Ricardo Arjona-Quien Lyrics

So I've translated as much as I could, but you'll notice there are blank spots. I'm not sure if I'm just not getting what is being said, or if some of these sayings are colloquial. The chorus really throws me off too because at first I thought he was asking a quesion, but I noticed the absence of accents on the question words. So if the chorus could also be translated that would be perfect. I especially would appreciate it if all the existing lyrics I've translated were polished up so it better reflected what Ricardo was trying to say. Thank you all in advance for helping me out.


Ricardo Arjona - Quien

18 motivos pa dejarte- 18 motives to leave you
14 consejos pa olvidar,- 14 pieces of advice to forget
500 razones para odiarte,- 500 reasons to hate you
saco la cuenta y a sumar.-
Millones de ovejas pa`l desvelo,- Millions of sheep in order to make me sleepy
cocktell de pastillas pa dormir…-A cocktail of pills to help me sleep
14 las muestras de tu pelo,-
como cuchillos de faquir.- To me like knives to a Faquir

Cuando fue que se fue tu amor- When was it that your love left?
como fue que se fue sin mi…- How did it leave without me?
que no amanezca por favor!- I pray the sun never rises

Se trepa la luz por la ventana,- The light filters in through the window
se escuchan los autos por ahí.- I hear the cars in the streets
Tu adn esta en la cama,- Your DNA is in the bed.
y yo lo clono para mi.- How I wish I could clone it for me
De tantas formas siento miedo- I feel fear in so many ways
que he preferido no salir,-That I prefer not to leave
60 veces dije puedo,- 60 times I said that I could
80 mas me arrepentí.- 80 more that I regreted

Cuando fue que se fue tu amor- When was it that your love left?
como fue que se fue sin mi,-How was it that it left without me?

Quien te beso lejos de aquí,-
mientras te inventaba en la cama,-
quien te rozo lejos de mi,-
quien te acompaña esta mañana.-
Cuanto perdí-
Quien te gano-
que hago con este miedo a futuro-
Saco la cuenta y a restar...-

Son 7 lunes por semana,- There are 7 Sundays each week
son 30 inviernos cada mes,-There are 30 winters each month
las horas son de porcelana,- The hours are made of porcelain
la vida un juego de ajedrez,- Life is a game of chess
dejaste minas en la casa,- You left mines in the house
con objetivos de matar,- with objectives to kill
La vida llora cuando pasa- Life cries when it happens
la suerte ríe en el placard.-

Cuando fue que se fue tu amor,-When was it that your love left
como fue que se fue sin mi,-How was it that it left without me
quien te beso lejos de aquí ,
mientras te inventaba en la cama,
quien te rozo lejos de mi,
quien te acompaña esta mañana.
Cuanto perdí
Quien te gano
que hago con este miedo a futuro

Dejaste tu sombra merodeando-You left your shadow roaming
Sin permiso por la casa- Around the house without permission
La huella en la alfombra de tu espalda- The trace in the ?carpet? of your back
Como crater en la luna- like a crater in the moon
Y tu reflejo en el espejo- And your reflection in the mirror

Quien te beso lejos de aqui
Mientras te inventaba en la cama
Quien te rozo lejos de mi
Quien te acompaña esta mañana

Cuanto perdi quien te gano
Que hago con este miedo al futuro
Saco la cuenta y a restar

Quien te gano
Quien te beso lejos de aqui
Quien te acompaña esta mañana...

You did a great translation. I just had to correct it a little. And you were right about the chorus, it's a question, but it's wrong written in spanish (that's what it was confusing you).

18 motives to leave you,
14 advices to forget,
500 reasons to hate you.
I calculate all this and I add:
millions of sheep for the insomnia,
a cocktail of pills to make me sleep,
14 bits of your hair
like fakir's knives.

When was it that your love left?
How did it leave without me?
I pray the sun never rises

The light filters in through the window
I hear the cars in the streets
Your DNA is in the bed.
I clone it for me
I feel fear in so many ways
that I prefer not to leave
60 times I said that I could
80 more that I regreted

When was it that your love left?
How was it that it left without me?

Who kissed you far from here?
while I imagined you in my bed?
Who touched far from me?
Who is with you this morning?
How much I lost...
Who won you? [I don't know if this is correct. He means who is the man who finally got her]
What must I do with this fear for the future?
I calculate all this and I deduct:

There are 7 Mondays each week
There are 30 winters each month
The hours are made of porcelain
Life is a game of chess
You left mines in my house
with the objective of killing [me]
Life cries when it goes by
Luck sits laughing in my porch.

When was it that your love left?
How was it that it left without me?
Who kissed you far from here?
while I imagined you in my bed?
Who touched far from me?
Who is with you this morning?
How much I lost...
Who won you?
What must I do with this fear for the future?

You left: your shadow roaming
around the house without permission,
the trace of your back in the carpet
like a crater in the moon
and your reflection in the mirror

Who kissed you far from here?
while I imagined you in my bed?
Who touched far from me?
Who is with you this morning?
How much I lost...
Who won you?
What must I do with this fear for the future?
I calculate all this and I deduct.

Who won you?
Who kissed you far from here?
Who is with you this morning?

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If something isn't clear in my translation because my English is not that good, just ask me again

That was actually a fantastic translation! Thank you very much. And yes it certainly does make more sense in question form ^_^. Thank you again!

You are welcome. I'm glad it was useful ;-)

can anyone translate the lyrics to the song "quiero" by ricardo arjona? and while you're at it... to the yuridia song "ahora entendi"? thanks!

