tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17886631846627782322024-03-08T06:46:50.292-08:00Spanish ProntoFor anyone interested in learning a little more Spanishjoaquimolyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15432817110194294666noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1788663184662778232.post-53471334728806168002012-09-02T22:40:00.000-07:002016-09-18T15:40:13.202-07:00El campesino y el solPerformed by La Dinastía de Tuzantla
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<B>El campesino y el sol</B>
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<B>Nací y crecí en cuna humilde.</B><BR>
I was born and grew up in a humble family.<BR>
<B>¡Ay, mi padre!</B><BR>
Oh, my father!<BR>
<B>Mi padre trabajó toda la vida</B><BR>
My father worked his whole life,<BR>
<B>Y desgraciadamente murió como nació,</B><BR>
And unfortunately died just as he was born,<BR>
<B>Siendo, siendo muy pobre.</B><BR>
Being, being very poor.<BR>
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<B>Sol redondo y colorado,</B><BR>
Sun, round and red,<BR>
<B>Como una rueda de cobre,</B><BR>
Like a wheel of copper,<BR>
<B>De diario me estás mirando,</B><BR>
Daily you are watching me,<BR>
<B>De diario me miras pobre.</B><BR>
Daily you see me poor.<BR>
<B>Me has de ver con el arado</B><BR>
You will see me with the plow<BR>
<B>O sembrando aquellas tierras,</B><BR>
Or planting those lands,<BR>
<B>Una vez por llanura</B><BR>
Once on the plain,<BR>
<B>Y otra vez por la ladera.</B><BR>
And another time on the mountainside.<BR>
<B>Sol que eres tan parejo</B><BR>
Sun who is so even-handed<BR>
<B>Para repartir tu luz,</B><BR>
At distributing your light,<BR>
<B>¿Por qué no te ven los ricos</B><BR>
Why don't the rich people see you<BR>
<B>Y hacen lo mismo que tú?</B><BR>
And do the same as you?<BR>
<B>Sol que eres tan parejo</B><BR>
Sun who is so even-handed<BR>
<B>Para repartir tu luz,</B><BR>
At distributing your light,<BR>
<B>¡Habías de enseñarle al rico</B><BR>
You should teach the rich person<BR>
<B>A hacer lo mismo que tú!</B><BR>
To do the same as you!<BR>
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<B>(¿Por qué, habiendo tantas tierras,</B><BR>
Why, if there is so much land<BR>
<B>sufre tanto el campesino?</B><BR>
does the peasant farmer suffer so much?<BR>
<B>¡Hay ricos que tienen mucha</B><BR>
There are rich people who have lots [of land]<BR>
<B>Y no les costó ni un cinco!</B><BR>
And it didn't cost them a nickel!<BR>
<B>Y para colmo de males</B><BR>
And to make matters worse,<BR>
<B>la tienen sin producir.</B><BR>
They are not growing anything on it.<BR>
<B>¿Qué les va importar el pobre</B><BR>
What's the poor person going to matter to them,<BR>
<B>Si vive o se ha de morir?</B><BR>
Whether he lives or must die?<BR>
<B>Desde que estaba chiquillo</B><BR>
Since I was little<BR>
<B>He visto a gente del campo</B><BR>
I have seen country people<BR>
<B>Sembrando a mitad o al tercio,</B><BR>
Planting in exchange for a half or a third of the crop,<BR>
<B>Entre ellos mi padre santo.</B><BR>
Among them, my saintly father.<BR>
<B>Y cuando, por suerte, se logra</B><BR>
And when, by luck, they are able<BR>
<B>Tener muy buena cosecha,</B><BR>
To have a very good harvest,<BR>
<B>El precio está por los suelos.</B><BR>
The price is at rock bottom.<BR>
<B>Es parte de la estrategia.</B><BR>
It is part of the strategy.<BR>
<B>¿Y qué hacen los presidentes</B><BR>
And what do the presidents do<BR>
<B>para ayudar al obrero?</B><BR>
To help the worker?<BR>
<B>¡Nomás acordarse de ellos</B><BR>
Remember them only<BR>
<B>Cuando hay cambio de gobierno!</B><BR>
When there is a change of government!<BR>
<B>Por eso no estoy de acuerdo</B><BR>
That is why I am not in agreement<BR>
<B>Y lo digo en mi canción.</B><BR>
And I say so in my song.<BR>
<B>¡Del sol y de nadie más</B><BR>
From the sun and from no one else<BR>
<B>Tienes que aprender, patrón!)</B><BR>
You need to learn, boss!<BR>
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<B>Sol que eres tan parejo</B><BR>
Sun who is so even-handed<BR>
<B>Para repartir tu luz,</B><BR>
At distributing your light,<BR>
<B>¿Por qué no te ven los ricos</B><BR>
Why don't the rich people see you<BR>
<B>Y hacen lo mismo que tú?</B><BR>
And do the same as you?<BR>
<B>Sol que eres tan parejo</B><BR>
Sun who is so even-handed<BR>
<B>Para repartir tu luz,</B><BR>
At distributing your light,<BR>
<B>¡Habías de enseñarle al rico</B><BR>
You should teach the rich person<BR>
<B>A hacer lo mismo que tú!</B><BR>
To do the same as you!<BR>
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<br /><B>Me vas a hacer llorar</B><br />
(You are going to make me cry)<br /><br />
<B>Yo quise en ti aprender lo que es amarse,</B><br />
(I wanted to learn, with you, what it's like to love,)<br />
<B>Sin nada de egoísmos ni traiciones,</B><br />
(Without any selfishness or betrayals,)<br />
<B>Sentir la fuerza de dos corazones</B><br />
(To feel the strength of two hearts)<br />
