dió más nadie,
No one else gave me
Te juro, no miento
I swear, I'm not lying
No se puede vivir con tanto veneno
No, one can't live with so much venom (poison)
No se puede dedicar el alma
One shouldn't devote the soul
A acumular intentos
To collecting attempts
Pesa más la rabia que el cemento
Rage weighs more than cement

Espero que no esperes que te espere,
I hope you don't expect me to wait for you,
Después de mis 26
After turning twenty six
La paciencia se me ha ido hasta los pies
Patience has sunk all the way down to my feet
Y voy deshojando margaritas
So here, I pluck daisy petals
Y mirando sin mirar,
And I'm looking without seeing,
Para ver si así te irritas y te vas
To find out if you'll get irritated and leave

Refrain 1

No se puede vivir con tanto veneno (2x)
No, one can't live with so much venom (poison)

No, No

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Dame cariño (Give me love) by El Arrebato(The fit/The outburst) (Spain)

2008-05-15T11:47:00.008+02:00

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Dame cariño (Give me love) by El Arrebato(The fit/The outburst) (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Yo no sé si lo vas a entender
I dont know whether you are going to understand it
si me explico mal o bien, yo qué sé
whether I explain myself bad or good (wrong or right), what do I know!
Lo que quiero es decirte que
what I want is to tell you that
te quiero más que todo lo que veo
I love you more than everything that I see
más que todo lo que tengo y
more than everything that I have and
más que todo lo que sueño.
more than everything that I dream of

Estribillo 1 (Refrain)
Y que cuando tú me dices que me quieres
And that when you tell me that you love me
se me ponen los ojitos que parecen alfileres
my litle eyes become like needles
clavaítos (2) en los tuyos
stuck on yours
esperando ese susurro que me diga "ámame"
waiting for that whisper that tells me "love me"
Pero que luego la verdad no escucho nada (3)
But after, the truth (is) I dont hear anything
Y maldigo tu silencio y maldigo tu desgana
And I curse your silence and I curse your indifference (damm your silence! and damm your indifference!)
Niña yo no sé que pasa, pero deja que te diga
Girl, I dont know what happens, but let me tell you
alto, claro, loco...
loud, clear, crazy...

Estribillo 2
Dame cariño, niña, dame cariño
Give me love girl, give me love
Tengo derecho a que también me des cariño
I have the right that you give me love
De que me sirve desgarrarme el alma
What does it serve for to tear my soul up
por las costuras y por los pliegues de tu piel
for the seams and folds of your skin
Si después nunca me ves?...
when after you never see me?...

Estribillo 3
Dame cariño, niña, dame cariño
Give me love girl, give me love
Tengo derecho a que también me des cariño
I have the right that you give me love
Que hago con este millón de besos
What do I do with this million of kisses
que están loquitos por acariciar tu piel
that are crazzy for caressing your skin
Donde los voy a meter
Where should I put them?
Dame cariño mujer!
Give me love woman!...

Yo no sé si lo vas a entender
I dont know whether you are going to understand it
si es que me explico mal o bien, yo qué sé
whether I explain myself bad or good (wrong or right)
Lo que quiero decirte es que
What I want to tell you is that
me muero cuando apartas la mirada
I die when you look away
cuando pones un mal gesto o
when you make a bad gesture (a desapproval gesture with her face)
cuando nunca es el momento
when is never the time

Estribillo 1
Y luego si tú me dices que me quieres
And then if you tell me that you love me...
...........

Estribillo 2

Dame cariño niña
Give me love girl

Si es cierto como dices que me quieres
If this is true when you say that you love me
Acurrucate conmigo, dame azúcar, dame mieles (4)
Curl up/nestle together, give me sugar, give me good things/sweet sensations
Niña yo no soy la roca (5), necesito alimentarme
Girl, I am not the stone, I need to feed me
Dame, dame...
Give me, give me

Estribillo 2

Estribillo 3

(1) Cariño menas affection, care; but it can be more broadly used as Love.
(2) Clavados -> Clavaditos. He has used the diminutive form in this verb and furthermore, with Andalusian accent (ommiting the endings)
(3) This sentence is not gramatically correct. He is using more words that he needs just to fit the song. The right sentence would be: Pero luego, la verdad es que no escucho nada.
(4) Mieles is the plural of miel = honey. Saborear las mieles de algo = to taste the sweet part of something (ex. saborear las mieles del ésxito = to taste the sweet flavour of succes). Dame mieles, I am not sure whether this is totally correct...
(5) It should be "I am not a stone".
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Sueños Rotos (Broken dreams) by La Quinta Estación (The fifth season) (Spain)

2008-05-11T21:21:00.004+02:00

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Sueños Rotos (Broken dreams) by La quinta estación (The fifth season) (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Aquella rosa muerta en la calle espera
That dead rose in the street is waiting
Mensaje tras mensaje, preparándose a volar
message after message, getting ready to fly
Porque habías sido tú mi compañera
because you had been my compannion (partner)
Porque ya no eres nada, y ahora todo esta de mas
because now you are nothing, and everything now is unnecesary

Estribillo 1
Si no te supe amar, no fue por ti
if i didnt know how to love you, it wasnt because of you (it wasnt your fault)
No creo en el amor y no es por mí
I dont believe in love and it is not because of me (it is not my fault)
Si no te supe ver y te perdí
If I didnt know how to see you (I couldnt see you) and lost you
Si cada día que me das te hace sufrir
if every day that you give me makes you suffer (hurts you)
No, no

Estribillo 2
Volver a verte otra vez,
To see you again
Con los ojitos empapados en ayer
with the eyes soaked in yesterday
Con la dulzura de un amor que nadie ve
with the sweetness of a love that nobody see
Con la promesa de aquel ultimo café
with the primise of that last coffee
Con un montón de sueños rotos
with a load of (lot) of broken dreams

Estribillo 3
Volver a verte otra vez
To see you again
Volver a verte otra vez
To see you again
Con un montón de sueños rotos
with a load of (lot) of broken dreams
Deje el orgullo atrás por un instante
I left pride back for an instant
Me prepare a estar sola una vez mas
I prepared myself to be alone once again

Estribillo 1

Estribillo 2

Estribillo 3

Estribillo 2

Estribillo 3

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Hijo de la luna (Son of the moon) by Mecano (Spain)

2008-05-11T18:07:00.004+02:00

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Hijo de la luna (Son of the moon) by Mecano (Spain)
Translation: Anonymous (somebody posted it on the blog. Thnaks!. I have just added some details)

Tonto el que no entienda (1)
A fool is who doesn't understand
Cuenta una leyenda,
A lengend tells
que una hembra gitana
that a gipsy woman
conjuró a la luna
made spells with the moon (2)
hasta el amanecer.
till dawn
Llorando pedía,
weeping, she begged
al llegar el día,
when the morning comes
desposar un calé.
to marry a "calé" man (3)

Tendrás a tu hombre piel morena,
"you'll have your brown-skin man"
desde el cielo habló la luna llena,
spoke the full moon from the sky
pero a cambio quiero
"but in return I want the
el hijo primero
the first child
que le engendres a él.
that you have with him,"
Que quien a su hijo inmola
One who sacrifices her child
para no estar sola
in order not to be alone
poco le iba a querer.
is not going to love it very much

Estribillo (Refrain)
Luna quieres ser madre
Moon you want to be mother
y no encuentras querer
and you can't find a love
que te haga mujer.
who makes you a woman
¡Dime! luna de plata
Tell me, moon of silver
qué pretendes hacer
what you intend to do
con un niño de piel.
with a child of skin (flesh) (4)
ah, aaaah, Hijo de la Luna.
(ahh ahh) Son of the Moon

De padre canela nació un niño
From a cinnamon-skinned father a son was born
blanco como el lomo de un armiño,
white like the back of an ermine
con los ojos grises
with grey eyes
en vez de aceituna,
instead of olive,
niño albino de luna.
albino child of moon
"¡Maldita su estampa!
"Damn his appearance!
¡Este hijo es de un payo
This is son of a "payo" man (5)
y yo no me lo callo!"
and I wont remain silent about this (I wont put up with this)

Estribillo

Gitano al creerse deshonrado
the gypsy, believing himself dishonored
se fue a su mujer cuchillo en mano
went to his wife, knife in hand
"¿De quién es el hijo?
"Whose son in this?
¡Me has "engañao" fijo!" (5)
I am sure you have deceived me!"
y de muerte la hirió.
and he stabbed her to death
Luego se hizo al monte
then he went to the mountain
con el niño en brazos
with the child in his arms
Y allí le abandonó.
and abandoned it there

Estribillo

Y en las noches que haya luna llena
And on nights when the moon is full
será porque el niño esté de buenas.
it's because the child is happy

Y si el niño llora
and if the child cries
menguará la luna
the moon will wane
para hacerle una cuna.
to make him a cradle
(2x)

Laura´s comments:
(1) This is a popular saying, specially among kids: tonto el último (idot the last one); tonto el que menos corra (idiot who run the less), etc.
(2) Conjuro = Spell, but I dont really know how to say in English the verb "Conjurar"...to make an spell may be??...
(3) For a gipsy, a "calé" is a gipsy. I guess is a very good gipsy, but I ignore the resons why. I guess calé means a pure blood gipsy.
(4) The normal saying would be "un niño de carne y hueso" = a flesh and bone child.
(5) For a gipsy, a "payo" is a non gipsy white person. As an example, I would be a "paya" for a gipsy.
(6) Engañado. Gispsies use to speak with a sort of Andalusian accent, also shortening words and not pronouncing endings.

