No Me Quieras Tanto

Don't Love Me So Much

No Me Quieras Tanto

I was twenty years oldYo tenía viente años
And he was twice my age.Y él me doblaba la edad.
In my breasts there was nightEn mis seines había noche
And in his there was dawn.Y en las suyas madrugada.
Before I even thought about itAntes que yo lo pensara
My desire was fulfilled;Mi gusto estaba cumplido;
I lacked nothing with him,Nada me faltaba con él,
He loved me madly,Me quería con locura,
With all his five senses.Con todos sus cinco sentidos.
I let myself be loved.Yo me dejaba querer.
He asked for love, like a beggar,Amor me pedía, como un pordiosero,
And I stabbed him,Y yo le clavaba,
Without seeing his suffering,Sin ver que sufría,
With steel knives.Cuchillos de acero.

Don't love me so much,No me quieras tanto,
Don't cry for me;Ni llores por mi;
It's not worth itNo vale la pena
For my affectionQue por mi cariño
To make you like this.Te pongas así.
I don't know how to love you the same way,Yo no se quererte lo mismo que tú,
Nor spend my life waiting and enslavedNi pasar la vida pendiente y esclava
To that slavery.De esa esclavitud.
Don't be sad,No te pongas triste,
Dry those tearsSécate ese llanto
You must be happy.Hay que estar alegre.
Look at me and learn.Mírame y aprende.
Don't love me so much.No me quieras tanto.

With the years and lifeCon los años y la vida
My love has changed,Ha cambiado mi querer,
And now I seek from his lipsY ahora busco de sus labios
What I once despised.Lo que entonces desprecié.
Blinded by affectionCegadita de cariño
I beg him to protect me,Yo le ruego que me ampare,
To have mercy on me;Que me tenga caridad;
I ask him on my knees, for the glory of his motherSe lo pido de rodillas, por la Gloria de su madre
And it's of no use.Y no me sirve de nada.
Like a beggar I am at his doorComo una mendiga estoy a su puerta
And with my words I punish my sorrowY con mis palabras mi pena castiga
Leaving myself dead.Dejándome muerta.

Don't love me so much,No me quieras tanto,
Don't cry for me;Ni llores por mi;
It's not worth itNo vale la pena
For my affectionQue por mi cariño
To make you like this.Te pongas así.
I don't know how to love you the same way,Yo no se quererte lo mismo que tú,
Nor spend my life waiting and enslavedNi pasar la vida pendiente y esclava
To that slavery.De esa esclavitud.
Don't be sad,No te pongas triste,
Dry those tearsSécate ese llanto
You must be happy.Hay que estar alegre.
Look at me and learn.Mírame y aprende.
Don't love me so much.No me quieras tanto.

I would be capable of anything in the worldDe todo lo del mundo sería capaz
If the love you had for meCon tal que el cariño que tú me tuviste
Would start again.Volviera a empezar.
For the love of everything,Por lo que más quieras,
Dry these tears for me.Sécame esta llanto.
I curse the moment I told you:Maldigo la hora que yo a ti te dije:
Don't love me so much!¡No me quieras tanto!