<B>Llegar hasta la senda del final.</B><br />
(Making it all the way to the end of the trail.)<br /><br />
<B>Mas yo no sé que pasa en este mundo.</B><br />
(But I don't know what's going on in this world).<br />
<B>Parece que ya todo tiene un precio,</B><br />
(It seems that everything now has a price,)<br />
<B>Y yo lo que valía era tu desprecio,</B><br />
(And [you felt that] what I merited was your disrespect,)<br />
<B>Con el que hoy me das el golpe fatal.</B><br />
(With which, today, you deal me the fatal blow.)<br /><br />
<B>¡Qué lejos estás de donde están las cosas buenas!</B><br />
(How far you are from where [all] the good things are!)<br />
<B>¡Qué pena que todo para ti sea tan complejo!</B><br />
(What a shame, that you have to think everything is so complicated!)<br />
<B>Pregúntale en diez años a tu espejo,</B><br />
(Ask your mirror, ten years from now,)<br />
<B>Si hay forma de comprar un buen amor.</B><br />
(If there's any way to buy a love that's true.)<br />
<B><I>Mi amor, ¡sí te quiero mucho! ¿Cómo crees que te voy a engañar?</I></B><br />
(<I>My love, I </I>do<I> love you! How can you believe that I am going to cheat on you?</I>)<br /><br />
<B>Me dueles mucho, no puedo negarlo,</B><br />
(You are hurting me a lot, I can't deny it,)<br />
<B>Y no me va a ser fácil olvidarte,</B><br />
(And it's not going to be easy for me to forget you,)<br />
<B>Y si alguien te lastima en vez de amarte,</B><br />
(And if someone hurts you instead of loving you,)<br />
<B>De nuevo tú me vas a hacer llorar.</B><br />
(You are going to make me cry again.)<br /><br />
<B>¡Qué lejos estás de donde están las cosas buenas!</B><br />
(How far you are from where [all] the good things are!)<br />
<B>¡Qué pena que todo para ti sea tan complejo!</B><br />
(What a shame, that you have to think everything is so complicated!)<br />
<B>Pregúntale en diez años a tu espejo,</B><br />
(Ask your mirror, ten years from now,)<br />
<B>Si hay forma de comprar un buen amor.</B><br />
(If there's any way to buy a love that's true.)<br /><br />
<B>¡Qué lejos estás de donde están las cosas buenas!</B><br />
(How far you are from where [all] the good things are!)<br />
<B>¡Qué pena que todo para ti sea tan complejo!</B><br />
(What a shame, that you have to think everything is so complicated!)<br />
<B>Pregúntale en diez años a tu espejo,</B><br />
(Ask your mirror, ten years from now,)<br />
<B>Si hay forma de comprar un buen amor.</B><br />
(If there's any way to buy a love that's true.)<br />
<B><I>Tengo que irme, aunque sea que me vas a hacer llorar.</I></B><br />
(<I>I have to leave, even if it means that you are going to make me cry.</I>)<br /><br />
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</iframe></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>No video for this one, but it is a great song. <br /><br />Very Christmasy, and still very Mexican—or Texan, anyway. <br /></TD></TABLE><br /><br /><B>En un establo humilde y pobre,</B> (In a poor, humble stable,)<br /><B>En una noche oscura y fría,</B> (On a cold, dark night,)<br /><B>Nació el Niño Jesucristo,</B> (Was born the Child, Jesus Christ,)<br /><B>De la Reina, la Virgen María.</B> (of the Queen, the Virgin Mary.)<br /><B>El aliento de los animales,</B> (The animals' breath,)<br /><B>Dio calorcito para el Santo Niño.</B> (Gave warmth to the Holy Child.)<br /><br /><B>Su papá fue un carpintero,</B> (His father was a carpenter,)<br /><B>La mamá, virgencita y pura.</B> (His mother, a young virgin, and pure.)<br /><B>La Palabra de Dios Encarnacido,</B> (The Word of God Incarnate,)<br /><B>Aceptaron los Santo Novios.</B> (The Holy Couple accepted.)<br /><B>No hay tan grande amor como este,</B> (There is no greater love than this,)<br /><B>Servidores de raza humana.</B> (Servants of the human race.)<br /><br /><B>Una gran luz salió de los cielos,</B> (A great light came out of the heavens,)<br /><B>Iluminó todo el santo pueblo.</B> (It illuminated the whole holy village.)<br /><B>Y con eso llegaron tres reyes,</B> (And then there appeared three kings,)<br /><B>Con incenso, mirra y oro,</B> (With incense, myrrh, and gold,)<br /><B>Para alabar al rey infante,</B> (To praise the infant king,)<br /><B>El Hijo de Dios poderoso.</B> (The Son of almighty God.)<br /><br /><B>Que dicha de ser uno del los pastores,</B> (How lucky to have been one of the shepherds,)<br /><B>Para haber estado allí esa noche,</B> (To have been there that night,)<br /><B>Pero en mis sueños y en mis pensamientos,</B> (But in my dreams and in my thoughts,)<br /><B>Ofrezco todas mis oraciones,</B> (I offer all my prayers,)<br /><B>Para paz y amor en la Tierra,</B> (For peace and love on Earth,)<br /><B>¡Y feliz Navidad a todo el mundo!</B> (and a merry Christmas to all!)<br /><br /><br /><iframe style="width:120px;height:240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ac&ref=tf_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=spanishpronto-20&marketplace=amazon®ion=US&placement=B004NNSEPI&asins=B004NNSEPI&linkId=SLSJ3R7KBDFBUAVU&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true">
