Album: Sin Documentos (Without Documents), 1993, Los Rodriguez
Style: Rock, keyboard and drum set
Country: Argentina, Spain
Album: Limón y Sal (Lemon and Salt), 2006, Julieta Venegas
Style: Folk rock with elements of Mexican regional music
Country: Mexico
Listen:
This is a song about wanting to continue life with someone you love. I first heard Julieta Venegas' cover. The instruments are interesting; Julieta use an accordion, which is an instrument commonly heard in music from some regions of Mexico, but not common for genres in the rock spectrum. Hear the original rock song by Los Rodriguez and the cover by Julieta Venegas at YouTube. The translation follows the Julieta Venegas cover.
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Los Rodriguez:
Julieta Venegas:
Translation:
{Y aquí vamos, hombres...}
{And here we go, guys...}
Chorus A:
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Déjame atravesar el viento sin documentos,
Que lo haré por el tiempo que tuvimos.
Let me cross the wind without documents;
I'll do it for the time we had together.
Porque no queda salida
Porque pareces dormido,
Porque buscando tu sonrisa,
Estaría toda mi vida.
Because there is no escape [*alt. Because there is no exit left]
Because you seem to be asleep,
Because looking for your smile,
I would stay my whole life.
Quiero ser la única que te muerda la boca.
Quiero saber que la vida contigo
No va a terminar.
I want to be the only one who bites your mouth.
I want to know that life with you
Is not going to end.
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Déjame que te cierre esta noche los ojos
Y mañana vendré
Con un cigarro a la cama.
Let me (be the one that) closes your eyes tonight
And tomorrow I will come
With a cigarette to bed.
Porque no tengo más intenciones que seguir
Bebiendo de esta copa
Que no está tan rota.
Because I have no other intentions than to keep
Drinking from this wine glass [*copa (f. noun) = glass, goblet; wine glass]
That isn't so broken.
Quiero ser la única que te muerda la boca.
Quiero saber que la vida contigo
No va a terminar.
I want to be the only one who bites your mouth.
I want to know that life with you
Is not going to end.
Chorus B:
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Porque sí, porque sí,
Porque en esta vida
No quiero pasar un día entero
Sin ti.
Because so, because so, [*lit. Because yes, because yes]
Because in this life
I do not want to spend a whole day
Without you.
Porque sí, porque sí,
Porque mientras espero, por ti me muero,
Y no quiero seguir así.
Because so, because so,
Because while I wait for you, I die,
And I do not want to continue like this.
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[Chorus A: "Déjame atravesar el viento sin documentos..."]
[Chorus B: "Porque sí, porque sí..."]
Porque sí, porque sí, porque sí - porque no quiero vivir sin ti.
Porque sí, porque sí, porque sí - quiero ser la única, la única.
Porque sí, porque sí, porque sí - que va a llegar a ti.
Porque sí, porque sí, porque sí - ay!
Because so, because so, because so - because I do not want to live without you.
Because so, because so, because so - I want to be the only one, the only one
Because so, because so, because so - that can reach you [*alt. that will make it to you].
Because so, because so, because so - ay!
Quiero ser la única que te muerda la boca,
Quiero saber que la vida contigo
No va a terminar.
I want to be the only one who bites your mouth.
I want to know that life with you
Is not going to end.
Translation Notes:
Déjame atravesar el viento sin documentos,
Que lo haré por el tiempo que tuvimos.
Let me cross the wind without documents;
(Because/for) I'll do it for the time we had together.
The word que here acts to indicate that an explanation is coming. It is shorthand for any phrase that ends in que that makes sense in context.
Examples:
que... = for/that...
porque... = because...
es que... = it’s that; it’s because...
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Porque sí
Because so
Because yes [*lit.]