shakira lyrics & translation
La Tortura [Alternate Version] / Torture (feat. Alejandro Sanz)
Fijación Oral Vol. 2

[Alejandro]
Ay payita mía
Guárdate la poesía
Guárdate la alegría pa’ ti

[Shakira]
No pido que todos los días sean de sol
No pido que todos los viernes sean de fiesta
Tan poco te pido que vuelvas rogando perdón
Si lloras con los ojos secos
Y hablando de ella
Ay amor me duele tanto
Me duele tanto
Que te fueras sin decir a donde
Ay amor, fue una tortura perderte

[Alejandro]
Yo sé que no he sido un santo
Pero lo puedo arreglar amor
[Shakira]
You say you love me like no other
But you can’t live on bread alone
[Alejandro]
Solo de errores se aprende
Y hoy sé que es tuyo mi Corazón
[Shakira]
Don’t even try, don’t even bother
I won’t take it, I don’t want it
I don’t buy it, so long
No puedo pedir que el invierno perdone a un rosal
No puedo pedir a los olmos que entreguen peras
No puedo pedirle lo eterno a un simple mortal
Y andar arrojando a los cerdos miles de perlas

[Alejandro]
Ay amor me duele tanto
Me duele tanto
Que no creas más en mis promesas
[Both]
Ay amor es una tortura perderte
[Alejandro]
Yo sé que no he sido un santo
Pero lo puedo arreglar amor
[Shakira]
You say you love me like no other
But you can’t live on bread alone
[Alejandro]
Solo de errores se aprende
Y hoy sé que es tuyo mi Corazón
[Shakira]
Don’t even try, don’t even bother
I won’t take it, I don’t want it
I don’t buy it, so long

[Alejandro]
No te bajes, no te bajes
Oye negrita mira, no te rajes
De lunes a viernes tienes mi amor
Déjame el sábado a mí que es mejor
Oye mi negra no me castigues mas
Porque allá afuera sin ti no tengo paz
Yo solo soy un hombre arrepentido
Soy como el ave que vuelve a su nido
Yo sé que no he sido un santo
Y es que no estoy hecho de cartón
[Shakira]
You say you love me like no other
But you can’t live on bread alone
[Alejandro]
Solo de errores se aprende
Y hoy sé que es tuyo mi Corazón

[Shakira]
Ay, todo lo que he hecho por ti
Fue una tortura perderte
Me duele tanto que sea así
Sigue llorando perdón
Yo... yo no voy
A llorar por ti
[Alejandro]
Hey baby girl
Save your poetry
Keep your happiness to yourself

[Shakira]
I’m not asking that every day be sunny
I’m not asking that there be a party every Friday
Nor do I ask you to come back begging forgiveness
If you’re crying with dry eyes
And speaking of her
Oh my love, it hurts so much
It hurts so much
That you left without saying where you were going
Oh my love, losing you was torture

[Alejandro]
I know I haven’t been a saint
But I can make it up to you
[Shakira]
You say you love me like no other
But you can’t live on bread alone
[Alejandro]
We only learn from mistakes
And today I know my heart is yours
[Shakira]
Don’t even try, don’t even bother
I won’t take it, I don’t want it
I don’t buy it, so long
I can’t ask winter to spare a rosebush
I can’t ask an elm tree to bear pears
I can’t ask the eternal for a mere mortal
And go about casting thousands of pearls before swine

[Alejandro]
Oh my love, it hurts so much
It hurts so much
That you no longer trust my promises
[Both]
Oh my love, losing you is torture
[Alejandro]
I know I haven’t been a saint
But I can make it up to you
[Shakira]
You say you love me like no other
But you can’t live on bread alone
[Alejandro]
We only learn from mistakes
And today I know my heart is yours
[Shakira]
Don’t even try, don’t even bother
I won’t take it, I don’t want it
I don’t buy it, so long

[Alejandro]
Listen, baby, don’t you go
Listen, baby, don’t get angry
From Monday to Friday you have my love
Give Saturday to me and you’ll be better off
Listen, baby, don’t punish me anymore
Without you, out there I have no peace
I’m just a repentant man
I’m the bird that returns to its nest
I know I haven’t been a saint
And I’m not made of stone
[Shakira]
You say you love me like no other
But you can’t live on bread alone
[Alejandro]
We only learn from mistakes
And today I know my heart is yours

[Shakira]
Oh after all I’ve done for you
It was such a torture to lose you
It hurts me so that it’s like this
Keep on crying sorry
I... I’m not going
To cry over you

Transcription & translation credit: Shakira.com


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