Ricardo Arjona
Porque puedo lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2017
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 3:18
Yo no estoy aquí pa' ver si puedo
I'm not here to see if I can
Porque puedo estoy aquí
Because I can, I'm here
Dices no y no tengo miedo
You say no, and I'm not afraid
Dices vete y yo me quedo
You say go, and I will stay
Hasta que digas que sí
Until you say yes
Dicen que hablas mal de mí
They say you speak badly of me
Pero no hablaste conmigo
But you didn't talk to me
Yo que ni te conocí
I who barely knew you
Solo al verte decidí
Just by seeing you, I decided
Que voy a vivir contigo
That I'm going to live with you
Ya te vi en el celular
I already saw you on your phone
En tus fotos de Instagram
In your Instagram photos
Coqueteándole a un espejo
Flirting with a mirror
Yo te voy a recordar
I'm going to remind you
Que la que busca un Superman
That the one who seeks a Superman
Termina con un pendejo
Ends up with a fool
Aprovéchate de mí
Take advantage of me
Soy to'ito para ti
I'm all yours
Ahí te dejo esta cartita
Here I leave you this little letter
Envueltita en celofán
Wrapped up in cellophane
Solo le pido una cita
I only ask for a date
Usted no esta pa' señorita
You're not here for the girl,
Y yo menos pa' Don Juan
And I'm even less for Don Juan,
Ahí te espero en la esquinita
I'll wait for you at the little corner,
Debajito del farol
Right under the streetlight.
Póngaseme bien bonita
Make yourself look pretty,
No se me haga la exquisita
Don't act so picky,
Que sube el colesterol
Because cholesterol's on the rise.
Ya te vi en el celular
I already saw you on your phone,
En tus fotos de Instagram
In your Instagram photos.
Coqueteándole a un espejo
Flirting with a mirror
Yo te voy a recordar
I'm going to remind you
Que la que busca un Superman
That the one who seeks a Superman
Termina con un pendejo
Ends up with a fool
Aprovéchate de mí
Take advantage of me
Estoy de oferta para ti
I'm on sale for you
Yo no estoy aquí, pa' ver si puedo
I'm not here to see if I can
Porque puedo estoy aquí
Because I can, I'm here
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Key vocabulary
- dejo
- leaveB2
- dicen
- sayB2
- don
- titleB2
- espejo
- mirrorB1
- hablaste
- you spoke
- conmigo
- with meB1
- conocí
- I knew
- verte
- to seeB1
- decidí
- decided
- contigo
- with you (singular), alongside youB1
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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.