SABOR A MÍ (A TASTE OF ME)

Lyrics and music by Alvaro Carrillo
Translated by Coby Lubliner

Tanto tiempo disfrutamos este amor,
nuestras almas se acercaron tanto así,
que yo guardo tu sabor,
pero tu llevas también sabor a mí.

Si negaras mi presencia en tu vivir,
bastaría con abrazarte y conversar,
tanta vida yo te di,
que por fuerza tienes ya sabor a mí.

No pretendo ser tu dueño,
no soy nada, yo no tengo vanidad;
de mi vida doy lo bueno,
yo tan pobre, ¿qué otra cosa puedo dar?

Pasarán más de mil años, muchos más,
yo no sé si tenga amor la eternidad,
pero allá tal como aquí
en la boca llevarás sabor a mí.

 

For so long we managed to enjoy our love,
And our souls were in such perfect harmony,
That it’s you that I taste of,
But you also have on you a taste of me.

If you say my part in your life isn’t true,
Just some words and an embrace will make you see:
So much life I gave to you
That you must already have a taste of me.

I don’t claim to be your master,
I’m not vain, I hardly have enough to live.
In my life I give my best, dear,
I’m so poor that I don’t know what else to give.

Yes, a thousand years will pass, and many more.
I don’t know what the hereafter has in store,
But for all eternity
In your mouth there’ll always be a taste of me.

Translation © 2004 by Jacob Lubliner

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