Naila

Naila

Naila

And I took her to the riverY yo que me la lleve al río
Thinking she was singleCreyendo que era soltera
But she had a husbandPero tenía marido
The light of understandingLa luz del entenimiento
Makes me more cautiousMe hace ser mas precavido

Her thighs slipped away from meSus muslos se me escapaban
Like startled fishComo peces sorprendidos
Half of them full of fireLa mitad llenos de lumbre
Half of them full of coldLa mitad llenos de frío

And that night I ranY aquella noche corrí
The best of the pathsEl mejor de los caminos
With such a fine fillyCon tan potranca fina
No reins and no stirrupsSin riendas y sin estribos

And I don’t want to say as a manY no quiero decir por hombre
Things she told meCosas que ella me dijo
Because having a husbandPorque teniendo marido
She said she was singleMe dijo que era soltera
When I took her to the riverCuando la llevaba al río

It was a moonlit nightEra una noche de luna
Naila cried before meNaila lloraba ante mi
She told me tenderlyElla me dijo con ternura
That she loved me madlyQue me amaba con locura

I asked her why she criedYo le pregunté por qué lloraba
And she answered me this wayY ella me contestó así
My caresses are no good anymoreYa mis caricias no son buenas
I’m no longer Naila for youYa no soy Naila para ti

I’ve given myself to another manYa me entregué con otro hombre
I’m no longer Naila for youYa no soy Naila para ti

Naila, tell me why you’re leavingNaila, dí por qué me abandonas
Silly, you know I love youTonta, si bien sabes que te quiero
Come back to meVuelve a mí
Don’t look for other pathsYa no busques otros senderos
I forgive you because without your loveTe perdono porque sin tu amor
My heart breaksSe me parte el corazón

I heard it yesterdayMe lo contaron ayer
From the double-edged tonguesLas lenguas de doble filo
That you got married a month agoQue te casaste hace un mes
And I stayed so calmY me quedé tan tranquilo

Anyone else in my placeOtro cualquiera en mi caso
Would have started to crySe hubiese puesto a llorar
I crossed my arms and saidYo cruzándome de brazos, dije
That I didn’t careQue me daba igual

No shooting myselfNada de pegarme un tiro
Or cursing you with maledictionsNi acosarte a maldiciones
Or throwing my sighsNi apedrear con mis suspiros
At the bars of your balconiesLas rejas de tus balcones

You got married, good luckQue te has casado, buena suerte
Live 100 years happyVive 100 años contenta
And when your time comesY que a la hora de tu muerte
May God not hold it against youDios ni te lo tome a cuenta

If at the foot of the altarsQue si al pie de los altares
You forgot my nameMi nombre se te olvido
For the glory of my motherPor la gloria de mi madre
I hold no grudge against youQue no te guardo rencor

But since your boyfriend is richMas como tu novio es rico
I sell you this prophecyTe vendo esta profecia
By dawnAllá por la madrugada
You’ll dream that you were mineSoñarás que fuiste mía

And you’ll remember the afternoonY recordarás la tarde
When my lips kissed youQue mi boca te besó

And you’ll wake up cryingY despertarás llorando
And you’ll call yourself a coward!Y te llamarás cobarde!
Coward! Just like I’m telling youCobarde! Como te lo digo yo

Because the one who wasn’tPorque aquél que no fué
Neither your boyfriend, nor your husbandNi tu novio, ni tu marido
Nor your lover, was the one who loved you the mostNi tu amante, fue el que mas te ha querido
And with that my love, with that, I have enoughY con eso mi amor, con eso, tengo bastante

And I don’t ask the heavensY no le pido yo al cielo
To send you more punishmentQue te mande mas castigo
Than to be sleeping with anotherQue estés durmiendo con otro
And dreaming of meY estés soñando conmigo