Hello everyone! One of my favorite Latin pop artists is Sebastián Yatra, so I decided to try my hand at translating one of his songs into English. Let me know how I did!
Es triste ver la noche si no estás
No puedo más, no quiero más
Te fuiste antes de tiempo sin hablar
Sin explicar, y ya no estás
It is sad to see a night if you're not there
I can't do more (?), I don't want more
You were sad before the time without talking
Without explanation you're no longer
Yo no sé si fue cobardía
La culpa fue mía
No quise entender
I don't know if it was cowardice
The fault was mine
I did not want to understand
Tú eras el amor de mi vida
Mi cause perdida
No quiero entender
You were the love of my life
My lost cause
I don't want to understand
Devuélveme el corazón
No quiero vivir así
Devuélveme las promesas
Y la vida qui perdí
Give me back my heart
I don't want to live like this
Give me back the promises
And the live which was lost
Devuélveme esa canción
La que con sueños escribí
Y llévate los recuerdos
Que me duelen más que a ti
Give me back this song
Which I wrote with our dreams
And take away the memories
Which hurt me more than you
Contigo, mi intención no fue ganar
Mejor perder que no intentar
Por ti, costaba tanto no llorar
Pero querer fue perdonar
With you my intention was not to win
Better to lose than to not try
For you it was so hard not to cry
But to want was to forgive
Sé que tu mirada se fue
Que ya no será como ayer
Que te olvidarás de mi voz
I know that your look is gone (I don't know how this translation works, I had to use a translator for this line)
Which will not be like it was yesterday
Which you will forget (from?) my voice
Sé que nuestra luz se apagó
Y aunque yo la quise encender
No todo lo pudo el amor
I know that I put our light out
And although I wanted to turn it on
Not everything could be love
I had to use a translator for a few lines that I had trouble with, and I used some of my personal notes to help. Not all of it was translated on the spot.
Let me know how I did!
I’d recommend Spanishdict.com in which you can search phrases instead of just individual words. That’s how I found the explanation of “no puedo más.”
Thank you!