Quiero cometer el error más grande del mundo - I want to make the biggest mistake in the word

y navegar en kayak de Miami a la Habana. -and go to havana from miami in a kayak

Quiero tomarme un café viendo al Mediterráneo - I want a coffee watching the mediterranian

y despertar en Tulum persiguiendo una estrella. - and wake up in Tulum, chasing a star

Quiero decirle a Jesús que si está, que aparezca, - I want to tell Jesus, that if he's here, that he show himself

y que me corten la luz pa’ prender una vela… y soñar. -and that they cut my electricity, so i can light a candle

Quiero regalarle una flor al amor de mi herida; i want to give a flower to my love's wound

quiero empezar otra vez y cambiarme hasta el nombre. -i want to start over, and change even my name

Quiero apedrear el zaguán de las causas perdidas-i wanna throw rocks at the porch of "lost causes"

y ver salir a papá convenciendo a mi madre. -and watch dad convincing mom

Quiero escucharte decir lo que gritan tus ojos; -I want to hear you say what your eyes are shouting

quiero perder el valor que gané por miedoso. i want to lose the bravery that I won by being a coward

ESTRIBILLO:

Y quiero correr por ahí mientras trepo un cometa I wanna run around there while o grab on to a

y levantarle la falda a la gorda del barrio. and lift up the skirt of the "fatty" (but not offensive! just a descriptive in most spanish speaking countries) in the neighborhood (barrio!!!)

Quiero vivir sin guión ni la misma receta. I want to live without a script or a prescription

Quiero inventarle otra letra al abecedario, I want to invent another letter for the alphabet

quiero olvidarme de ti, I want to forget you

quiero saber que es por mí. and I want to know that it's for me!

Que quiero y no puedo querer mientras siga queriendo; i want to and i cant love while i still love

inútil creer que querer es lograr olvidarte. it's useless to think that loving is veing able to forget you

Quiero encontrar otro amor y perderlo enseguida i Wnat to find another love, and lose it right away

para olvidarme de ti para toda la vida. to forget about you forever

Quiero silbar let it be a la luz de la luna. i want to whistle "let it be" to the light of the moon


Quiero lavar en el mar lo que no sea futuro. and wash in the sea whatever is not the future

ESTRIBILLO: cchorus) already above

Y quiero correr por ahí mientras trepo un cometa

y levantarle la falda a la gorda del barrio.

Quiero vivir sin guión ni la misma receta.

Quiero inventarle otra letra al abecedario.

Quiero olvidarme de ti,

quiero saber que es por mí.

Quiero jugar a la alquimia I want to play "chemist"

y buscar en el Tíbet alguna respuesta; and find an answer in Tibet

quiero fugarme de mí para no ser de aquí = I wanna get out of "me" as to not be from here, or anywhere else (the next line, too)

ni de ninguna parte,

perderme en la antropología, - lose myself in anthropology

dedicar mi vida a la filantropía = dedicate my life to philanthropology

con tal de olvidarte, con tal de borrarte. -just to forget you, just to erase you

ESTRIBILLO:

Y quiero correr por ahí mientras trepo un cometa

y levantarle la falda a la gorda del barrio.

Quiero pararme en Irak y mandarle un saludo -awesomest part of the whole cancion!!! - I want to stand tall in Iraq and "say hi to" "salute"

a la mamá del idiota más grande del mundo. "the biggest idiot in the world's mom" ..in spanish it has a little harsher meaning
Quiero olvidarme de ti, ...i wanna forget you

quiero saber que es por mí. i wanna know it's for me...

Quiero regalarle una flor al amor de mi herida. i wanna give a flower to my wound'slove

yuridia la que querias...



Ahora Aprendi - i just learned
Nunca pense quererte haci - i never thought i would love you like this
Obsecionada te pedia para mi= obsessed, i asked to have you fo rme
No pregunte solo te di =i never asked, i just gave
Lo que tenia fue haci que entendi-what i had, that's what i understood
Que no podia hacer mas que dejarte =i couldn't do anything else but leave you
E decidido empesar a olvidarte = and i've decided to forget you
(Chorus)
Y desesperada =and desperate
Hoy sigo buscando lentamente tu mirada =i keep slowly looking for your face
Espera un segundo =wait a second
Y haci congelada =and just like that, frozen
Me voy convenciendo que entre tu y yo no habia nada =i keepn convincing myself that there was nevera nything between you adn me
Y no encuentro el mundo = and i can't find the world

Y no encuentro el mundo = and i can't find the world
Aunque intente dejarte ir =even though i tried to let you go
El universo te ponia frente a mi = the universe put you in front of me
Nunca pense yo solo te di = i never thought, i just gave
Lo que tenia fue haci que entendi =what i had, that was how i understood
Que no podia hacer mas que dejarte - that i couldn't do anything else but leave you
E decidido empesar a olvidarte =i've decided to begin to leave you
(Chorus)
Era un sueno verte entre mis brazos =it was adream, see you in my arms
Y que tu amor llenara los espacios =an that your love filled all the spaces
Como hago para entender = how cn i understand
Donde guardo mi querer? where to i keep my love
Y me olvido de tu piel and iforget your body (skin)
oh, y no encuentro el mundo and i can't find the world
Nunca pense quererte haci and i never thoughti would love you like this
Ahora entendi que nunca fuiste and now i understand you never left
Para mi===for me

i translated that horribly. i actually donn't even recall doing it. don't pay attention to the majority of what it says, it's wrong (yuridia)