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Los peces en el ríoI have to admit to not quite getting this one, but it is a pretty song, and definitely not one that English speakers are familiar with:<br /><br /><iframe width="400" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wdUohI1-Qsg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><B>La Virgen se está peinando,</B> (The Virgin is combing her hair,)<br /><B>Entre cortina y cortina.</B> (Between one curtain and another.)<br /><B>Los cabellos son de oro,</B> (Her hair is made of gold,)<br /><B>Y el peine de plata fina.</B> (And her comb, of fine silver.)<br /><br /><B>La Virgen se está peinando,</B> (The Virgin is combing her hair,)<br /><B>Entre cortina y cortina.</B> (Between one curtain and another.)<br /><B>Los cabellos son de oro,</B> (Her hair is made of gold,)<br /><B>Y el peine de plata fina.</B> (And her comb, of fine silver.)<br /><br /><B>Pero mira como beben los peces en el río,</B> (But see how the fish in the river are drinking,)<br /><B>Pero mira como beben por ver a Dios nacido.</B> (But see how they are drinking, because they saw that God was born.)<br /><B>Beben y beben y vuelven a beber,</B> (They drink and they drink and they drink again,)<br /><B>Los peces en río por ver a Dios nacer.</B> (The fish in the river, because they saw God being born.)<br /><br /><B>La Virgen está lavando,</B> (The Virgin is doing her washing,)<br /><B>Y tendiendo en el romero.</B> (And hanging it on the rosemary bush).<br /><B>Los angelitos cantando,</B> (The precious angels, singing,)<br /><B>Y el romero floreciendo.</B> (And the rosemary, flowering.)<br /><br /><B>Pero mira como beben los peces en el río,</B> (But see how the fish in the river are drinking,)<br /><B>Pero mira como beben por ver a Dios nacido.</B> (But see how they are drinking, because they saw that God was born.)<br /><B>Beben y beben y vuelven a beber,</B> (They drink and they drink and they drink again,)<br /><B>Los peces en río por ver a Dios nacer.</B> (The fish in the river, because they saw God being born.)<br /><br /><B>La Virgen se está peinando,</B> (The Virgin is combing her hair,)<br /><B>Entre cortina y cortina.</B> (Between one curtain and another.)<br /><B>Los cabellos son de oro,</B> (Her hair is made of gold,)<br /><B>Y el peine de plata fina.</B> (And her comb, of fine silver.)<br /><br /><B>Pero mira como beben los peces en el río,</B> (But see how the fish in the river are drinking,)<br /><B>Pero mira como beben por ver a Dios nacido.</B> (But see how they are drinking, because they saw that God was born.)<br /><B>Beben y beben y vuelven a beber,</B> (They drink and they drink and they drink again,)<br /><B>Los peces en río por ver a Dios nacer.</B> (The fish in the river, because they saw God being born.)<br /><br /><B>Pero mira como beben los peces en el río,</B> (But see how the fish in the river are drinking,)<br /><B>Pero mira como beben por ver a Dios nacido.</B> (But see how they are drinking, because they saw that God was born.)<br /><B>Beben y beben y vuelven a beber,</B> (They drink and they drink and they drink again,)<br /><B>Los peces en río por ver a Dios nacer.</B> (The fish in the river, because they saw God being born.)
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</iframe>joaquimolyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15432817110194294666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1788663184662778232.post-31917851915021053972010-08-29T21:49:00.000-07:002014-09-05T15:26:18.801-07:00¿A quién le importa?In the same "A.M.: Antes del mediodía" interview of Alaska (see previous posts), I was surprised to learn, watchin an interview of the singer Alaska on Argentina's morning show "A.M.: Antes del mediodía" that Alaska, with her band Dinarama, was the original performer of "¿A quién le importa?," a song I always enjoyed as performed by Mexican superstar Thalía in the following video. One identical song, two very different videos, both presented below with translated lyrics for your Spanish learning pleasure. (Memorizing songs you like is one of the best ways to learn any language--and to remember what you learn for forever!)<br /><br />On an important side note, Thalía and Alaska are both very talented artists and, therefore, well worth checking out (and buying music from). : ) <br /><br /><object width="400" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jCPxq9gjzWs?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jCPxq9gjzWs?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="315"></embed></object><br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A QUIÉN LE IMPORTA?</span> (Who cares?)<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">La gente me señala.</span> (People point me out.)