Aterciopelados, "Complemento"

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    micrastur said:

    Default Aterciopelados, "Complemento"

    Hi guys,

    I have translated a few songs by Aterciopelados. If you don't know this Colombian group, please check them out if you want to hear creative, energetic pop/rock full of enchanting South American rhythms.
    Here's the first one of several to come.
    I would appreciate any comments or suggestions to improve this translation.

    Thanks!!

    Complement

    Eres mi complemento
    eres lo que no soy
    todo se vuelve perfecto
    cuando contigo voy
    (You are my complement
    you are what I am not
    everything becomes perfect
    when I go with you)


    Me das lo que me faltaba
    lo que antes me disgustaba
    mi mitad de la naranja
    empieza donde tu acabas
    (You give me what I need (am lacking)
    what before displeased me
    my half of the orange
    begins where you leave off)


    El agua que aviva el fuego
    el norte que viaja al sur
    lo rápido que va lento
    la luna que abraza el sol
    (The water that stokes the fire
    the north that travels south
    the quick that goes slow
    the moon that embraces the sun)


    Me enamoro de lo inverso
    y completo el universo
    se besan los dos extremos
    yo concavo y tu convexo
    (I fall in love with the opposite (inverse)
    and complete the universe
    the two extremes kiss each other
    I concave and you convex)


    Mirar lo mismo
    y ver contrarios
    querer que el cielo
    este en la tierra
    (To look at the same thing
    and see opposites
    to want the sky
    to be on the earth)


    soñar unirnos
    juntar los poros
    (To dream about uniting (joining together)
    to join the pores)


    Eres mi complemento
    eres lo que no soy
    todo se vuelve perfecto
    cuando contigo voy
    (You are my complement
    you are what I am not
    everything becomes perfect
    when I go with you)


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    Take care!
     
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    sylvia_121_ said:

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    Seems very good translated to me