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Como un burro amarrado en la puerta del baile (Like a donkey tied up at the door of a ball) by El ultimo de la fila (The last one in the queue)(Spain)

2008-05-11T16:44:00.004+02:00

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Como un burro amarrado en la puerta del baile (Like a donkey tied up at the door of a ball) by El ultimo de la fila (The last one in the queue) (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Me dices "goodbye" en tu nota tan ricamente,
you say goodbye in your note so calm (without caring at all)
y no me hago a la idea de no volver a verte
and I cannot make my mind up to not seeing you again
Si lo llego a saber, mimosa (1), no te bajo el puente
If I would have know, sweetheart, I wouldn have put the bridge down for you
me tiré de cabeza (2) y me arrastró la corriente.
I jumped/dived headfirst and the stream swept me out
Este es mi destino,
This is my destiny
al cabo de la calle estoy;
at the end of the street I am
me siento como aquel ladrón que busca su fortuna
I feel like that thieve searching his fortune
en un callejón
in a back alley/street
por donde nunca pasa nadie.
where nobody cross
Como un burro amarrado en la puerta del baile.
Like a donkey tide up at the door of a ball

Mi primo, que tiene un bar, desde siempre me ha dicho,
My cousin, who has a bar, has always told me,
y me consta que todo lo dice de muy buena fe:
and I am sure he says everything in good faith
tanto tienes, tanto vales, no se puede remediar,
so much you have, so much you worth (what you have is what you worth), it cannot be changed
si eres de los que no tienen, a galeras a remar.
when you are of those who have not, to the galley to row (3)

Estribillo 1 (Refrain)
Y si sólo tengo amor,
And when I just have love
¿Qué es lo que valgo yo?
what is my worth?
Si tengo ganas de bailar,
when I am in the mood of dancing
¿para qué voy a esperar?
what should I wait for?
Ahora necesito amor,
Now I need love
es mi única ambición;
is my only ambition
como yo no sé bailar,
as I dont know how to dance (I cannot dance)
a galeras a remar.
to the galley to row

Baila conmigo, amor,
Dance with me (my) love
que soy muy cariñoso, guapa,
that I am very loving, beauty
que aunque muy chico y muy feo,
that although vry small and ugly
piloto de aeroplano soy.
airplane pilot I am
Llévame al cine, amor,
Take me to the movies (to the cinema), (my) love
y a comer un arrocito (4) a Castelló (5).
and to eat a litle rice to Castelló
Si total son cuatro días,
if there are just four days (life) (6)
"pa" qué vas a exprimirte el limón.
what for thinking so much.

(this is sung in Catalanish)
"Escolta", Piquer,
dame aire con tu abanico,
"que soc de Barcelona
i em moro de calor".

Estribillo 1

Y si sólo tengo “love”,
And when I just have love
¿Qué es lo que valgo yo?
what is my worth?
Si tengo ganas de bailar,
when I am in the mood of dancing
¿para qué voy a esperar?
what should I wait for?
Ahora necesito amor,
Now I need love
Porque mi novia me dejó;
because my girlfriend left me
como yo no sé bailar,
as I dont know how to dance (I cannot dance)
a galeras a remar.
to the galley to row

(1) minoso means affectinate, but here is a sweet name to call his lover.
(2) tirarse de cabeza = literally: to jump/dive headfirst into somewhere. Figurative sense: to dedicate completaly to something.
(3) in anciente time, the poor people and the slaves were used to row in th galleys of ships. It was a hard and painful activity. Now, this expression is commonly used when somebody has a hard work to do, or as a figurative punishment for someone.
(4) Arrocito is a diminutive of arroz = rice. Is like saying paella.
(5) Castelló is a province of Valencia, east Spain, Mediterranean coast. All Valencia region is famous mainly for Oranges and Rice. Some of the dishes cook with rice are named Paellas, but not all. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CastellÃ³n_(province))
(6) It means that life is just four days, life is very short.
(7) para
(8) exprimirse el limón = literally: to squeez the lemon; lemon figures the head, and the sentence means "to think a lot".

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Me muero por conocerte (I am dying for knowing you) by Alex Ubago (Spain)

2008-05-11T15:35:00.007+02:00

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Me muero por conocerte (I am dying for knowing you) by Alex Ubago (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Me muero por suplicarte
I am dying for begging you
que no te vayas mi vida
not to leave, my life (1)
Me muero por escucharte
I am dying for listening to you
decir las cosas que nunca dirás
Saying the things that you wont ever say
Mas me cayo y te marchas
But I remain silent and you leave
Mantengo la esperanza
I keep the hope
de ser capaz algun día
Of being able one day
de no esconder las heridas
Of not hiddinng the wounds
que me duelen al pensar
That hurt me when thinking
que te voy queriendo
That i living you
cada día un poco más
Each day a bit more
Cuanto tiempo vamos a esperar?
How long are we going to wait?

Me muero por abrazarte
I am dying for embrazing/holding you
y que me abrazes tan fuerte
And that you embraze me so strong (hold me so tight)
Me muero por divertirte
I am dying for amuse/entertain you (make you fun)
y que me abrazes cuando despierte
And that you hold me when I wake up
acomodado en tu pecho
confortable in your breast
hasta que el sol aparezca
until the sun comes up/shows up
Me voy perdiendo en tu aroma
I am loosing myself in your perfume
Me voy perdiendo en tus labios
I am loosing myself in your lips
que se acercan susurrando
That come closser wispering
palabras que llegan a este pobre corazon
Words that reach this poor heart
Voy sintiendo el fuego en mi interior
I am feeling the firing within myself

Estribillo (Refrain)
Me muero por conocerte
I am dying for knowing you
Saber que es lo que piensas
To know what do you think
Abrir todas tus puertas
To open all your doors
Y vencer esas tormentas
And defeat those storms
que nos quieran abatir
That want to pull/knock us down
Centrar en tus ojos mi mirada
Focus my look in your eyes
Cantar contigo al alba
To sing with you at dawn
Besarnos hasta desgastarnos nuestros labios
To kiss each other until wearing out our lips
Y ver en tu rostro cada día
And seeing in your face each day
crecer esa semilla
Growing up this seed
Crear, Soñar, dejar todo surgir
To create, to dream, to let everything come up
apartando el miedo a sufrir
Putting away/aside the fear to suffer

Me muero por explicarte
I am dying for explaining you
lo que pasa por mi mente
What is going on in my mind
Me muero por entregarte
I am dying for giving you
y seguir siendo capaz de sorprenderte
And continue being able of surprising you
Sentir cada día ese flechazo (2) al verte
Feeling each day that love (of the first day) when seeing you
Que mas dará lo que digan
Who cares for what they may say
Que mas dará lo que piensen
Who cares for what they may thinks
Si estoy loco es cosa mia
When I am crazy, it is my business
Y ahora vuelvo a mirar
And now I am seeing again
el mundo a mi favor
The World on my side (favouring me)
Vuelvo a ver brillar la luz del sol
I am seeing again the light of the sun shining (the sunshine)

Estribillo

(1) In Spanish is common to use words as: AMOR (love), CIELO (heaven), VIDA (life), CORAZON (heart) to name our lover.
(2) flechazo literally means arrow shot. When we suddenly fall in love for somebody we say “I have felt or I have had an arrow shot”, because of Cupid legend. In the context of this song, he means to continue feeling every day the intense love he felt first time.

