Wednesday, July 20, 2005

La Pistola y El Corazon

by Los Lobos

No sé como decirte
No sé como explicarte
Que aquí no hay remedio
De lo que siento yo
De lo que siento yo

I do not know how to tell you
I do not know how to explain to you
That there is no remedy here
Of which I feel
Of which I feel

La luna me dice una cosa
Las estrellas me dicen otra
Y la luz del día me canta
Esta triste canción
Esta triste canción

The moon says one thing to me
The stars say to me another
And the light of the day sings to me
This sad song
This sad song

Los besos que me diste mi amor
Son los que me están matando
Ya las lágrimas me están secando
Con mi pistola y mi corazón
Y aqui siempre paso la vida con
La pistola y el corazón

The kisses that you gave me, my love
Are those that are killing me
And I’m drying the tears
With my pistol and my heart
And here I spend life with
The pistol and the heart

No sé como amarte
No sé como abrasarte
Porque no se me deja
Dolor que tengo yo
El dolor que tengo yo

I do not know how to love you
I do not know how to hug you
Because pain is not left me
The pain that I have

Esta noche tan oscura con sus
Sombras tan tranquilos
Y el viento me sige cantando
Este humilde canción
Este humilde canción

Tonight so dark with its
Shadows quite calm
And the wind follows me singing
This humble song
This humble song

Los besos que me diste mi amor
Son los que me están matando
Ya las lagrimas me están secando
Con mi pistola y mi corazón
Y aqui siempre paso la vida con
La pistola y el corazón

The kisses that you gave me, my love
Are those that are killing me
And I’m drying the tears
With my pistol and my heart
And here I spend life
With the pistol and the heart

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Gorgeous song. Forgive me if the translation is clunky here and there... I think I'm pretty close though.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I'm not a huge fan of the album from which it comes, but I've always loved this song. I've never known what the words were 'til now, but I've always known what the title meant, and the translation just confirms the balance of beauty and darkness I've always suspected lay at its heart.

Michael