Ricardo Arjona
El cielo a mi favor lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2017
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 3:49
Tiene un manantial bajo la lengua
She has a spring beneath her tongue
y una luz de marzo entre los ojos
and a light of March between her eyes.
su espalda es la luna cuando mengua
Her back is the moon when it wanes,
y ella vence en tregua cuando enojo
and she conquers in truce when I am angry.
se quedó sin su sostén pa' sostenerme
She was left without her support to support me,
se quedó sin su vestido pa' mi abrigo
she was left without her dress for my shelter.
se desnudó completa pa' quererme
She completely undressed to love me,
y perdió su libertad pa' estar conmigo.
and lost her freedom to be with me.
Ella
She
Me quiere como no me quiero yo
Loves me like I don't love myself.
Ella
She
Me cuida como no me cuido yo
Takes care of me like I don't take care of myself
El cielo a mi favor se equivocó
The sky made a mistake in my favor
Tengo claro que no me merezco
I'm clear that I don't deserve
el milagro del permiso de su boca
the miracle of her mouth's permission
es tan poca cosa la que ofrezco
the little I offer is so minimal
el cielo a mi favor hoy se equivoca
the sky in my favor is wrong today
Ella
She
Me quiere como no me quiero yo
Loves me like I don't love myself
Ella
She
Me cuida como no me cuido yo
He cares for me like I don't care for myself
El cielo a mi favor se equivocó
The sky made a mistake in my favor
Se quedó sin su sostén pa' sostenerme,
She was left without her support to support me,
se quedó sin su vestido pa' mi abrigo.
She was left without her dress to keep me warm.
y ya desnuda, se quedó sin soledad pa' estar conmigo.
And now, naked, she was left without loneliness to be with me.
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Key vocabulary
- vestido
- dressA1
- marzo
- MarchA2
- manantial
- springC1
- lengua
- tongueA2
- mengua
- diminish
- enojo
- angerC1
- quedó
- remainedB2
- sostenerme
- support me
- abrigo
- coatA2
- desnudó
- undressedA2
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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.