A Nadie
Qué cosa es el amor
Medio pariente del dolor
Que a ti y a mí no nos tocó
Que no ha sabido, ni ha querido, ni ha podido
Por eso no estás conmigo
Porque no nos conocemos
Y tampoco nos queremos
Porque nunca te he mirado
Ni despiertas a mi lado
Porque no sé si te gustan
Como a mí las milanesas
Porque no sé dónde vives
Ni con qué las aderezas
Porque puede que te falte
Entusiasmo antagonista
Porque puede que te sobre
Moralina y seas panista
Qué cosa es el amor
Medio pariente del dolor
Que a ti y a mí no nos tocó
Que no ha sabido, ni ha querido, ni ha podido
Por eso no estás conmigo
Porque no nos conocimos
Y en el tiempo que perdimos
Cada quien vivió su parte
Pero cada quien aparte
Porque no puede apagarse
Lo que nunca se ha encendido
Porque no puede ser sano
Lo que nunca se ha podrido
Porque nunca entenderías
Mis cansancios, mis manías
Porque a ti te dio lo mismo
Que cayera en el abismo
Este amor que despreciaste
Porque nunca me buscaste
Donde yo no hubiera estado
Ni me hubiera enamorado
Qué cosa es el amor
Medio pariente del dolor
Que a ti y a mí no nos tocó
Que no ha sabido, ni ha querido, ni ha podido
Por eso no estás conmigo
Por eso no estoy contigo
To Nobody
What is love
A distant cousin of pain
That neither you nor I experienced
That has not known, nor wanted, nor been able to
That's why you're not with me
Because we don't know each other
And we don't love each other
Because I've never looked at you
Nor wake up by your side
Because I don't know if you like
Milanesas like I do
Because I don't know where you live
Or how you season them
Because you may lack
Antagonistic enthusiasm
Because you may have too much
Moralizing and be a conservative
What is love
A distant cousin of pain
That neither you nor I experienced
That has not known, nor wanted, nor been able to
That's why you're not with me
Because we didn't meet
And in the time we lost
Each one lived their part
But each one separately
Because what has never ignited
Cannot be extinguished
Because what has never rotted
Cannot be healthy
Because you would never understand
My tiredness, my quirks
Because you didn't care
If I fell into the abyss
This love you despised
Because you never looked for me
Where I wouldn't have been
Or wouldn't have fallen in love
What is love
A distant cousin of pain
That neither you nor I experienced
That has not known, nor wanted, nor been able to
That's why you're not with me
That's why I'm not with you