No (English Translation)

good translations are hard to come by. Literal translations don't transfer well and contextual translations aren't so readily accepted.

I think this translation can be improved. Firstly, "insistir" is "insistence" and not "persistence" - although I suppose they are very similar. Also it shouldn't be "I expect that you don't expect that I expect you". The original lyric is "Espero que no esperes que te espere" which is difficult to translate because the verb "esperar" means both "to hope" and "to wait" as well as other things in different contexts. In this instance, I think it's best to translate it as "I hope that you don't hope that I'm waiting for you after turning 26" And in the second last chorus, it is "morir" instead of "vivir" ("Dying" instead of "living").

And in the main choruses (Chorai? Lol!) it should be "I swear, I'm not lyring" ("Te juro, no miento").

Otherwise I think this song is beautiful - my favourite Shakira song. It really expresses the pain, love, and hatred that there is in broken relationships

i hate translations

:'(

I really like the video for this song, Shakira really crys in it and it has a cool ending.

kudos to finding a very cloase translation.

i take this song as one of those, "I love you, but the love is killing me" relationships. a man that hurts you, but makes up for it, and then hurts you again.

No, don't try to apologize do not play to persist on there were beforehand excuses

No, don't look at me like you did do not speak in a plural way, Rhetoric is your lethal weapon

I'm gonna ask you to don't come back It hurts to feel you on here, inside that at your age you don't even know what it is like to broke someone's heart, this way

Cannot live with tons of venom, that hope your love has given me nobody else would gave me, I swear, I'm not lying

Cannot live with tons of venom, cannot devote my soul to add up attempts, wrath is heavier than concrete

I hope that you don't hope me to be waiting until I'll turn 26, patience is gone to my feet

Afterwards I go counting daisies, watching but not looking to see if you get anger and so you left

I'm gonna ask you to don't come back It hurts to feel you on here, inside that at your age you don't even know what it is like to broke someone's heart, this way

Cannot live with tons of venom, that hope your love has given me nobody else would gave me, I swear, I'm not lying

Cannot live with tons of venom, cannot devote my soul to add up attempts, wrath is heavier than concrete.

(my interpretation is that she loved but now it is over, sometimes is better set you free from a relationship hurts you every time, therefore is painful)

No, don't try to apologize Don't play the game of insistance Excuses existed before you did

No, don't look at me like before, Don't speak in plural Rhetoric is your most lethal weapon

I'm going to ask you to never come back I feel that you still can hurt me, here, Inside

And that at your age you already know well What it's like to break someone's heart like this

No, one can't live with so much venom The hope your love gave me No one else has given me I swear

No, one can't live with so much venom One shouldn't devote the soul To collecting attempts Rage weighs more than cement

I hope that you don't expect that I wait for you After turning twenty-six Patience has sunk all the way down to my feet

And I go plucking daisy petals While I'm looking without seeing To see if you'll get irritated and leave I'm going to ask you not to come back again I regret that you still can hurt me, here, Inside

And that at your age you already know well What it's like to break someone's heart like this

No, one can't live with so much venom The hope your love gave me No one else has given me I swear

No, one cannot die with so much venom One shouldn't devote the soul To collecting attempts Rage weighs more than cement