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Me apunta con el dedo.</span> (They point at me with their fingers.)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Susurra a mis espaldas</span> (They talk behind my back)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Y a mí me importa un bledo.</span> (And it doesn't bother me one bit.)<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿Qué más me da,</span> (What does it matter to me,)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Si soy distinta a ellos?</span> (If I am different from them?)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">No soy de nadie;</span> (I don't belong to anyone;)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">No tengo dueño.</span> (Nobody owns me.)<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Yo sé que me critica.</span> (I know that they criticize me.)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Me consta que me odia.</span> (It's clear that they hate me.)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">La envidia les corroe.</span> (Their envy eats at them.)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Mi vida les agobia.</span> (My life really gets to them.)<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿Por qué será?</span> (Why should that be?)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Yo no tengo la culpa.</span> (It's not my fault.) <br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Mis circunstancias les insultan.</span> (My circumstances insult them.)<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Mi destino es el que yo decido,</span> (My destiny is the one that <i>I</i> choose,)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">El que yo elijo para mí.</span> (The one that <i>I</i> choose for myself.)<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo haga?</span> (Who cares what I do?)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo diga?</span> (Who cares what I say?)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Yo soy así y así seguiré.</span> (That's how I am and that's how I'll stay.)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Nunca cambiaré.</span> (I'll never change.)<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo haga?</span> (Who cares what I do?)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo diga?</span> (Who cares what I say?)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Yo soy así y así seguiré.</span> (That's how I am and that's how I'll stay.)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Nunca cambiaré.</span> (I'll never change.)<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Quizá la culpa es mía,</span> (Perhaps it's my fault,)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Por no seguir la norma.</span> (For not following the rules.)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Ya es demasiado tarde,</span> (It's already too late,)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Para cambiar ahora.</span> ([For me] to change now.)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Me mantendré firme en mis convicciones;</span> (I will hold firm to my beliefs;)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Reforzaré mis posiciones.</span> (I will reinforce my views.)<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Mi destino es el que yo decido,</span> (My destiny is the one that <i>I</i> choose,)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">El que yo elijo para mí.</span> (The one that <i>I</i> choose for myself.)<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo haga?</span> (Who cares what I do?)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo diga?</span> (Who cares what I say?)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Yo soy así y así seguiré.</span> (That's how I am and that's how I'll stay.)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Nunca cambiaré.</span> (I'll never change.)<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo haga?</span> (Who cares what I do?)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo diga?</span> (Who cares what I say?)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Yo soy así y así seguiré.</span> (That's how I am and that's how I'll stay.)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Nunca cambiaré.</span> (I'll never change.)<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Yo soy así y así seguiré.</span> (That's how I am and that's how I'll stay.)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">(¡Así seguiré!)</span> [That's how I'll stay!]<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo haga?</span> (Who cares what I do?)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo diga?</span> (Who cares what I say?)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Yo soy así (¡así!) y así seguiré (¡así!).</span> (That's how I am [like that!] and that's how I'll stay [like that!])