Ricardo Arjona
Que nadie vea lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2008
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 5:45
Que no lo vea papá en la azotea
Don't let dad see it on the rooftop
Cambiándole la ropa a las muñecas
Changing the dolls' clothes
Poniéndose labial, que nadie vea
Putting on lipstick, don't let anyone see
Haciéndose en papel un par de tetas
Making a pair of breasts out of paper
Que nadie vea
Don't let anyone see
Que no sepan los chicos en la escuela
Don't let the boys at school know
Que se le van los ojos en gimnasia
That his eyes wander during gym class
Que prefiere la danza y la acuarela
That he prefers dance and watercolor
A eso del fútbol y la acrobacia
Over football and acrobatics
Que nadie vea
Don't let anyone see
Que no se entere nadie que a los nueve
Let no one find out that at nine years old
El clóset es la única guarida
The closet is the only hideaway
Y mientras la ventana llueve y llueve
And while the window rains and rains
Las dudas se abren paso en estampida
Doubts stampede their way in
Que nadie vea
Let no one see
Llegan los 16 y es de concreto
Sixteen rolls around and it's set in stone
El peso de tener que aparentar
The weight of having to pretend
Que no se entere nadie del secreto
Let no one find out about the secret
Mira de quién te fuiste a enamorar
Look at who you fell in love with
Que nadie vea
Let no one see
Empiezan a rondarte los rumores
Rumors are beginning to circle around you
La gente está empezando a sospechar
People are starting to suspect
Por qué ese pantalón y esos colores
Why those pants and those colors
Y ese swing femenino al caminar
And that feminine swing in your walk
Que nadie vea
Let no one see
Que nadie vea
Let no one see
Que no lo hagan llorar en biología
Don't let them make him cry in biology
Porque la ciencia aún no se percató
Because science still hasn't noticed
Que no lo vean sufrir en teología
Don't let them see him suffer in theology
Con eso de que 'Dios se equivocó'
With that stuff about 'God made a mistake'
Que nadie vea
Let no one see
Que nadie vea
Let no one see
Llegan los días de exceso y discoteca
The days of excess and nightclubs arrive
De risa, sexo, moda y libertad
Of laughter, sex, fashion, and freedom
La fiesta dura lo que una cometa
The party lasts as long as a kite
Y en medio de Sodoma, soledad
And in the midst of Sodom, loneliness
Que nadie vea
Let no one see
Prefieres no mirar en el espejo
You'd rather not look in the mirror
Que el tiempo no te tuvo compasión
For time had no mercy on you
A veces duele más llegar a viejo
Sometimes it hurts more to grow old
Sabiendo que no habrá continuación
Knowing there will be no continuation
Que nadie vea
Let no one see
Que nadie vea
Let no one see
Que no lo hagan llorar en biología
Let them not make him cry in biology
Porque la ciencia no se percató
Because science did not notice
Que no lo vean sufrir en teología
Let them not see him suffer in theology
Con eso de que 'Dios se equivocó'
With that idea that 'God made a mistake'
Que nadie vea
Let no one see
Que nadie vea
Let no one see
Naciste siendo sol y siendo luna
You were born as the sun and as the moon
Viviste como dama y caballero
You lived like a lady and a gentleman
Mujer de corazón, vientre sin cuna
Woman of heart, womb without a cradle
Y en tu propio planeta forastero
And in your own foreign planet
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Key vocabulary
- viejo
- oldA1
- biología
- biologyB1
- como
- as; like; howB1
- tetas
- breastsB1
- van
- goA2
- gimnasia
- gymnasticsA1
- prefiere
- prefersA2
- danza
- danceB2
- acuarela
- watercolorB2
- eso
- thatA1
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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.