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Que el ritmo no pare (Let´s not stop the rythem) by Patricia Manterola (Mexico)

2008-05-11T13:44:00.004+02:00

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Que el ritmo no pare (Let´s not stop the rythem) by Patricia Manterola (Mexico)
Translation: Laura

Coro (Chorus)
Que el ritmo no pare, no pare, no, que el ritmo no pare.
Let´s not stop the rythem!; not stop, no; Let´s not stop the rythem!
(4x)

Toda la gente que vino a esta fiesta
All the people that came to this party
que olvide todo y tan solo se divierta
Forget everything and just have fun
eso es lo que quiero que se viva aquí
that is what I want to be lived here (that people live here)
y que toda la noche, que se baile, sí
And the whole night, to be dancing, yes

pero me dicen que tengo tumbao (1)
But they say that I have “tumbao”
por eso a todos los tengo embrujaos (2)
That is why I have all of them bewitched (men, I guess)
mira que se está encendiendo, que sube el calor.
Watch out that is burning, that the heat is rising

Chrous

Manos arriba los que vienen a esta fiesta
Hand up those who are comming to this party
no se aceptan quejas ni tampoco protestas
Claims are not accepted neither protests
todas las mujeres y los hombres muy cerca
Every women and men very close
pa' (3) que se sientan la sangre en sus venas,
To feel each other the blood in their veins

Si te gusta a ti,
If you like it,
ay! muevete y no pares y no pares, sigue asi
oh! Move and do not stop, and do not stop, continue like this
que el ritmo es tan rico (4), que si, que si, que si, que si, ay, ay, ayyyyyyyy
That the rythem is so nice, yes, yes, yes, yes, ayyyyyyyyyy!

Chorus

Acercate un poquito, acercate un poquito
Come a bit closer, come a bit closer
dame un besito nene, que esto está muy rico
Give me a kiss baby, that this is very good
porque yo quiero que, que el amor sincero vuelva a mi, ay, ay, ayyyyyyyy
Because I want that, that sincere love returns to me

Chorus

Cuarenta grados de temperatura
Forty degrees (5) of temperature
con ese movimiento eres una tortura
With this movement you are a torture
me gusta bailar a oscuritas (6) sin luz
I like dancing in the litle dark, without light
y mi corazón haciendo tun, tun,tun (7)
And my hurt making: “tun”, “tun”, “tun”

baila como quieras, que cosa más buena
Dance as you like; what a good thing (you are, or the dancing is…)
baila como quieras que cosa más bella
Dance as you like; what a beautiful thing (you are, or the dancing is…)
me gusta bailar a oscuritas sin luz
I like dancing in the litle dark, without light
y mi corazón haciendo tun, tun, tun
And my hurt making: “tun”, “tun”, “tun”

Chorus

Mira como me gusta, mira como me gusta
Look how I like it, look how I like it
Asi, asi, asi, ay, que rico
Like this, like this, like this, oh how nice!
(2x)

me gusta bailar a oscuritas sin luz
I like dancing in the litle dark, without light
y mi corazón haciendo tun, tun, tun
And my hurt making: “tun”, “tun”, “tun”
(2x)

(1) tumbado. I dont know what this word means...
(2) embrujado
(3) para
(4) rico: for food = delicious, for a baby/kid = lovely, for a person also means rich, whealthy; for things menas with a high content of something…
In Spain, we only use the word “rico” with the meaning of delicious, jummy, nice, only for food, never for things. So that we would never say “el ritmo es rico”, but in southamerica the use a lot this word with a broader significance, like in this song.
(5) degrees Celcious. In Spain and as far as I know in all soutamerican countries, degrees Celcious are used. So, forty is quite hot!
(6) a oscuras = in the dark. A oscuritas, is just a lovely way to say this, as if in English we would say “in the little dark”.
(7) is just mimicking the beating of the heart

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Hoy quiero confesarme (Today I want to confess (myself)) by Isabel Pantoja (Spain)

2008-05-11T12:04:00.007+02:00

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Hoy quiero confesarme (Today I want to confess (myself)) by Isabel Pantoja (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Por si hay una pregunta en el aire
In case there is a question in the air
Por si hay alguna duda sobre mi
In case there is any doubt about me
Hoy quiero confesarme
Today i want to confess (myself) (I want to go to confesión)
Hoy que me sobra tiempo
Today that I have plenty of time (that I have time left)
Voy a contarle a todos como soy
I am going to tell everybody how I am

Estribillo 1 (Refrain)
Hoy quiero confesar
Today I want to confess
que estoy enamorada
that I am in love
por matar los rumores de aquella esquina
to kill the rummors (gossips) of that corner (1)
Que me gusta el perfume de claveles
that I like the perfume of carnations
Y que llevo en el alma a Andalucía
and that I carry Andaluzia in my soul

Estribillo 2
Hoy quiero confesar
Today I want to confess
que estoy algo cansada
that I am a bit tired
de llevar esta estrella que pesa tanto
of carrying this star that is so heavy
que perdí en el camino tantas cosas
that I lost in the way so many things
que me hicieron a veces tanto daño
that sometimes hurt me so much (2)
tanto daño. Hoy quiero confesar.
so much. Today i want to confess

Si estoy alegre o triste
If i am happy or sad
quien lo sabe
who knows
Si todo el mundo tiene la razón
When everybody is right
Hoy quiero despojarme
Today I want to release everything from me (to make me free)
y desnudar el alma
and get the soul naked
para que sepan todos como soy.
for everybody know how I am

Soy un poco la sal, y poquito la arena
I am a bit the salt, and a litle bit the sand
Primavera despierta en una ventana
Awoken spring in a window
Soledad y vacío cuando espero
Loneliness and emptiness when I am waiting
Corazón encendido si él me llama
Burning heart if he calls me

Hoy quiero confesar que he llorado mil veces
Today I want to confess that I have cried a thousand times
Escuchando las notas de una guitarra
Listening to the notes of a guitar
Que le debo a la vida tantas cosas
That I own life so many things
Y he cantando bajito alguna nana
And I have sung quietly any lullaby
Alguna nana. Hoy quiero confesar.
any lullaby. Today I want to confess

Estribillo 1
Estribillo 2

(1) rumorear por las esquinas = literally: to rummor in the corners. It means to gossip here and there, on your back.
(2) Me hicieron tanto daño = literally: they made me so much pain. They hurt me so much.

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La gata bajo la lluvia (The (female) cat under the rain) by Rocío Durcal (Spain)

2008-05-11T11:23:00.005+02:00

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La gata bajo la lluvia (The (female) cat under the rain) by Rocío Durcal (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Amor, tranquilo, no te voy a molestar.
(my) love (1), dont worry, I am not going to upset/disturb you
Mi suerte estaba echada (2), ya lo sé.
My die was cast (my luck/fate was decided), I already know
Y sé que hay un torrente dando vueltas por tu mente.
And I know that there is a torrent spinning around your mind (head).

Amor, lo nuestro (3) solo fue casualidad,
(my) love, ours (our thing) was just coincidence
la misma hora, el mismo boulevard.
The same hour, the same boulevard
No temas, no hay cuidado (4),
Dont be sacared, dont worry
no te culpo del pasado.
I dont blame you on the past (on what happened)

Estribillo (Refrain)
Ya lo ves, la vida es asi;
You see (it), life is like this
tú te vas y yo me quedo aquí.
You leave and I saty here
llovera y ya no seré tuya.
It will rain, and I wont be yours
seré la gata (5) bajo la lluvia
I will be the (female) cat under the rain

y maullare por ti.
And I will miaow for you

Amor, lo sé, no digas nada (6), de verdad.
(my) love, I know, dont say anything, really
si ves alguna lagrima, perdon.
If you see any tear, sorry
ya sé que no has querido hacer llorar un gato herido.
I know that you didnt want to hurt a wounded cat

Amor, si alguna vez nos vemos por ahí,
(my) love, if sometime we see each other somewhere (if we ever meet out there)
invitame a un café y hazme el amor.
Invite me to a coffee and make me love
y si ya no vuelvo a verte, ojala (7) que tengas suerte.
And if I dont see you again, I wish (I hope) you have luck

Estribillo (x2)

(1) In Spanish is common to use words as: AMOR (love), CIELO (heaven), VIDA (life), CORAZON (heart) to name our lover.
(2) La suerte está echada = the die is cast. It means that the fate has taken charge over my life.
(3) Lo nuestro = ours (our thing), meaning our involvement, our relationship.
(4) No hay cuidado = literally means “there is no care”, but what it means here is “you don’t need to have care, you don’t need to worry”. Is difficult to translate…
(5) gato = male cat; gata = female cat
(6) In Spanish we use double negative sentences: No digas nada (don’t say nothing). Conceptually, it is wrong, as if you don’t say nothing, then you are saying something...
So we say "No sé nada: I dont know nothing", "No quiero nada, I dont want nothing" or the positives "Sé algo, I Know something", "Quiero algo, I want something" or “Di algo, say something”.
(7) Ojalá = I hope something happen; let´s hope so!
La palabra "ojalá" viene del árabe لو شاء الله (law sha'a Allah) "si Dios quisiera".
The word “ojalá” derives from Arabic لو شاء الله (law sha'a Allah) "if God would will".

