Ricardo Arjona
Mi novia se me está poniendo vieja lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2011
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 5:12
Ella es mi novia desde que me acuerdo
She has been my girlfriend as long as I can remember
amor del bueno desde que la vi
true love since the moment I saw her
yo ya tenía un espacio en mi cuaderno
I already had a space in my notebook
para pintar su nombre y presumir.
to write her name and show it off.
Me quiso cuando al borde de la meta
She loved me when I was on the brink of the finish line
llegué penúltimo en la maratón
arriving second to last in the marathon
me quiere de insensible o de poeta
she loves me as an insensitive or a poet
de genio, de ministro o de bufón.
as a genius, a minister, or a jester.
Mi novia se me está poniendo vieja
My girlfriend is getting older
y le está costando un poco caminar
and it's getting a bit hard for her to walk.
tres meses sin venir y ella en bandeja
Three months without coming and she's on a platter
le sirve otro café para su amor.
She serves him another coffee for her love.
Mi novia se me está poniendo vieja
My girlfriend is getting old on me
y yo que me empezaba a enamorar
And I was just starting to fall in love
del peso de las cosas que aconseja
With the weight of the things she advises
de su don universal de perdonar.
With her universal gift of forgiveness.
Ella es mi novia y no anda con chantajes
She is my girlfriend and doesn't play games
ni pone reglas de fidelidad
Nor sets rules of fidelity
me ha alcahueteado a cada personaje
She's been my matchmaker for every character
sin importarle la exclusividad.
Without caring about exclusivity.
Me quiere igual si voy de guerrillero
She loves me the same whether I’m a guerrilla
o gano el premio Nobel de la paz
or if I win the Nobel Prize for peace
le da igual si voy de último o primero
she doesn’t care if I’m last or first
si estoy de conformista o de tenaz.
if I’m being complacent or tenacious.
Mi novia se me está poniendo vieja
My girlfriend is getting older
y le está costando un poco caminar
and it’s getting a bit hard for her to walk
tres meses sin venir y ella en bandeja
three months without coming and she on a platter
le sirve otro café para su amor.
serves herself another coffee for her love.
Mi novia se me está poniendo vieja
My girlfriend is getting older
y yo que me empezaba a enamorar
and I was just starting to fall in love.
del peso de las cosas que aconseja
of the weight of the things it advises
de su don universal de perdonar.
of her universal gift of forgiveness.
Mi novia siempre tiene un plato puesto
My girlfriend always has a plate set
por si algún día pienso regresar
in case one day I think of coming back
y preparó en el banco un presupuesto
and she prepared a budget at the bank
por si podría algún día necesitar.
in case I might need it one day.
No hay curva que me aleje de mi novia
There’s no curve that can take me away from my girlfriend
si nunca hubo en sus labios un quizás
if there was never a 'maybe' on her lips
y aunque la analogía ya es tan obvia
and even though the analogy is so obvious now
sabrás que te hablo sólo a ti, mamá.
you'll know I'm speaking only to you, mom.
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Key vocabulary
- plato
- plateA1
- poco
- littleA1
- siempre
- alwaysA1
- exclusividad
- exclusivityC2
- presumir
- boastC2
- tenaz
- tenaciousC2
- anda
- walkB2
- borde
- edgeB2
- cada
- eachB2
- don
- titleB2
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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.