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I Wish I Could Love You Less

Chavela Vargas

Quisiera Amarte Menos

Primavera de mis veinte años
Relicario de mi juventud
Un cariño feliz yo soñaba
Y estoy sola con mi esclavitud

Quisiera amarte menos
No verte más quisiera
Salvarme de esta hoguera
Que no puedo resistir
Es cruel este cariño
Que no me da descanso
Sin ti la no alcanzo
Y lejos no sé vivir

Quisiera amarte menos
Porque esto ya no es vida
Mi vida está perdida
De tanto quererte
No sé si necesito
Tenerte o perderte
Yo sé que te he querido
Más de lo que he podido
Quisiera amarte menos
Buscando el olvido
Y en vez de amarte menos
Te quiero mucho más

Entre dos que se quieren deveras
El cariño distinto ha de ser
Mientras una da intera su vida
Otro solo se deja querer
Es verdad y sin embargo no puedo
Conformarme con quererte yo
Pido al cielo que proto termine
Esta dura cadena de amor

Quisiera amarte menos
No verte más quisiera
Salvarme de esta hoguera
Que no puedo resistir
Es cruel este cariño
Que no me da descanso
Sin ti la no alcanzo
Y lejos no sé vivir

Quisiera amarte menos
Porque esto ya no es vida
Mi vida está perdida
De tanto quererte
No sé si necesito
Tenerte o perderte
Yo sé que te he querido
Más de lo que he podido
Quisiera amarte menos
Buscando el olvido
Y en vez de amarte menos
Te quiero mucho más

I Wish I Could Love You Less

Spring of my twenties
Reliquary of my youth
A happy affection I dreamed of
And I am alone with my slavery

I wish I could love you less
I wish I could not see you anymore
Save myself from this fire
That I can't resist
This love is cruel
It doesn't give me rest
Without you, I can't reach
And I don't know how to live far away

I wish I could love you less
Because this is no longer life
My life is lost
From loving you so much
I don't know if I need
To have you or lose you
I know that I have loved you
More than I could
I wish I could love you less
Seeking to forget
And instead of loving you less
I love you much more

Between two who truly love each other
Affection must be different
While one gives their whole life
The other just lets themselves be loved
It's true and yet I can't
Be content with just loving you
I ask heaven to soon end
This hard chain of love

I wish I could love you less
I wish I could not see you anymore
Save myself from this fire
That I can't resist
This love is cruel
It doesn't give me rest
Without you, I can't reach
And I don't know how to live far away

I wish I could love you less
Because this is no longer life
My life is lost
From loving you so much
I don't know if I need
To have you or lose you
I know that I have loved you
More than I could
I wish I could love you less
Seeking to forget
And instead of loving you less
I love you much more

Escrita por: Francisco Canaro / Luis César Amadori