Ricardo Arjona
El amor lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2011
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 4:47
El amor tiene firma de autor en las causas perdidas
Love has the author's signature in lost causes
El amor siempre empieza soñando y termina en insomnio
Love always begins in dreams and ends in insomnia
Es un acto profundo de fe que huele a mentira
It's a deep act of faith that smells like a lie
El amor baila al son que le toquen, sea Dios o el demonio
Love dances to the rhythm played for it, be it God or the devil
Sea Dios o el demonio
Be it God or the devil
El amor es la guerra perdida entre el sexo y la risa
Love is the lost war between sex and laughter
Es la llave con que abres el grifo del agua en los ojos
It's the key that unlocks the tap of tears in your eyes
Es el tiempo más lento del mundo cuando va de prisa
It's the slowest time in the world when it rushes by
El amor se abre paso despacio, no importa el cerrojo
Love makes its way slowly, no matter the lock
El amor es la arrogancia de aferrarse a lo imposible
Love is the arrogance of clinging to the impossible
Es buscar en otra parte lo que no encuentras en ti
It's seeking in another place what's not found within you
El amor es un ingrato
Love is an ungrateful thing
Que te eleva por un rato
That lifts you up for a while
Y te desploma porque sí
And brings you down just because
El amor es dos en uno
Love is two in one
Que al final no son ninguno
That in the end is none at all
Y se acostumbran a mentir
And they get used to lying
El amor es la belleza
Love is the beauty
Que se nutre de tristeza
That feeds on sadness
Y al final siempre se va
And in the end, it always leaves
El amor casi siempre es mejor cuando está en otra parte
Love is almost always better when it's somewhere else
Luce bien en novelas que venden finales perfectos
It looks good in novels that sell perfect endings
No te vayas, amor, que, aunque duelas, no quiero dejarte
Don't leave me, love, because even if it hurts, I don't want to let you go
Si eres siempre un error, ¿por qué nunca se ven tus defectos?
If you're always a mistake, why do your flaws never show?
Puede ser que lo que juzgo sea otra cosa, no lo sé
It could be that what I'm judging is something else, I don't know
Que a mi suerte le ha tocado el impostor, tampoco sé
That my luck has met the impostor, I also don't know
El amor es un ingrato
Love is an ungrateful thing
Que te eleva por un rato
That lifts you up for a while
Y te desploma porque sí
And brings you crashing down just because
El amor es dos en uno
Love is two in one
Que al final no son ninguno
That in the end, they're none at all
Y se acostumbran a mentir
And they get used to lying
El amor es la belleza
Love is beauty
Que se nutre de tristeza
That feeds on sadness
Y al final siempre se va
And in the end, it always leaves
Y no te deja decir lo que quieres decir
And doesn't let you say what you want to say
Sin hacerte saber que se escupe hacia arriba
Without making you know that you spit upwards
Es sentarte a mirar pasar frente a ti
It's sitting and watching go by in front of you
El desfile mortal del cadáver de todos tus sueños
The mortal parade of the corpse of all your dreams
El amor es un ingrato
Love is an ingrate
Que te eleva por un rato
That lifts you up for a while
Y te desploma porque sí
And brings you down just because
El amor son dos en uno
Love is two in one
Y al final no son ninguno
And in the end, they are none
Y se acostumbran a mentir
And they get used to lying
El amor es la belleza
Love is beauty
Que se nutre de tristeza
That feeds on sadness
Y al final siempre se va
And in the end, it always leaves
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Key vocabulary
- amor
- loveB1
- autor
- authorB2
- causas
- causesA1
- perdidas
- losses
- empieza
- beginsA1
- soñando
- dreaming
- insomnio
- insomniaA1
- aferrarse
- clingC2
- buscar
- searchA2
- parte
- partA2
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About this song
Ricardo Arjona is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter and actor in the Latin pop and Latin ballad genres. He is known for the chart-topping hits “Mujeres” and “El Problema,” and for a long-running career with numerous Billboard Latin chart entries and honors, including induction into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame.