Naila

Naila

Naila

And I took her to the riverY yo que me la lleve al río
Thinking she was a single girlCreyendo que era mozuela
But she had a husbandPero tenía marido
It was a night in SantiagoEra una noche de santiago
And almost out of obligationY casi por compromiso
The streetlights came onSe encendieron las farolas
And the crickets went silentY se apagaron los grillos
The light of understandingLa luz del entendimiento
Makes me more restrainedMe hace ser más comedido
And I don’t want to say as a manY no quiero decir por hombre
The things she told meLas cosas que ella me dijo
Because having a husbandPorque teniendo marido
She said she was singleMe dijo que era mozuela
When I took her to the riverCuando la llevaba al río

It was a moonlit night, Naila cried in front of meEra una noche de Luna, Naila lloraba ante mi
She told me tenderly, that she loved me madlyElla me dijo con ternura, que me amaba con locura
I asked her why she was cryingYo le pregunte por que lloraba
And she answered me like thisY ella me contesto así

My caresses aren’t good anymoreYa mis caricias no son buenas
I’m not Naila for you anymoreYa no soy Naila para ti
I’ve given myself to another manYa me entregue con otro hombre
I’m not Naila for you anymoreYa no soy Naila para ti

Naila, tell me why you’re leaving meNaila di por que me abandonas
Fool, you know I love youTonta si bien sabes que te quiero
Come back to me, don’t look for other pathsVuelve a mi ya no busques otros senderos
I forgive you because without your loveTe perdono por que sin tu amor
My heart breaksSe me parte el corazón

'I heard it yesterday from the sharp-tongued'Me lo contaron ayer las lenguas de doble filo
That you got married a month agoQue te casaste hace un mes
And I stayed so calmY me quede tan tranquilo
Anyone else in my place would have criedOtro cualquiera en mi caso se hubiese puesto a llorar
But I crossed my arms and said, said I didn’t careYo cruzandome de brazos, dije, dije que me daba igual
No shooting myself, no cursing youNada de pegarme un tiro, ni acosarte maldiciones
No 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 a hundred years happyVive cien años contenta
And when you die, GodY que a la hora de tu muerte Dios
Don’t hold it against youNi te lo tome a cuenta
That if at the altar, you forgot my nameQue si al pie de los altares, mi nombre se te olvido
For the glory of my mother, I hold no grudgePor la gloria de mi madre que no te guardo rencor
But since your boyfriend is rich, I sell you this prophecyMás como tu novio es rico te vendo esta profesia
In the early morning, you’ll dream you were mineAllá por la madrugada soñaras que fuiste mía
And you’ll remember the afternoon my lips kissed youY recordaras la tarde que mi boca te beso
And you’ll wake up crying and call yourself a cowardY despertaras llorando y te llamaras cobarde
Coward, just like I’m telling you, because that oneCobarde como te lo digo yo, por que aquel
That one who was neither your boyfriend, nor your husband, nor your loverAquel que no fue ni tu novio, ni tu marido, ni tu amante
Has been the one who loved you the most and with thatHa sido quien más te ha querido y con eso
With that, I have enoughCon eso tengo bastante
And I don’t ask heaven to send you more punishmentY no le pido yo al cielo que te mande más castigo
Than to be sleeping with another and dreaming of meQue estes durmiendo con otro y estés soñando commigo

Naila, tell me why you’re leaving meNaila di por que me abandonas
Fool, you know I love youTonta si bien sabes que te quiero
Come back to me, don’t look for other pathsVuelve a mi ya no busques otros senderos
I forgive you because without your loveTe perdono por que sin tu amor
My heart breaksSe me parte el corazón