Ricardo Arjona
Pensar en ti (versión acústica) lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2000
- Genre
- Rock, Pop
- Length
- 4:04
Allá afuera seis contra seis en la contienda futbolera del barrio
Out there, six against six in the neighborhood soccer match
Aquí adentro un insecto se posa sin complejos en el ropero
In here, an insect perches shamelessly in the closet
Un voceador con objetivos de venta anuncia la peor noticia
A vendor with sales goals announces the worst news
Y la viuda de enfrente vio a un muchacho de veinte con malicia
And the widow across saw a boy of twenty with malice
Y el sol que se apaga y la luna se enciende,
And the sun that fades while the moon lights up,
Y al vecino filósofo nadie lo entiende.
And the neighbor philosopher, no one understands.
Y advertí que el reloj no avanzaba,
And I noticed the clock wasn't moving,
Presumí que era un defecto mecánico,
I assumed it was a mechanical flaw,
No entendí que era por mí que no pasaba el tiempo
I didn't realize it was because of me that time stood still
Porque siempre, siempre he pensado en ti
Because I have always, always thought of you
Pensar en ti, pensar en ti,
Thinking of you, thinking of you,
Es como abrirle un agujero al tiempo,
It's like opening a hole in time,
Pensar en ti.
Thinking of you.
Pensar en ti, pensar en ti,
Thinking of you, thinking of you,
Es un derroche de masoquismo,
It's a waste of masochism,
Pensar en ti, sin mí.
Thinking of you, without me.
Allá afuera cuatro contra tres fue el resultado final
Out there, four against three was the final score
Y el estornudo que di fue para aquél insecto un huracán
And the sneeze I gave was for that insect a hurricane
Y aquél voceador ha cambiado de noticia pues nada ha vendido,
And that town crier has changed the news since he sold nothing,
Y la viuda coqueta resolvió su problema como ha podido.
And the flirty widow solved her problem as best she could.
Y la luna se apaga y es el sol que se enciende,
And the moon fades away, and it’s the sun that lights up,
Y el filósofo vuela en su cometa de humo.
And the philosopher flies on his kite of smoke.
Y advertí que el reloj no avanzaba,
And I noticed that the clock wasn’t moving,
Presumí que era un defecto mecánico,
I assumed it was a mechanical flaw,
No entendí que era por mí que no pasaba el tiempo,
I didn’t understand it was me that made time stand still,
Porque siempre, siempre he pensado en ti.
Because I’ve always, always thought of you.
Pensar en ti, pensar en ti,
Thinking of you, thinking of you,
Es como abrirle un agujero al tiempo,
It’s like opening a hole in time,
Pensar en ti.
Thinking of you.
Pensar en ti, pensar en ti,
Thinking of you, thinking of you,
Es un derroche de masoquismo,
It's a waste of masochism,
Pensar en ti, sin mí.
Thinking of you, without me.
Key vocabulary
- podido
- possibleB2
- aquí
- hereA1
- cuatro
- fourA1
- estornudo
- sneezeA1
- siempre
- alwaysA1
- sol
- sunA1
- tiempo
- timeA1
- tres
- threeA1
- veinte
- twentyA1
- pensar
- to thinkB1
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.