Ricardo Arjona
Quién diría lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1999
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 3:54
Quién diría que el mink
Who would have thought that mink
Y la mezclilla
And denim
Podrían fundirse un día
Could blend into one someday?
Quién diría
Who would have thought?
Tu caviar y yo tortilla
Your caviar and my tortilla
Quién diría
Who would have thought?
Parece que el amor no entiende de plusvalías
It seems that love doesn't care about appreciation.
Tú vas al banco y yo prefiero la alcancía
You go to the bank and I prefer the piggy bank.
Oigo Serrat y tú prefieres
I listen to Serrat and you prefer
Locomía
Tú vas al punto yo voy por la
You go to the point, I go for the
Fantasía
Fantasy
Parece que el amor no entiende de ironías
It seems that love doesn't understand irony
Quién diría, quién diría que son años
Who would have thought, who would have thought that it's been years
Los que ya llevamos juntos
That we have been together
De la mano
Hand in hand
Quién diría, quién diría que lo importante
Who would have thought, who would have thought that what's important
Es aceptarte y que me aceptes
Is to accept you and for you to accept me
Como humano
As a human
Si que te amo y que me ames es una ironía
Yes, that I love you and that you love me is an irony
Qué bendición la mía
What a blessing is mine
Despertar junto a ti cada día
To wake up next to you every day
Yo trovador y tú, estudiante de economía
I'm the troubadour and you, an economics student
Tú con los números, yo con la filosofía
You with the numbers, me with the philosophy
Y, aunque suene imposible
And though it sounds impossible
En teoría
In theory
Al amor le importa poco las utopías
Love cares little for utopias
Dice la gente que tú y yo no hacemos compañía
People say that you and I don't make a pair
Por ser agua y aceite
For being oil and water
Qué ironía
What irony
Si fuésemos iguales
If we were the same
Qué apatía
What apathy
No tendríamos de qué hablar cada siguiente día
We wouldn't have anything to talk about each following day
Quién diría, quién diría que son años
Who would have thought, who would have thought that it's been years
Los que ya llevamos juntos
That we've already spent together
De la mano
Hand in hand
Quién diría, quién diría que lo importante
Who would have thought, who would have thought that what's important
Es aceptarte y que me aceptes
Is accepting you and you accepting me
Como humano
As human
Quién diría, quién diría que son años
Who would have thought, who would have thought that it's been years
Los que ya llevamos juntos
Those of us who have been together already
De la mano
Hand in hand
Quién diría, quién diría que lo importante
Who would have thought, who would have thought that the important thing
Es aceptarte y que me aceptes
Is to accept you and for you to accept me
Como humano
As a human
Si que te amo y que me ames es una ironía
Yes, that I love you and that you love me is an irony
Qué bendición la mía
What a blessing mine
Despertar junto a ti cada día
To wake up next to you each day
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Key vocabulary
- quién
- whoA1
- diría
- would sayB2
- mezclilla
- denim
- podrían
- could
- fundirse
- meltC2
- banco
- bankA1
- día
- dayA1
- prefiero
- preferA1
- parece
- seemsB1
- amor
- loveB1
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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.