Sergio Vega - Te Han Dicho de Mi

And one more for tonight - thank you so much!

Te han dicho de mi,
que soy un don juan,
que no valgo nada,no tengo palabra,que soy un patan
me han dicho de ti
que no eres real,
por que eres tan bella
que la misma luna te puede envidiar

digan lo que qieran
piensen lo que qieran
mientras tu me qieras
que nadie me qiera

no me hace falta nada nadie mas
con tu cariño puedo respirar
me bastán tus ojos
y tus labios rojos
para ser el dueño del bien y del mal
tu me has llenado con tu corazón
le has dado vida a mi desilución
me encantan tus manos cuando nos amamos
y no corre el tiempo en nuestra habitacion

Te han dicho de mi,
They told you about me
que soy un don juan,
That I am a 'Don Juan'
que no valgo nada,no tengo palabra,que soy un patan
That I am not worth a damn, that I am not man of my word, that I am rough
me han dicho de ti
They told me about you
que no eres real,
That you are not real
por que eres tan bella
since you are so beautiful
que la misma luna te puede envidiar
In a manner that even the moon should envy you


digan lo que qieran
Let them say whatever they want to
piensen lo que qieran
Let them think whatever they want to
mientras tu me qieras
As long as you love me
que nadie me qiera
I don't care about the others (i)

no me hace falta nada nadie mas
I do not miss anybody else
con tu cariño puedo respirar
Having your affection, I can breath
me bastán tus ojos
y tus labios rojos
Your eyes and your red lips are enough for me


para ser el dueño del bien y del mal
(They are enough) to hold the good and the evil
tu me has llenado con tu corazón
You filled me with your heart
le has dado vida a mi desilución
You brought my disillusionment to life
me encantan tus manos cuando nos amamos (ii)
I love your hands when we hold each other
y no corre el tiempo en nuestra habitacion
And time doesn't run out in our home

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(i) I am so unconfortable with the phrase 'mientras tu me qieras, que nadie me quiera' I didn't find any structure in English to express this. Well I just wrote the idea. He wants to say "As long as you love me, the other ones may love me or not" but the problem is that this is in imperative. Help me plz.

(ii) 'Amarse' is a romance word to 'make love'. I find 'to hold each other' convinient and equilibrated here

Thank you algebra for translating this with such care. I appreciate it!

Originally Posted by algebra

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(i) I am so unconfortable with the phrase 'mientras tu me qieras, que nadie me quiera' I didn't find any structure in English to express this. Well I just wrote the idea. He wants to say "As long as you love me, the other ones may love me or not" but the problem is that this is in imperative. Help me plz.

(ii) 'Amarse' is a romance word to 'make love'. I find 'to hold each other' convinient and equilibrated here

You did a nice job Algebra!

(i) You translated it correctly; in English it would have been translated/expressed as: "as long as i have your love, i don't want/need anyone else".

(ii) in this context, it means to make love, not to hold hands because of the immediate sentence that follows it: "habitacion - bedroom". In this case, the intimate context implies habitacion to mean bedroom rather than home.

Just a tip if i may: sometimes to understand the true meaning, one must examine the sentence just before or after it.

Adeus.

Oh thank you, Istanbulgal, I see I did such a redundance , I never meant to say hold hands, but I agree that this can be read that way because is the phrase is next to the word hand.

Well I learned to use 'hold each other' as the same as 'to caress each other' - not for hold hands. Maybe if I add 'hold each other tight', things get clear. I just was in doubt to use 'tight' once I didn't want to disturb the idea of Spanish. This little word could lead for a more sensual and tactile interpretation, and this is not the case.

Ah, thanks so much for the imperative , I never used such construction in English. The same for habitacíon I really appreciate your tips

You are so welcome, Angelbuns. Well I see that one striking problem between English and other languages like Spanish, is that these last have not-fix structure of phases, so we can mix objects and subjects in a way never tasted in English. So we must be carefull on writing and transmiting it (Ah yes, and I am algebrist ). Istanbulgal said a perfect advice.

Very good job with the translation of this song. Sergio Vega is from the same state I was born, Sonora, Mexico. It is great to see how far he's came. People asking to have his songs translated, this is awesome.

u r welcome ;-)