Laura Pausini
Lo siento lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Italian
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1996
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 6:02
Mamá, he soñado que llamabas a mi puerta
Mom, I dreamed you were knocking at my door
Un poco tensa y con la gafas empañadas
A little tense and with your glasses fogged up
Querías verme bien y fue la vez primera
You wanted to see me well, and it was the first time
Sentía que sabías como te añoraba.
I felt you knew how much I longed for you.
Y me abrazaste mientras te maravillabas
And you embraced me while you marveled
De que aguantara triste y casi sin aliento
That I could endure sad and almost breathless
Hace ya tanto que no estamos abrazadas
It's been so long since we were embraced
Y en el silencio me dijiste...¡lo siento!.
And in the silence, you told me... I'm sorry!
Pero ha bastado un ruido para despertarme
But one noise was enough to wake me up
Para llorar y para hacer que regresara
To make me cry and to bring you back
A aquellos días que de niña me cuidabas
To those days when as a child you cared for me
Donde en verano cielo y playa se juntaban.
Where in summer the sky and beach would meet.
Mientras con mi muñeca vieja te escuchaba
While with my old doll I listened to you
Los cuentos que tú cada noche me contabas
The stories that you told me every night.
Y cuando más pequeña tú me acurrucabas
And when I was smaller you would hold me close
Y adormecida en tu regazo yo soñaba.
And asleep in your lap I would dream away.
Pero a los dieciséis sentí como cambiaba
But at sixteen I felt how things would change
Y como soy realmente ahora me veía
And I saw myself as I truly am today.
Y me sentí tan sola y tan desesperada
And I felt so alone and so desperate
Porque yo no era ya la hija que quería.
Because I was no longer the daughter you wanted.
Y fue el final así de nuestra confianza
And so it was the end of our trust
De las pequeñas charlas que ayudaban tanto
Of the little talks that helped so much
Yo me escondí tras una gélida impaciencia
I hid behind a chilling impatience
Y tú deseaste el hijo que se te ha negado.
And you wished for the child that has been denied to you.
Y me pasaba el día sin volver a casa
And I spent the day without returning home
No soportaba tus sermones para nada
I couldn't stand your sermons at all
Y comencé a volverme yo también celosa
And I too began to become jealous
Porque eras casi inalcanzable, tan hermosa.
Because you were almost unattainable, so beautiful.
Y abandoné mi sueño a falta de equipaje
And I abandoned my dream for lack of baggage
Mi corazón al mar tiré en una vasija
I tossed my heart to the sea in a vessel.
Perdí hasta la memoria por falta de coraje
I lost even my memory for lack of courage
Porque me avergonzaba tanto ser tu hija.
Because I was so ashamed to be your daughter.
No, no, no, no, no.
Mas no llamaste tú a mi puerta
But you didn't knock on my door
Inútilmente tuve un sueño que no
In vain I had a dream that cannot
Puede realizarse
Come true
Mi pensamiento está tan lleno del presente
My mind is so full of the present
Que mi orgullo no me deja perdonarme.
That my pride won't let me forgive myself.
Mas si llamases a mi puerta en otro sueño
But if you were to knock on my door in another dream
No lograría pronunciar una palabra
I wouldn't be able to say a word
Me mirarías con tu gesto tan severo
You would look at me with your stern expression
Y yo me sentiría cada vez mas sola.
And I would feel increasingly alone.
Por eso estoy en esta carta tan confusa
That’s why I'm in this confused letter
Para contar algo de paz en lo que pienso
To share a bit of peace in my thoughts
No para reclamarte ni pedirte excusas
Not to blame you or ask for excuses
Es solo para decirte, mama...¡lo siento!.
It's just to tell you, mama... I'm sorry!
Y no es verdad que yo me sienta
And it's not true that I feel
Avergonzada
Ashamed
Son nuestra almas tan igual, tan parecidas
Our souls are so alike, so similar
Esperaré pacientemente aquí sentada
I'll wait patiently here sitting
Te quiero tanto mama... escríbeme... tu hija.
I love you so much, mom... write to me... your daughter.
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Key vocabulary
- mamá
- mom
- he
- I have
- soñado
- dreamed
- que
- that
- llamabas
- called
- puerta
- door
- poco
- littleA1
- tensa
- tense
- y
- and
- gafas
- glasses
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About this song
Laura Pausini is an Italian pop singer associated with adult contemporary and known for her powerful vocals and international chart success since her 1993 debut. She has sold tens of millions of albums worldwide, with multiple Italian chart-topping releases and a Golden Globe for her 2021 song “Io sì (Seen)” from The Life Ahead.