Ciega Sordomuda By Shakira

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Ciega Sordomuda / Blind Deaf-Mute

Se me acaba el argumento y la metodología

Arguments and methodology stop

cada vez que se aparece frente de me

every time your anatomy appears in front of me
por que este amor ya no entiende

because this love does not understand
de consejos, ni razones.

advice or reason.
Se alimenta de pretextos

It feeds on pretext
y le faltan pantalones

and it's missing pants (meaning: lacks nerve)
Este amor no me permite

This love doesn't allow me
Estar en pie

to stand.
por que ya hasta me ha quebrado Los talones.

because it already has broken my heels.

Aunque me levante volveré a caer

Although I get up I will continue to fall

Si te acercas nada es útil

If you're near, nothing is useful
para esta inútil

to this useless thing.
Bruta, ciega, sordomuda

Brutish, blind, deaf-mute
Torpe, traste y testaruda

clumsy, ruined, and stubborn.
Es todo lo que he sido

It is all I have been
Por ti me he convertido

because you have changed me.
en una cosa que no hace

into a thing that doesn't do
Otra cosa mas que amarte

another thing else but to love you
Pienso en ti día y noche

I think of you day and night
y no se como olvidarte.

and I don't know how to forget you.
Cuántas veces he intentado

How many times I have tried
enterrarte en mi memoria

to bury you in my memory
y aunque diga ya no más

and although I say, no more,
es otra vez la misma historia

again, it is the same story
por que este amor siempre sabe

because this love always knows
hacerme respirar profundo.

to make me breathe deep.
Ya me trae por la izquierda
Already it brings me to the left
y de pelea con el mundo

and fights with the world
Si pudiera exorcizarme de tu voz

If I could exorcise your voice from me
Si pudiera escaparme de tu nombre
If I could escape your name.
Si pudiera arrancarme el corazón

If I could pull your heart away from me
Y esconderme para no sentirme nuevamente.

and hide myself so that I don't feel again.
Bruta, ciega, sordomuda

Brutish, blind, deaf-mute
torpe, traste y testaruda

clumsy, ruined and stubborn

es todo lo que he sido

is all I have been
por ti me he convertido

because you have changed me
En una cosa que no hace

into a thing that doesn't do any
otra cosa mas que amarte

other thing but love you

Pienso en ti día y noche

I think of you day and night
y no se como olvidarte.

and I don't know how to forget you.
Ojerosa, flaca, fea desgreñada

haggard, skinny, ugly, unraveled
torpe, tonta, lenta, nécia, desquiciada

clumsy, stupid, slow, naive, deranged
Completamente descontrolada,

Completely uncontrolled,
tu te das cuenta y no me dices nada

you realize it and you don't tell me anything

Se me ha vuelto

It has turned my
La cabeza un nido

head into a nest
donde solamente tu tienes asilo

where only you have asylum
y no me escuchas lo que te digo

and you don't listen to what I say to you
Mira bien lo que vas a hacer conmigo:

Take a good look at what you are doing with me:
Bruta, ciega, sordomuda

Brutish, blind, deaf-mute
torpe, traste y testaruda
clumsy, ruined and stubborn
es todo lo que he sido

this is all I have been
por ti me he convertido
because you have changed me
en una cosa que no hace

into a thing that doesn't do
Otra cosa mas que amarte.

any other thing more than love you.
Pienso en ti día y noche

I think of you day and night
y no se como olvidarte.

and I don't know how to forget you.
Bruta, ciega, sordomuda

Brutish, blind, deaf-mute
torpe, traste y testaruda

clumsy, ruined and stubborn
es todo lo que he sido

is all I  have been
Por ti me he convertido

because you have changed me
en una cosa que no hace

into a thing that does not do
otra cosa mas que amarte.

any other thing more than love you.
Pienso en ti día y noche

I think of you day and night
y no se como olvidarte

and I don't know how to forget you
Bruta, ciega, sordomuda

Brutish, blind, deaf-mute
Torpe, traste y testaruda

clumsy, ruined and stubborn
es todo lo que he sido

is all that I have been
por ti me he convertido

because you have changed me
en una cosa que no hace

into a thing that doesn't do any
otra cosa mas que amarte

other thing more than love you.
Pienso en ti día y noche

I think of you day and night
y no se como olvidarte.

and I don't know how to forget you.

Vocabulary

bruta:brute
ciega: blind
desgreñada: unraveled

desquiciada: deranged
fea: ugly
ojerosa: haggard
sordamuda: deaf-mute
talons: heels
testaruda: stubborn
torpe: clumsy