Do you know who is the songwriter of the lyrics?
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Translation
My Truth
There are lies, there are lovers
Who can, in a few moments of pleasure,
Shake up your life.
There are compassionate lies,
There are lies that show pity,
That aren't meant to hurt.
There are lies that hurt us,
That's the truth. Ay ay ay.
And there are tricks that, for years,
Hid the truth
That they did a lot of damage.
Ay, I am going to take refuge
In the land of your love,
My truth.
You are my love, my joy,
The truth in my life,
My baby who jumps
Out of my arms so quickly,
You are my refuge and my truth.
Oh yeah.
You are my love, my joy,
The truth in my life,
My baby who soothes
My soul with laughter,
You are my refuge and my truth.
There are lies, there are lovers
Who can, in a few moments of pleasure,
Shake up your life.
There are philosophies and orators,
Dictators without pity
Who govern without truth,
And there are lies in the newspapers,
On the TV networks, and in the bar.
Ay ay ay.
There are tricks that, for years,
Hid the truth,
Suffering in pain.
Ay, I am going to take refuge
In the oasis of your love.
You are my love, my joy,
The truth in my life,
My baby who jumps
Out of my arms so quickly,
You are my refuge and my truth.
Oh yeah.
You are my love, my joy,
The truth in my life,
My baby who soothes
My soul with laughter,
You are my refuge and my truth.
In such a superficial3 world,
I don't know what to believe in.
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And my love, I know that you are my truth,
You are my truth.
You are the light of my life,
You are the voice that soothes me,
You are the rain in my soul,
And you are my whole truth.
You are the light of my life,
You are the voice that soothes me,
You are the rain in my soul,
And you are my whole truth,
You are my whole truth.
- 1. I have translated these 2 lines pretty literally but I take their meaning as follows . . . Some people do nothing but lie (lies are in their lips), And for some people it's in their nature (their skin) to lie.
- 2. This is poetic word order. Everyday speech would render this as "There are lies drawn in skin." I'm trying to follow the format of the Spanish.
- 3. Literally, "unreal"
- 4. I think this is just a vocal sound and not a word, but I could be taught otherwise.
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As I have pointed out elsewhere, I don't speak Spanish. I had to look up pretty nearly every word in the dictionary. So if I've got something wrong, I certainly am not surprised. But that just puts a greater burden on you to correct me.
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I came here looking for a translation of the song because I rather like it, which is good because it's on the XM Caliente about a dozen times a day. But I had no idea what they were saying. Which proves I don't speak Spanish. There are already 2 English translations of the song on the site but they don't seem to be good, idiomatic English. So I'm trying my hand at it.
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The lyrics are posted with the song on YouTube. That video claims to be the official video and it appears to have been posted by the record company, so I'm guessing those are the official lyrics. The line breaks in that version of the lyrics are different from the version here. I have followed the layout posted on YouTube.
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Shakira is extremely pregnant in this video so I interpret this song as being something of a love song to the child who has, I believe, since been born. (I don't follow infotainment gossip so I leave it to others to verify this.)
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Aside from XM playing the song a lot, there is another measure of its popularity: the fact that the view count (as of today, 27 April 2015) for the video on YouTube shows a mere 32.5 million views in the approximately 2.5 months since it was posted. I am such an insightful analyst . . .