Ricardo Arjona
El problema lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2003
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 5:31
El problema no fue hallarte
The problem wasn't finding you
El problema es olvidarte
The problem is forgetting you
El problema no es tu ausencia
The problem isn't your absence
El problema es que te espero
The problem is that I'm waiting for you
El problema no es problema
The problem isn't a problem
El problema es que me duele
The problem is that it hurts me
El problema no es que mientas
The problem isn't that you lie
El problema es que te creo
The problem is that I believe you
El problema no es que juegues
The problem isn't that you play games
El problema es que es conmigo
The problem is that it's with me
Si me gustaste por ser libre
If I liked you for being free
¿Quién soy yo para cambiarte?
Who am I to change you?
Si me quedé queriendo solo
If I was left wanting only
¿Cómo hacer para obligarte?
How can I make you comply?
El problema no es quererte
The problem isn't loving you
Es que tú no sientas lo mismo
It's that you don't feel the same
¿Y cómo deshacerme de ti si no te tengo?
And how can I get rid of you if I don't have you?
¿Cómo alejarme de ti si estás tan lejos?
How can I distance myself from you if you're so far away?
¿Cómo encontrarle una pestaña a lo que nunca tuvo ojos?
How can I find lashes for something that never had eyes?
¿Cómo encontrarle plataformas a lo que siempre fue un barranco?
How can I find platforms for something that was always a ravine?
¿Cómo encontrar en la alacena los besos que no me diste?
How can I find in the pantry the kisses you never gave me?
¿Y cómo deshacerme de ti si no te tengo?
And how do I get rid of you if I don't have you?
¿Cómo alejarme de ti si estás tan lejos?
How can I distance myself from you if you are so far away?
Y es que el problema no es cambiarte
And the problem isn't changing you
El problema es que no quiero
The problem is that I don't want to
(Uh uh uh uh)
El problema no es que duela
The problem isn't that it hurts
El problema es que me gusta
The problem is that I like it
El problema no es el daño
The problem isn't the pain
El problema son las huellas
The problem is the traces
El problema no es lo que haces
The problem isn't what you do
El problema es que lo olvido
The problem is that I forget it
El problema no es que digas
The problem isn't what you say
El problema es lo que callas
The problem is what you keep silent
¿Y cómo deshacerme de ti si no te tengo?
And how can I get rid of you if I don't have you?
¿Cómo alejarme de ti si estás tan lejos?
How can I get away from you if you're so far away?
¿Cómo encontrarle una pestaña a lo que nunca tuvo ojos?
How can I find an eyelash for something that never had eyes?
¿Cómo encontrarle plataformas a lo que siempre fue un barranco?
How can I find platforms for what was always a ditch?
¿Cómo encontrar en la alacena los besos que no me diste?
How can I find in the pantry the kisses you never gave me?
¿Y cómo deshacerme de ti si no te tengo?
And how can I get rid of you if I don't have you?
¿Cómo alejarme de ti si estás tan lejos?
How can I distance myself from you if you're so far away?
¿Cómo encontrarle una pestaña a lo que nunca tuvo ojos?
How can I find a lid for what never had eyes?
¿Cómo encontrarle plataformas a lo que siempre fue un barranco?
How can I find platforms for what has always been a ravine?
¿Cómo encontrar en la alacena los besos que no me diste?
How can I find in the pantry the kisses you never gave me?
¿Y cómo deshacerme de ti si no te tengo?
And how can I get rid of you if I don't have you?
¿Cómo alejarme de ti si estás tan lejos?
How can I distance myself from you if you're so far away?
El problema no fue hallarte
The problem wasn't finding you
El problema es olvidarte
The problem is forgetting you
El problema no es que mientas
The problem isn't that you lie
El problema es que te creo
The problem is that I believe you
El problema no es cambiarte
The problem isn't changing you
El problema es que no quiero
The problem is that I don't want to
El problema no es quererte
The problem isn't loving you
Es que tú no sientas lo mismo
It's that you don't feel the same
El problema no es que juegues
The problem isn't that you play
El problema es que es conmigo
The problem is that it's with me
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Key vocabulary
- fue
- wasB1
- hallarte
- find you
- olvidarte
- to forget
- ausencia
- absenceB2
- espero
- hopeB1
- duele
- hurtsA2
- mientas
- while
- creo
- I thinkA1
- juegues
- play
- conmigo
- with meB1
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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.