<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Nunca cambiaré.</span> (I will never change.)<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo haga?</span> (Who cares what I do?)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo diga?</span> (Who cares what I say?)<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Yo soy así y así seguiré.</span> (That's how I am and that's how I'll 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<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/paccyHqIAoo?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/paccyHqIAoo?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A QUIÉN LE IMPORTA?</span><br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">La gente me señala.</span> [Notice that "la gente," singular in Spanish = "people," which is plural in English.]<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Me apunta con el dedo.</span> <br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Susurra a mis espaldas</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Y a mí me importa un bledo.</span><br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿Qué más me da,</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Si soy distinta a ellos?</span> [Guys wanting to sing this song will want to change "distinta" to "distinto."]<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">No soy de nadie;</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">No tengo dueño.</span><br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Yo sé que me critica.</span> <br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Me consta que me odia.</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">La envidia les corroe.</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Mi vida les agobia.</span><br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿Por qué será?</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Yo no tengo la culpa.</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Mis circunstancias les insultan.</span> ["Z"s and soft "c"s are pronounced like "th" by Alaska and many other Spaniards: "thircunstanthias"]<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Mi destino es el que yo decido,</span> ["dethido"]<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">El que yo elijo para mí.</span><br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo haga?</span> ["What I (may) do (in the future)" is still "up in the air" (undecided, unknown, undefined) so "haga," the subjunctive form of HACER (to do), is used.]<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo diga?</span> ["What I (may) say (in the future)" also subjunctive, so "diga," from DECIR (to say).]<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Yo soy así y así seguiré.</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Nunca cambiaré.</span><br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo haga?</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo diga?</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Yo soy así y así seguiré.</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Nunca cambiaré.</span><br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Quizá la culpa es mía,</span> ["quithá"]<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Por no seguir la norma.</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Ya es demasiado tarde,</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Para cambiar ahora.</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Me mantendré firme en mis convicciones;</span> ["convicthiones"]<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Reforzaré mis posiciones.</span> ["refortharé", "posithiones"]<br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Mi destino es el que yo decido,</span> ["dethido"]<br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">El que yo elijo para mí.</span><br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo haga? (ju ju ju ju ju)</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo diga? (ju ju ju ju ju)</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Yo soy así y así seguiré.</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Nunca cambiaré.</span><br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">(Aaaaaa...)</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo haga? (ju ju ju ju ju) </span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo diga? (ju ju ju ju ju) </span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Yo soy así (ju) y así seguiré.</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Nunca cambiaré.</span><br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">(Aaaaaa...)</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">(ju ju ju ju ju)</span><br /><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo haga? (ju ju ju ju ju)</span><br /> <span style="font-weight:bold;">¿A quién le importa lo que yo diga? (ju ju ju ju ju)</span>
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