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Cariñito azucarado (Sweet darling) by Virginia Lopez (Puerto Rico)

2008-05-06T21:47:00.002+02:00

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Cariñito azucarado (Sweet darling) by Virginia Lopez (Puerto Rico)
Translation: Laura

Yo no pude suponerme lo que sucedio
I could not imagine what happened (what was going to happen)
era un jueguito entre tu y yo
it was a little game between you and I
de inocentes amiguitos jugando al amor
of innocent litle friends playing at love
entre sus redes nos atrapo
in its net trapped us

Cariñito azucarado que sabe a bombón
Sweet darling who tastes of bonbons
amorcito consentido de mi corazón
litle pet love of my heart

Sin saber como ni cuando surgio este romance
without knowing how nor when this romance arose
sin que yo supiera donde iba a llegar
without knowing where it will lead

Comenzo por un dedito y la mano agarro
It started with a little finger and the hand it held
se trepo por un bracito y al labio llego
it climbed up one little arm and came to the lip
Y de un beso al estallido de amor adormecido
and from a kiss to the explosion of sleepy love
cambio de pronto el juego en el mas dulce amor
it suddenly changed the game into the sweetest love

Yo quiero que tu sepas que tu eres en mi vida
I want you to know that you are my life
mi unico consuelo, mi unica alegria
my only comfort, my only joy (happiness)

Estribillo (Refrain)
Que pase lo que pase, le pese que a quien le pese
come what may (what ever may happen), grieve who may (whomever can it cause grief)
que digan lo que digan, tu a mi me perteneces
say what they may (what ever they may say), you belong to me

Y quiero que tu sepas que soy toda ternura
And I what you to know that I am all tenderness
y quiero que tu sepas que te amo con locura
and I what you to know that I love you madly

Estribillo 1

Que contenta estas azuquitar
How happy you are little sugar
Porque ya tu me perteneces...
because you already belong to me

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Volver a disfrutar (Enjoy again) by El Canto del Loco (The song/singing of the crazy/mad) (Spain)

2008-05-05T16:23:00.005+02:00

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Volver a disfrutar (Enjoy again) by El Canto del Loco (The song/singing of the crazy/mad) (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Déjanos en paz
Leave us alone!
no nos cuentes otro cuento que no va!!
Dont tell to us another irrelevant story
Ese es tu plan
That is your plan
tal vez no has contado con el mundo
Maybe you havent take the world into account
y ahora vais a marearnos más
and now you are going to confuse us more
No veo la necesidad de discutir
I dont see the need to discuss
sólo hay que dejarlo claro todo
it is just needed to let everything clear
Volver a disfrutar
To enjoy again
con algo que decir
With (having) something to say
con algo que pensar
With something to think
tener las cosas claras
To have things clear
para no volver atrás
For not to come back
cambiar la dirección
Change direction
con un solo motor
With just one motor (engine)
dejar las cosas claras
Let things clear
para no acabar tan mal
For not to end up so bad (badly)
No quiero más que me enseñes tu manera de actuar
I dont want you to show me your way of doing (things) anymore
Déjalo estar, formas parte de ese género que huele a mentira y falsedad
Let is be, you belong to this gender (of people) that smells of lie and hypocresy

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Temblando (Trembling) by Alex Ubago (Spain)

2008-05-03T20:35:00.004+02:00

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Temblando (Trembling) by Alex Ubago (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Temblando
Trembling
con los ojos cerrados
with the eyes closed
el cielo esta nublado, y a lo lejos tu.
the sky is clouded, and in the distance, you
hablando de lo que te ha pasado
talking about what happened to you
intentando ordenar palabras para no hacerme tanto daño,
trying to put words in order for not to hurt me so much (literally: to make so much pain)
tanto daño
(so much pain)
y yo sigo temblando
And I continue trembling

De la mano y con mucho cuidado
Hand in hand and very carefully
os besasteis en silencio
you kissed in silence
donde no habia luz.
where there was not light
Y me hace gracia tu manera de contarlo
And it is funny your way of telling me
como el que cuenta que ha pensado
like who is telling that has thinked,
que ha decidido, que seguimos siendo amigos
that has decided, that we can keep being firends
y yo, estoy temblando...
And I am trembling

Y llorando me habia jurado que nunca iba a llorar
And crying I have swore to myself that I wont ever cry
escuchando cada palabra que no quiero escuchar
listening to each word that I dont want to listen to
desgarrandome, suplicandote
tearing me out, begging you
intentando hacerte recordar pero tu
trying to make you remeber, but you
sólo dices: voy a colgar...
only say: I am going to hang up

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Nosotros (Us) by Eydie Gorme y Los Panchos (Mexico)

2008-04-29T08:49:00.003+02:00

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Nosotros (Us) by Eydie Gorme y Los Panchos (Mexico)
Translation: Laura

Atiéndeme
Listen (pay attention) to me
Quiero decirte algo
I want to tell you something
que quizá no esperes
that perhaps you are not expecting
doloroso tal vez
painful maybe

Escúchame
listen to me
Aunque me duele el alma
even my soul hurts
yo necesito hablarte
I need to talk to you
y así lo haré
and so I will

Nosotros
Us
que fuimos tan sinceros
that were so sincere
que desde que nos vimos
that since we saw each other (since we met)
amándonos estamos
loving each other we are

Nosotros
Us
que del amor hicimos
that from love we made
un sol maravilloso
a wonderful sun
romance tan divino
so divine romance

Estribillo 1
Nosotros
Us
que nos queremos tanto
that we love each other so much
debemos separarnos
we must separate
no me preguntes más
dont ask me more

Estribillo 2
No es falta de cariño
is not lack of love
Te quiero con el alma
I love you with my soul
Te juro que te adoro
I swear to you that I adore you
y en nombre de este amor
and in the name of this love
y por tu bien te digo adiós
and for your sake I say goodbye

Estribillo 1
Estribillo 2

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Eres Tonto (You are an idiot) by El Canto del Loco (The song/singing of the crazy/mad) (Spain)

2008-04-29T08:47:00.000+02:00

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Eres Tonto (You are an idiot) by El Canto del Loco (The song/singing of the crazy/mad) (Spain) Translation: Laura

Esta historia que te cuento es como un grito
this story that I am telling you is like a scream
Una voz desesperada que grita pidiendo auxilio
a desperate voice that screams asking for help
Auxilio por no ver nada que me llene en el camino
help for not seeing anything that fills me up in the way
Auxilio por ver que hay mucha falta de cariño
help for seeing that there is a lot of love missing
Me paro y me pregunto por qué no vives
I stop and ask myself why are you not living
Rodeado de mas verdad y buscando desequilibrio
surrounded of more trues and searching unbalance
Que te llene de valor y que te quite del suicidio
that fills you with courage and that takes you away from suicide
No tener que depender para sentirte mas querido
not having to be dependent to feel yourself more loved

Estribillo 1 (Refrain)
Usando menos el coco (1) y un poquito mas la piel
using less the head and a little bit more the skin
Ya que somos lo que somos y si no lo quieres ver
given that we are what we are and if you dont want to see it
Eres tonto!
you are an idiot!
Si no te gustas es que no estás vivo
if you dont like yourself is because you are not alive
Eres tonto!
you are an idiot!
Pero eso es algo que nació contigo
but this is something that was born with you

Estribillo 2
Y mañana al despertar, saltar de la cama
and tomorrow when you wake up, to jump from bed
Luchar tu mañana, mirar a la cara
to fight your morning, to look at the face
Que no eres nada
that you are nothing
Eres tonto!
you are an idiot!
Salir a la calle sin la tonteria
go out to the street without the foolishness
Sacando de dentro entera tu vida
taking out from within your whole life
Entera tu vida
your whole life

Parece que esta de moda ir de tontito
it seems that is fashionable to play dumb
Aparentar ser la persona que siempre tu habias querido
to pretend being the person that you always wanted
¿Por qué no te quieres aunque sea solo un poquito?
why dont you love yourself even just a litle bit?
¿Por qué no eres tu mismo y no algo parecido?
why are not yourself and not something similar?

Estribillo 1

Estribillo 2
Eres tonto!
you are an idiot!

Estribillo 2

(1) coco = cabeza. Usar el coco (to use the coconut) means to think.

