Ricardo Arjona
Receta (versión acústica) lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2000
- Genre
- Pop, Rock
- Length
- 4:24
Deme un Tylenol pa'l mal de cuerpo
Give me a Tylenol for the body aches
Y un Diasepán para olvidar
And a Diazepam to forget
Un galón de suero está perfecto
A gallon of serum would be perfect
Y un Lexotan para volar
And a Lexotan to fly
Deme un Valium mil pa'estar
Give me a thousand Valiums to be
Bien muerto
Completely numb
Y que no me dé por recordar
And don't let me start remembering
Un Tagamet para lo incierto
A Tagamet for the uncertainty
Y un Prozac pa'exorcizar
And a Prozac to exorcise
Ese fantasma tuyo que es una
That ghost of yours that is a
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C
Que no la cura ni un trasplante
That even a transplant can't cure
Deme un Dormicum para
Give me a Dormicum to
Privarme
Deprive me
Y un Vivarín pa'despertar
And a Vivarín to wake up
Ya se que no traigo receta
I know I don't have a prescription
Que es pura automedicación
It's pure self-medication
Más no hay doctor anacoreta
But there's no hermit doctor here
Que cure tan rara aflicción
That can heal such a rare affliction
Agregue allí un par de laxantes
Add a couple of laxatives there
Para expulsar esta ilusión
To expel this illusion
De que seas tú lo que eras antes
That you be what you were before
Y se me alivie el corazón
And ease my heart
Y un Pepto Bismol se me olvidaba
And a Pepto Bismol I almost forgot
Por aquello de la indigestión
For that thing about indigestion
Disculpe usted la analogía
Excuse my analogy
Busco una cura a mi aflicción
I'm looking for a cure for my pain
No pudo la psicología
Psychology couldn't
Reanimarme el corazón
Revive my heart
Y deme un Demerol pa' que no duela
And give me a Demerol so it doesn't hurt
Y Cortizona pa'la hinchazón
And Cortizona for the swelling
De ésto que es peor que un mal de muela
Of this that’s worse than a toothache
Y que no entiende de razón
And that doesn’t understand reason
Dicen que la Morfina es muy buena pa' olvidar
They say Morphine is great to forget
Aunque sería mejor que vuelvas
Though it would be better if you came back
Pues el Ativán ya no resulta
Because Ativan no longer works
Y la Aspirina me hace mal
And Aspirin doesn’t do me good
Ya se que no traigo receta
I know I don’t have a prescription
Que es pura automedicación
That it's pure self-medication
Más no hay doctor anacoreta
But there's no hermit doctor
Que cura tan rara aflicción
What a strange cure for this affliction
Agregue
Add
Una receta pa' olvidar
A recipe to forget
Una vacuna contra el llanto
A vaccine against crying
Le juro a usted que tengo la receta
I swear to you I have the recipe
Se me quedó metida en la gaveta
It got stuck in the drawer
Una receta pa' olvidar
A recipe to forget
Una vacuna contra el llanto
A vaccine against crying
Deme una pomada para el corazón
Give me an ointment for the heart
Y un jarabe para el alma
And a syrup for the soul
Una receta pa' olvidar
A recipe to forget
Una vacuna contra el llanto
A vaccine against tears
Por eso busco en la farmacia
That's why I search in the pharmacy
El remedio pa' olvidar
The remedy to forget
Una receta pa'olvidar
A recipe to forget
Una vacuna contra el llanto
A vaccine against tears
Y si de algo sirve esta receta
And if this recipe serves any purpose
Mándela una copia a ella
Send her a copy
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Key vocabulary
- deme
- give
- tylenol
- acetaminophen
- cuerpo
- bodyC1
- agregue
- add
- par
- pairB2
- laxantes
- laxativesC1
- aspirina
- aspirinB1
- aunque
- althoughB1
- contra
- againstB1
- corazón
- heartB1
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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.