"antologia," written by shakira before she turned 17, i do believe. from pies descalzos.

[cimorene]

translation mine.

i need a reason to be in love with you
and it's hard to believe
there's none else but
this love reigning over everything
inside of this heart

oh, though they say time heals all wounds
i still feel the pain
because all the time i spent together with you
left its needle woven deep into me

and i learned to shave seconds off of time
you made me see a deeper universe
with you i think i gained more than 3 kilos
from so many sweet kisses
you developed my sense of smell and it was for you
that i learned to love cats
you unglued my shoes from the ground,
and to escape them we flew a while

but you forgot one last lesson
because i still don't know how to live without your love

and i learned the meaning of a rose
you taught me to tell white lies
to make do without seeing you enough
and to replace looks with words
and it was for you that i wrote more than 100 songs
and went so far as to forgive all your lies
and i learned more than a thousand ways to kiss
and it was because of you that i learned what love was.


para amarte necesito una razón
y es difícil creer que no existe una más que este amor
sobra tanto dentro de este corazón

y a pesar de que dicen que los años son sabios
todavía se siente el dolor
porque todo el tiempo que pasé junto a tí
dejó tejido su hilo dentro de mí

y aprendí a quitarle al tiempo los segundos
tú me hiciste ver el cielo aún más profundo
junto a tí creo que aumenté más de tres kilos
con tus tantos dulces besos repartidos
desarrollaste mi sentido del olfato
y fué por tí que aprendí a querer los gatos
despegaste del cemento mis zapatos
para escapar los dos volando un rato

pero olvidaste una final instrucción
porque aún no sé vivir sin tu amor

y descubrí lo que significa una rosa
y me enseñaste a decir mentiras piadosas
para poder verte a horas no adecuadas
y a reemplazar palabras por miradas
y fué por tí que escribí más de cien canciones
y hasta perdoné tus equivocaciones
y conocí más de mil formas de besar
y fue por tí que descubrí lo que es amar

Comments

[kmazzy.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU! i can just use this now. i know you didn't post if for me, but this is just what i asked for the other day.

*kisskiss*

if i had an aeroplane and a pilot i'd tell them to fly you to finland.

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[cimness.livejournal.com]

on the contrary, my dear watson. i had your request nearly as much in mind as the various sordid things i plan to do to my waxlet when i translated this. although the snifflings were not for you. ;)

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[kmazzy.livejournal.com]

HOORAH!!! you kick butt and i adore you.