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Siboney by Unknown artist (Cuba)

2008-04-27T10:52:00.006+02:00

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Siboney* by Unknown artist (Cuba)
Translation: Laura

Siboney*, yo te quiero, yo me muero por tu amor.
Siboney, I love you, I die for your love (I'm dying for your love)
Siboney, al arrullo (1) de la palma pienso en ti.
Siboney, to the sound of the palm tree, I think of you
Ven a mi, que te quiero y de todo tesoro eres tú para mi.
Come to me, that I love you, and from everything, a treasure you are to me
Siboney, al arrullo de la palma pienso en ti
Siboney, to sound of the palm tree I think of you
Siboney de mi sueño, si no oyes la queja de mi voz
Siboney of my dream, if you don't hear the complaint of my voice
Siboney, si no vienes me morir de amor
Siboney if you don't come, I'll die of love

Siboney de mis sueños, te espero con ansias en mi caney (2)
Siboney of my dreams, I await for you with anxiousness in my caney
Siboney, si no vienes me morire de amor
Siboney if you don't come I'll die of love
Oye el eco de mi canto de cristal
Hear the echo of my singing of glass (3)
(2x)

No te pierdas por entre el rudo Manigual (4)
Don't get lost in the rough Manigual

(*) Siboney is a name, I guess... I had never heard that name except in this song. I dont even know whether this is a male or female name... (note: a reader has told me that the name comes from a branch of the Cubacanan indians in the Caribbean. Thanks Pepe!)
(1) Arrullar means to lull asleep. Arruyo is the sound made to make babys asleep. Poetically, it can be used for any pleasant, repetitive sound, like the waves in the sea, the leaves in the tree, the flow of a river...
(2) Caney is a type of hut
(3) I guess it means my delicate singing
(4) Manigual is a jungle

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Janitzio* by Artist unknown (Mexico)

2008-04-27T10:50:00.002+02:00

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Janitzio* by Artist unknown (Mexico)
Translation: Laura

Son las redes de plata un encaje (1) tan sutil
are the silk nets such a subtle lace
mariposas que duermen en la noche de zafir,
butterflies that sleep in the sapphire night

como brilla la luna sobre el lago de cristal
as the moon shines over the glass lake
así brillan tus ojos cuando acaban de llorar
so your eyes shine when they have just cried
noches de serenata de plata y organdí
nights of silver and organdí (2) serenade
quejas para la ingrata que por traidor perdí
claims for the ungrateful that for traitor I lost

plenilunio de gloria, historia que se va,
full moon of glory, history/story that goes (away)
ilusión que se pierde y que nunca volverá.
illusion that goes and will never come back
Si me mata tu ausencia, si me ahoga la inquietud
if your absence kills me, if the restlessness suffocates me
si no me tienes clemencia para esta esclavitud
if you have not mercy of me because of this slavery
que las aguas se lleven mi llanto y mi dolor
may the waters take away my cry and my pain
que recoja Janitzio el perfume de mi amor (2x)
may Janitzio pick up the perfume of my love

(*) Janitzio is a fishing town in Mexico.
(1) Encaje means lace: a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine
(2) Organdi is a white cotton fabric very thin and transparent

This lyrics are a bit difficult. Sometimes I dont understand well the meaning in spanish.

La última noche (The last night) by Eydie Gorme y Los Panchos (Mexico)

2008-04-27T10:47:00.001+02:00

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La última noche (The last night) by Eydie Gorme y Los Panchos (Mexico)
Translation: Laura

Estribillo 1 (Refrain)
La ultima noche que pase contigo,
the last night I spent with you
quisiera olvidarla pero no he podido.
i would like (wish) to forget but i couldnt
La ultima noche que pase contigo,
the last night I spent with you
hoy quiero olvidarla por mi bien.
today i want to forget it for my sake

La ultima noche que pase contigo,
the last night I spent with you
la llevo guardada como fiel testigo,
i keep it (take it kept) as a faithfull witness
de aquellos momentos en que fuiste mio
of those moments when you were mine
Y hoy quiero borrarla de mi ser
today I want to erase it from my being

Estribillo 2
Por que te fuiste
why did you leave
aquella noche?
that night
Por que te fuiste
why did you leave
sin regresar?
without returning
Y me dejaste
and you left me
aquella noche
that night
Con el recuerdo
with the memory
de tu traicion?
of your betrayal

Estribillo 1

Estribillo 2

Estribillo 1

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Cobarde (Coward) by David Bustamante (Spain)

2008-04-26T16:56:00.005+02:00

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Cobarde (Coward) by David Bustamante (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Te escribo desde la distancia
I write you from the distance
no busco tu perdon
I dont search your forgiveness
entiendo que no entiendas nada
I understand that you dont understand anything
porque me fui sin mas, sin decierte adios
because I lef just like this, without saying goodbye
no fui capaz
I was not able
de hacerle frente a la realidad
to face reality
de tenerte a solas cara a cara
to have you alone face to face
y contarte toda toda la verdad.
and tell you all the truth

Estribillo ( Refrain)
Cobarde, he sido tan cobarde por vender tus besos
coward, I have been so coward for selling your kisses
cobarde he sido tan cobarde
coward, I have been so coward
por refugiarme asi, en mi soledad
for taking refuge (shelter) like this, in my loneliness
cobarde por no ser sincero
coward for not being sincere
por no luchar por lo que yo mas quiero
for not fighting for what I want the most
Cobarde, he sido tan cobarde por vender tus besos
coward, I have been so coward for selling your kisses
cobarde he sido tan cobarde
coward, I have been so coward
por refugiarme asi, en mi soledad
for taking refuge (shelter) like this, in my loneliness
cobarde por no ser sincero
coward for not being sincere
por no luchar por lo que aun muero
for not fighting for what I still die for

Te escribo desde la distancia
I write you from the distance
por si aun te queda amor
in case there is still some love left on you
yo se que no merezco nada
I know that I deserve nothing (I dont deserve anything)*
que fue una estupidez que todo fue un error
that it was a stupidity, that everything was a mistake
y ahora se
and know I know
que lo que diste tu no volvera a nacer
that what you gave, will never be born again (will never grow again)
que lo daria todo por tenerte
that I will give everyything for having you
y por sentir de nuevo el roce de tu piel
and for feeling again the touch of your skin

Estribillo

sabes que no tener tu amor
you know that not having your love
se hace tan duro para mi
it becomes so hard for me
que no merezco ni un solo perdon de ti
that I dont deserve even a single forgiveness from you

Estribillo

* In Spanish we use double negative sentences: I dont deserve nothing. Conceptually, it is wrong, as if I dont deserve nothing is because I deserve something... but things are like this. So we say "No sé nada: I dont know nothing", "No quiero nada, I dont want nothing" or the positives "Sé algo, I Know something" o "Quiero algo, I want something".

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Dos Gardenias (Two Gardenias) by Antonio Machin (Cuba)

2008-04-26T15:56:00.006+02:00

Spain, Spanish, Songs, Lyrics, translated into English, Latin Music Dos Gardenias (Two Gardenias) by Antonio Machin (Cuba) Translation: Laura

Dos Gardenias para ti
two gardenias* for you
con ellas quiero decir
with them I want to say
te quiero; te adoro; mi vida.
I love you; I adore you; my life (1)
Ponles toda tu atencion
Put on them all your attention
porque son tu corazon y el mio.
as they are your heart and mine
Dos Gardenias para ti
two gardenias for you
que tendran todo el calor de un beso.
that will have all the heat (warmth) of a kiss
De esos besos que te di
of those kisses that I gave you
y que jamas encontraras
and that you will never find
en el calor de otro querer.
in the heat (warmth) of another love

Estribillo (Refrain)
A tu lado viviran
by your side they will live
y te hablaran
and they will talk to you
como cuando estas conmigo.
as when you are with me (as if you were with me)
Y hasta creeras
and you will even belive (think)
que te diran: te quiero.
that they will tell you: I love you
Pero si un atardecer
but if one dusk (evening)
las gardenias de mi amor, se mueren
the gardenias of my love die
es porque han adivinado
is because they have discovered
que tu amor se a terminado
that your love has finished
porque existe otro querer.
because another love exists
(2x)

* Gardenia is a flower, like the one showed in this post.
(1) "my life" means my darling, my sweetheart. Common words in Spanish to name your beloved are: mi vida, mi cielo (my heaven), mi amor (my love), cariño (darling), corazon (heart)...

