Julio Jaramillo
Nuestro Juramento lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1972
- Length
- 4:00
Ódiame por piedad yo te lo pido
Hate me out of pity, I ask you.
Ódiame sin medida ni clemencia
Hate me without measure or mercy.
Odio quiero más que indiferencia
I want hatred more than indifference.
Porque el rencor hiere menos que el olvido
Because resentment hurts less than oblivion.
Ódiame por piedad yo te lo pido
Hate me out of pity, I ask you.
Ódiame sin medida ni clemencia
Hate me without measure or mercy.
Odio quiero más que indiferencia
I want hatred more than indifference.
Porque el rencor hiere menos que el olvido
Because resentment hurts less than oblivion.
Si tú me odias quedaré yo convencido
If you hate me, I'll be convinced then.
De que me amaste mujer con insistencia
That you loved me, woman, with persistence.
Pero ten presente de acuerdo a la experiencia
But keep in mind, from experience
Que tan solo se odia lo querido
That we only hate what we love
Pero ten presente de acuerdo a la experiencia
But keep in mind, from experience
Que tan solo se odia lo querido
That we only hate what we love
Que vale más, yo humilde y tú orgullosa
What’s worth more, me humble and you proud
O vale más tu débil hermosura
Or is your fragile beauty worth more?
Piensa que en el fondo de la fosa
Think that at the bottom of the pit
Llevaremos la misma vestidura
We'll wear the same attire
Qué vale más, yo humilde y tú orgullosa
What’s worth more, me humble and you proud
O vale más tu débil hermosura
Or is your fragile beauty worth more?
Piensa que en el fondo de la fosa
Think that at the bottom of the pit,
Llevaremos la misma vestidura
We'll wear the same garments.
Si tú me odias quedaré yo convencido
If you hate me, I will be convinced
De que me amaste mujer con insistencia
That you loved me, woman, with persistence.
Pero ten presente de acuerdo a la experiencia
But keep in mind, according to experience,
Que tan solo se odia lo querido
That we only hate what is dear.
Pero ten presente de acuerdo a la experiencia
But keep in mind, according to experience,
Que tan solo se odia
That we only hate
Lo querido
What is dear.
Key vocabulary
- ódiame
- hate me
- porque
- because; for the reason thatB1
- pido
- askA2
- querido
- dearA2
- tan
- soA2
- vale
- OKA2
- piedad
- pityC1
- medida
- measureB1
- clemencia
- mercy
- odio
- hateA2
About this song
Julio Jaramillo was an Ecuadorian singer associated with Latin American popular music, especially boleros, valses, pasillos, tangos, and rancheras. He is known for his prolific recordings, including Nuestro Juramento, and for shaping the Ecuadorian vocal tradition from Guayaquil.