Anhelo ( I am longing) by Los Adolescentes (Unknown)

2008-04-20T09:53:00.002+02:00

Spain, Spanish, Songs, Lyrics, translated into English, Latin Music
Anhelo ( I am longing) by Los Adolescentes (UNKNOWN COUNTRY)
Translation: Laura

Yo quiero besar tu boca
I want to kiss your mouth
Lo anhelo con ansias locas
I am longing for it with crazy anxiety
Deseo abrir tu alma
I wish to open your sould
y entrar en tu manantial de granas
and come into your "red" spring ??? (1)

tan suaves que son tus labios
so soft your kisses are
como plumas de un canario
as the fethers of a canary (bird)
tu pelo es como la espuma
your hair is like the foam
que brota de un rosal del aire que lo toca
that sprout (spring) from a rosebush from the air that touches it (2)

Estribillo (Refrain)
Porque Dios te hizo tan bella?
Why did God make you so beautiful?
eres pura, eres una estrella
you are pure, you are a star
te amo demasiado
I love you too much
te quiero a mi lado
I want you by my side
purpura de mi alma
purple (3) of my soul
ama de mi vida
Master (owner) of my life
(2x)

quiero tenerte a mi lado
I want to have you by my side
de ti estoy enamorado
with you I am in love
azavache es tu pelo
jet black is your hair
y sentirlo pronto es lo que yo anhelo
and feeling it soon is what I am longing for
si estar contigo es posible
when being with you is possible
yo haria hasta lo inadmisible
I would do even the unadmisible
yo quiero que seas mia
I want you to be mine
que lleges a ser la niña de mi vida
that you become the girl of my life

Estribillo (2x)

(porque Dios te hizo tan bella?)
Why did God make you so beautiful?
Es que te amo demasiado
(it) is that I love you too much
(porque Dios te hizo tan bella?)
Why did God make you so beautiful?
es que te quiero a mi lado
(it) is that I want you by my side
(porque Dios te hizo tan bella?)
Why did God make you so beautiful?
besar tus lindos labios quiero
to kiss your beautifull lips I want
(porque Dios te hizo tan bella?)
Why did God make you so beautiful?
es que te amo
(it) is that I love you

(porque Dios te hizo tan bella?)
Why did God make you so beautiful?
purpura de mi alma y ama de mi vida
purple of my soul and master of my life
(porque Dios te hizo tan bella?)
Why did God make you so beautiful?
no me niegues tu amor, quiero sentirte mia
do not deny my love, I want to feel you as mine
(porque Dios te hizo tan bella?)
Why did God make you so beautiful?
quiero llenarte de pasion
I want to fill you with passion
(porque Dios te hizo tan bella?)
Why did God make you so beautiful?
eres mi estrella de amor....
you are my love star

(1) I dont know how to translate this. I guess that "de grana" comes from the word "pomegranade", meaning this tipically read aspect of the inner part of pomegranades.
(2) This sentence also sounds weird in spanish...
(3) Purpura means purple, but may be it has another metaphoric meaning that I dont know. South American Spanish is not exactly as the Spanish from Spain, and therefore there are many expressions that I ignore.

Sin ti (Without you) by Los Panchos (Mexico)

2008-04-19T11:35:00.001+02:00

Spain, Spanish, Songs, Lyrics translated into English
Sin ti (Without you) by Los Panchos (Mexico)
Translation: Laura

Sin ti,
Without you
no podre vivir jamas.
I could not ever live
Y pensar que nunca mas
And thinking that never again
estaras junto a mi.
you will be by my side

Sin ti,
Without you
que me puede ya importar?,
what else can matter to me?
si lo que me hace llorar,
when what makes me cry
esta lejos de aqui
is away from here

Refrain 1
Sin ti,
Without you
no hay clemencia
there is no merci
en mi dolor.
in my pain
La esperanza de mi amor
The hope of my love
te la llevas por fin.
you finally take away

Refrain 2
Sin ti,
Without you
es inutil vivir,
is useless to live
como inutil sera,
as useless will be
el quererte olvidar
wanting (trying) to forget you

Refrain 1

Refrain 2

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Algunas palabras (Some words)

Podre, Puede, verb. Poder = can, to be able
Vivir = to live
Pensar = to think
Estaras, Esta, verb. Estar = to be
Hace, verb. hacer = to do, to make
Llorar = to cry
Hay, verb. haber = to have
llevas, verb. llevar = to carry, to take away
Sera, verb. ser = to be
Quererte, verb. querer = to want, to love
Olvidar = to forget

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Aquellos ojos verdes (Those green eyes) by Nat King Cole (USA)

2008-04-18T21:21:00.002+02:00

Spain, Spanish, Songs, Lyrics translated into English
Aquellos ojos verdes (Those green eyes) by Nat King Cole (USA)
Translation: Laura

Aquellos ojos verdes
Those green eyes
de mirada serena,
of calm look
dejaron en mi alma,
they left in my soul
eterna sed de amar
eternal thirst of love

Anhelos de caricias,
longing of caresses
de besos y ternuras,
of kisses and tenderness
De todas las dulzuras
of every sweetness
que sabian brindar
that they know how to give

Aquellos ojos verdes,
Those green eyes
serenos como un lago,
calms as a see
en cuyas quietas aguas
in which quiet waters
un dia me mire
once I looked at myself

No saben las tristezas
They dont know the sadness
que en mi alma han dejado
that in my soul they left
Aquellos ojos verdes,
those green eyes
que yo nunca besare
that I will never kiss
(2x)

Cal y arena (Six of one and half a dozen of the other) by Merche (Spain)

2008-04-17T23:14:00.003+02:00

Spain, Spanish, Songs, Lyrics translated into English
Cal y arena* (Six of one and half a dozen of the other) by Merche (Spain)
Traduccion: Laura

No entiendo de que vas
I dont understand what your intentions are
hay veces que me comes
sometimes you eat me
de tanto quererme
of loving me so much
otras veces nunca estas
some other times you never are (present)
y por mucho que te busque
and as much as I look for you
no se donde te escondes
I dont know where are you hidding
No piensas igual
you dont think the same
todo te ha sentado mal
you took everything badly
yo es que no podia dejarte no pasar
I could not let you not to mind (1)
hay cosas del amor
there are love things
que no pueden faltar…
that cannot be missing

No se porque me das
I dont know why you give me
una de cal y otra de arena
six of one and half a dozen of the other
Si te he dicho ya
when I have already told you
que pa' mi es una condena (2)
that for me is a condemnation
que me lleva hasta desesperar
that take me to desperate
y no se como arreglar
and i dont know how to fix
que no me conformo con tenerte a medias más…
(the fact) that I do not resing myself with having you half way any longer

Tengo una obsesion
I´ve got and obsession
si pasamos horas junto
when we spend hours together
siento que te aburres
I feel that you are bored
luego pienso y digo: “no,
then I think and say: "No,
si estuviera mal seguro
if he were (feeling) bad, for sure
que eso no se confunde"
It couldnt be mistook..
que quieres de mi?
what do you want from me?
si ya has dejado de sentir
if you have stopped feeling
dimelo bajito,
tell me softly (low)
me olvido ya de ti
(and) I forget you
si todo sigue igual
when everything continues the same
ven corriendo por mi
come to me running

No se porque me das
I dont know why you give me
una de cal y otra de arena
six of one and half a dozen of the other
Si te he dicho ya
when I have already told you
que pa' mi es una condena
that for me is a condemnation
que me lleva hasta desesperar
that take me to desperate
y no se como arreglar
and i dont know how to fix
si cuanto más te pido menos das…
when the more I ask you the less you give

No quiero regresar
I dont want to come back
a vivir de esa manera
to live this way
ya no puedo llorar
I cannot cry anymore
fuera miedos, fuera penas
out fears, out sorrows
que el amor esta pa' disfrutar
that love is to enjoy it
y si es conmigo sabes ya
and when it is with me (the love) you know already
que no me conformo con tenerte a medias más…
that I do not resing myself with having you half way any longer

(*) una de cal y otra de arena = literally means "one of lime and another one of sand". Equivalent in English: "six of one and half a dozen of the other".
That means to give one good and one bad; to play with somebody's feelings. This sentence is specially used in love relationships, when somebody seems to like someone, and then ignores him/her.
(1) I dont understand this sentence...
(2) pa' = para (for)

Me muero por besarte (I am dying for kissing you) by La Quinta Estacion (The fifth season) (Spain)

2008-04-16T21:55:00.008+02:00

Spain, Spanish, Songs, Lyrics translated into English
Me muero por besarte (I am dying for kissing you*) by La Quinta Estacion (The fifth season) (Spain)
Traducion: Laura

Muero por tus besos,
I die for your kisses
por tu ingrata sonrisa,
for your ungrateful smile
por tus bellas caricias, eres tu mi alegria...
for your beautiful caresses, are you my joy

Pido que no me falles
I beg you dont let me down
que nunca te me vayas y que nunca te olvides
that you never leave and that you never forget
que soy yo quien te ama
that it is me who loves you
que soy yo quien te espera
that it is me who is waiting for you
que soy yo quien te llora
that is you who cries for you
que soy yo quien te anhela
that is you who iswaiting for you
los minutos y horas...
the minutes and hours

Estribillo (Refrain)
Me muero por besarte,
I am dying for kissing you
dormirme en tu boca
sleeping in your mouth
me muero por decirte
I am dying for saying you
que el mundo se equivoca
that the world is wrong

que se equivoca...
that is wrong

Muero por tu ausencia
I am dying for your absence
que me hace extrañarte
that makes me miss you
que me hace soñarte
that makes me dream about you
cuando mas me haces falta
when I need you the most

pido por la mañana
I beg in the morning
que a mi lado despiertes
that by my side you woke up
enredado en la cama
tangled up in the bed
ay! como me haces falta
ay! how much I need you
que soy yo quien te espera
that is me who is waiting for you
que soy yo quien te llora
that is me who cries for you
que soy yo quien te anhela
that is you who is longing for you
los minutos y horas...
the minutes and hours

Estribillo (3x)

que se equivoca...
that is wrong

(*) The literal translation would be "I die for kissing you".

The quality of the sound of this video is better that the one below

This is the video of the song... a bit weird indeed...

Lo que son las cosas (Look how things are...) by Anais (Puerto Rico)

2008-04-12T12:58:00.004+02:00

Spain, Spanish, Songs, Lyrics translated into English
Lo que son las cosas (Look how things are...) by Anais (Puerto Rico)
Traduccion: Laura

Se que no eres feliz
I Know that you are not happy
que ya no andas bien
that you are not good anymore
que has pensado en regresar
that you have thought about coming back
se que no resulto
I know that is didnt work out
tu y tu nuevo amor... lo que son las cosas
you and your new love... look how things are...

Yo que puedo decir ?
What can I say
nada a mi favor
nothing in my favor (in my defence)
si se fue contigo el amor
if love went with you
ay! yo, al igual que tu
ay! I, just like you
jamas te olvide... lo que son las cosas
never forgot you... look how things are...

Estribillo
Esta vida sin ti no es nada
This live without you is nothing
Esta vida si tu no estas
this live, if you are not
es desesperada, equivocada... sin tu amor
is desperated, wrong... without your love

Yo se que no te importo
I know that you dont care about me
y al irte de aqui, me dejo llorando tu adios
and when you left from here, your goodbye let me crying
se que te quiero mas
I know that I love you more
que hace un ano atras... lo que son las cosas
than one year ago... look how things are...

Estribillo (2x)

Esta vida si tu no estas
this live, if you are not
es desesperada, equivocada... sin tu amor
is desperated, wrong... without your love

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Pobre Corazon (agonizando) by Divino (Puerto Rico)

2008-04-12T12:16:00.004+02:00

Spain, Spanish, Songs, Lyrics translated into English
Pobre Corazon (agonizando) by Divino (Puerto Rico)
Translation: Laura

La situacion es dificil
the situation is difficult
y aguantarlo no puedo
and I cannot stand it
ya no te noto la misma
I dont feel you the same (I feel you are different)
dejarte ir yo no quiero
to let you go, I dont want
por favor mirame mientras te voy hablando
please look at me while I´m talking to you
que estoy... agonizando por tu adios
as I am dying for your goodbye (leave)

Estribillo 1 (Refrain 1)
como explicarle al corazon que hoy te vas
how to explain to the heart that today you are leaving
como decirle que sin ti puede seguir
how to tell it (to the heart) that without you it can goes on
como fingir para que no se de ni cuenta
how to pretend for it (the heart) doesnt even realize
que desde hoy ya no estaras junto a mi...
that since today you wont be by my side

estoy vagando por las calles no se a donde ir
I am wandering in the streets, I dont know where to go
desorientado, confundido no se que hacer
disoriented (lost), confused, I dont know what to do
pues lo unico que hago es pensar en ti
as the only thing I do is thinking about you
y este corazon a gritos va llamandote
and this heart is shouting calling you
en mi mente esta claro que ya hoy te vas
in my mind is clear that today you leave
es mi corazon que no lo quiere aceptar
it is my heart that doesnt want to accept it
pues le hace falta tu cariño y tu calor
as it needs your love and your heat
dime como aliviar el dolor...
tell me how to alleviate the pain

Estribillo 1 (Refrain 1)

no te imaginas como esto afecta mi corazon
you cant imaging how it does affect my heart
como aliviar con esta separacion
how to alleviate with this separation*
aun recuerdo esa primera vez
I still remember this first time
los dos envueltos y tu tocandome
we both mixed up and you touching me
y ahora me encuentro aqui solo y vacio
and now I find myself here alone and empty
agonizando no aguanto este frio
dying, I cant stand this cold
Dios mio ayudame que esto me mata
My God! help me, that this is killing me
dime porque esto me pasa...
tell me why this is happening to me

y ahora se va...
and now she leaves
se va y se va y se va...
she leaves, and she leaves, and she leaves
y lo mas que me duele, que no la vuelvo a ver jamas...
and what hurts me the most, not to see her again

hoy se va...
today she leaves
se va y se va y se va...
she leaves, and she leaves, and she leaves
y lo mas que me duele, que no la vuelvo a ver jamas...
and what hurts me the most, not to see her again

Estribillo 1 (Refrain 1) (x2)

que dificil es aceptar el adios...
how difficult is to accept the goodbye (the end)
de lo que amas...
of what you love
pero este corazon nunca, pero nunca dejara de buscarte...
but this heart never, but never, will stop searching for you
esto es sentimiento...
this is feeling**
divinoo...
divine

* This sentence is gramaticaly wrong, as it is imcomplete...
** This is a divine feeling

Cenizas (Ashes) by Toña La Negra* (Mexico)

2008-04-12T10:33:00.004+02:00

Spain, Spanish, Songs, Lyrics translated into English
Cenizas (Ashes) by Toña La Negra* (Mexico)
Traduccion: Laura (with Bruce´s help)

Despues de tanto soportar la pena de sentir tu olvido,
After so much standing the grief of feeling your oblivion (feeling that you forgot me)
Despues que todo te lo dio mi pobre corazon herido,
After that my poor wounded heart gave you everything
Has vuelto a verme
you has come back to see me
para que yo sepa de tu desventura
for me to know about your misfortune
Por la amargura de un amor
for the bitterness of a love
igual al que me diste tu.
similar to the one you gave to me

Ya no podre ni perdonar
Now I wont even be able to forgive
ni darte lo que tu me diste
nor give you what you gave me
Has de saber
you should know
que en un cariño muerto no existe rencor
that in a dead love, grudge doesnt exist

Y si pretendes
And if you intend
remover las ruinas que tu mismo hiciste
to stir the ruins that you yourself created
Solo cenizas hallaras
just ashes you will find
de todo lo que fue mi amor.
of everything that was my love

(Repetir todo) (Repeat all)

(*) Her real name was Maria Antonieta del Carmen Peregrino Alvarez. Toña is a short name for Antonia/Antonieta. She was Mexican, from Veracruz, where the Spanish brought African slaves, so she was a mixture of races. She was proud of her heritage and that is why she called herself La Negra "the black".
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Alternative translation (more poetic but less accurate). It is not mine, I got form the net...

After shouldering
the grief of your abandonment,
After everything my broken heart
gave to you.
You have come back,
So that I know if your misfortune,
The bitter result of a "love"
just like you offered me.

I am not capable of forgiving,
or returning what little you gave to me
You will learn, that a dead affection
doesn't hold any grudges

And if you intend,
to rebuild the ruins that you created,
Only Ashes will you find,
Of everything that was my love.

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Algunas palabras (some words)

dio, darte, diste, verb. dar = to give
has vuelto, verb. volver = to come back, return
sepa, verb. saber = to know
podre, verb. poder = can, to be able
existe, verb. existir = to exist
pretendes, verb. pretender = to intend, try, hope, pretend
hiciste, verb. hacer = to do, make
hallaras, verb. hallar = to find
fue, verb ser = to be

Cachito (Little bit/piece/part) by Nat King Cole (USA)

2008-03-12T22:43:00.009+01:00

Spain, Spanish, Songs, Lyrics translated into English
Cachito (Little bit/piece/part) by Nat King Cole (USA)
Translation: Laura

Refrain
Cachito, cachito, cachito mio
Little bit, litle bit, mine little bit
pedazo de cielo que Dios me dio
piece of heaven that God gave me
te miro y te miro y al fin bendigo
I look at you, and look at you and at the end I bless
bendigo la suerte de ser tu amor
I bless the luck of being your love

Me preguntan que por qué eres mi cachito
They ask me why are you my little bit
y yo siento muy bonito al responder
and I feel very nice when answering
que porque eres de mi vida un pedacito
that because your are of my life a little piece
al que quiero como a nadie he de querer
which I love as nobody else should I ever love

Refrain (2x)

Cachito, cachito mio
Litle bit, mine little bit
tú eres el amorcito de mamá y de papá
You are the little-love (sweetie) of mama and papa
(2x)

Refrain

A tu lado yo no sé lo que es tristeza
By your side I dont know what sadness is
y las horas se me pasan sin sentir
and hours go by without feeling (realizing)
tú me miras y yo pierdo la cabeza
you look at me and I loose my head
y lo unico que puedo es repetir:
and the only thing I can [do] is to repeat:

Refrain

I guess he might have sung this song for a baby...

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Algunas palabras - Some words

cacho = bit, piece, part
mio = mine
pedazo = bit, piece
cielo = heaven
Dios = God
dar = to give
mirar = to look, to watch
fin = end
bendecir = to bless
suerte = luck
ser = to be
amor = love
preguntar = to ask
sentir = to feel, sense
bonito = beatiful, nice
responder = to answer, respond
por qué = why
porque = because
vida = life
como = like, as
nadie = nobody
querer = to want
lado = side
tristeza = sadness
hora = hour
pasar = to pass, to go by
perder = to loose, miss
cabeza = head
unico = unique, only one
repetir = to repeat

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Nochecita (Little night) by Eydie Gorme

2008-03-10T21:53:00.002+01:00

Spain, Spanish, Songs, Lyrics translated into English
Nochecita (Little night) by Eydie Gorme
Translation: Laura

Nochecita que de ensueño fué mi vida
Little night that in dreams was my life (1)
cuando su amor y su cariño me olvidó
when his love and his affection (fondness, caring) forgot me
con el alma en mil pedazos yo te digo
with the soul (broken) in a thousand pieces I say to you
lo que he sufrido al sentir tu decepción
how much have I suffered when feeling your deception

Aunque sabes que el amarte es mi delirio
although you know that loving you is my delirium
tú te burlas y no tienes compasión
you mock (at me) and have no compassion
yo te quiero y en silencio he de adorarte
I love you and in silence I should adore you
cuando escuches, en las noches, mi canción
when you listen, in the nights, my song

(1) This sentence is confusing, the subject can either be the "little night" or "him", the lover...

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Algunas palabras - Some words

noche = night
de ensueño = dreamly
ser = to be
vida = life
cuando = when
amor = love
cariño = affection, fondness, caring
olvidar = to forget
con = with
alma = soul
mil = thousand
pedazo = piece
decir = to say
haber = to have
sufrir = to suffer
sentir = to feel, sense
decepcion = deception
aunque = although
saber = to know
amar = to love
delirio = delirium
burlarse = to mock
tener = to have
compasion = compassion
silencio = silence
adorar = to adore
cuando = when
escuchar = to listen
cancion = song

Llamando a La Tierra (Calling Hearth) by M-Clan (Spain)

2008-03-06T14:48:00.009+01:00

Spain, Spanish, Songs, Lyrics translated into English
Llamando a La Tierra (Calling Hearth) by M-Clan (Spain)
Translation: Laura

He visto una luz,
I have seen a light
hace tiempo Venus se apagó,
Venus fade away long time ago
he visto morir
I have seen diying
una estrella
a star
en el cielo de Orión.
in the sky of Orion

No hay señal,
there is no sign
no hay señal de vida humana
there is no sign of human life
y yo perdido en el tiempo,
and I myself lost in time
perdido en otra dimensión.
lost in another dimension

Soy el capitán
I am the captain
de la nave tengo el control,
of the ship I have the control (spaceship, spacecraft)
Llamando a la Tierra.
Calling Hearth
Esperando contestación.
awaiting an answer

Soy un cowboy
I am a cowboy
del espacio azul eléctrico,
of the electric-blue space (1)
a dos mil millones de años luz
two million light-years
de mi casa estoy.
from my home I am
Quisiera volver,
I would like to return
no termina nunca esta misión,
this mission never ends
me acuerdo de ti
I remember you
como un cuento
as a story (tale)
de Ciencia-Ficción.
of science fiction

No estoy tan mal,
I am not so bad
juego al poker con mi ordenador.
I play pocker with my computer
Se pasan los días,
days go by
no hay noticias desde la estación.
there are no news from the station

(1) Azul eléctrico (electric-blue) is a colour, kind of bright navy-blue. Like the blue you can usually see in the hyperlinks in the internet. This is electric blue!

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Guitarra romana (Roman guitar) by Eydie Gorme y Los Panchos (Mexico)

2008-03-05T20:14:00.003+01:00

Spain, Spanish, Songs, Lyrics translated into English
Guitarra romana (Roman guitar) by Eydie Gorme y Los Panchos (Mexico)
Translation: Laura

Bajo un manto de estrellas,
Under a cloak of stars
Roma bella aparece.
Rome beautiful shows up
Serenata de amor (1),
Love serenata
con profunda pasión,
with deep passion
yo te vengo a cantar.
I come to sing to you

Una hermosa fontana, (2)
A beautiful fountaine
con mil rayos de luz.
with a thousand rays of light
Oh! guitarra romana,
oh! roman guitar
acompañame tú.
be my companion

Estribillo 1
Suena, suena mi guitarra,
plays, plays my guitar
mientras lloro de emoción.
while I cry with emotion
Roma tiene los encantos,
Rome has the charm
que me inspira mi canción.
that my song inspires (to me)

Estribillo 2
Roma, Roma de mi vida,
Rome, Rome of my life
Roma, Roma de mi amor,
Rome, Rome of my love
No me importa la distancia,
I dont mind the distance
si estás en mi corazón.
when you are in my heart

Estribillo 1

Estribillo 2

(1) Serenat is an italian word that in spanish means: music in the street or in the open air and during the night to celebrate someone (Source: Diccionario de la Real Academia de la Lengua Española http://www.rae.es/). Generally, men sing serenatas to women, specially in Mexico.

(2) Fontana is also an italian word. Although it aslo exists in Spanish language, a more common name would be "fuente".

Noches de bohemia (Bohemian nights) by Navajita plateá (Spain)

2008-02-27T22:57:00.007+01:00

Spain, Spanish, Songs, Lyrics translated into English
Noches de bohemia (Bohemian nights) by Navajita plateá (Spain)
Translation: Laura

Refrain 1
Noches de bohemia y de ilusión
Bohemian and illusion nights (nights of bohemia and illusion)
yo no me voy a la razón
I cant get to my senses
Tú como te olvidaste de eso?
How did you forget that?

Refrain 2
Busco y no encuentro una explicación
I search and cannot find an explanation
sólo la desilusión
just the disappointment (disillusionment)
de que falsos fueron tus besos
of how fake your kisses were

Yo ya no sé como "olviarte" ee ee ee... (1)
I do not know how to forget you anymore
Como arrancarte de mis adentros
how to pull you out within me
Desde que te marchaste
since you left
Mi "vía" es un tormento (2)
my life is a torment

Yo ya no quiero recordarte ee ee ee...
I dont want to remember you anymore
ni siquiera ni un momento
not even for a moment
pero llevo tu imagen
but i carry you image
"grabá" en mi pensamiento (3)
recorded in my memory

Refrain 1

Yo quiero vivir distante ee ee ee
I want to live in the distance
todo aquello que era nuestro
all that that was ours
pero el aire me trae
but the wind carries to me
aroma de recuerdo
scent of memory

No me "pías" que me calle (4)
dont ask me to be silent (to shut up)
que tu no sabes lo que siento
that you dont know what I feel
que me has hecho una "hería" (5)
that you have make a wound
en mis sentimientos
in my feelings

Refrain 1

Refrain 2

Refrain 1

Refrain 1

Refrain 2

Refrain 1

Refrain 2

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This song is sung with andalusian accent. There are some words which are tipically not fully pronounced and I have highlighted them between "". You can find the full version of the words below.
(1) Olvidarte
(2) Vida
(3) Grabada
(4) Pidas
(5) Herida
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Navajita plateá duet with Alba Molina

Navajita plateá duet with some other flamenco singer