PORQUE LA QUERÍA (JUST BECAUSE HE LOVED HER)

Lyrics and music by Joan Manuel Serrat
Translation by Coby Lubliner

Porque la quería no quiso papeles ni hacer proyectos con vistas al futuro. No confiaba en él y quiso estar seguro, que cotidianamente tendría que ganarla con el sudor de su frente. Porque la quería no quiso con ella hacer un nido en donde abandonarse. No confiaba en él y quiso asegurarse. Porque la quería, por no despertarla dejó de dirigirle la palabra. No confiaba en él ni se atrevió a cambiarla, y puso en pie de guerra su buena fe y sus sentidos por llegar a conocerla. Porque la quería se fue para siempre, quiso poner a salvo aquella imagen. No confió en ella y quiso asegurarse.

Just because he loved her He wanted no papers Or long-range plans that might test their love’s endurance. Didn’t trust himself And wanted the assurance That he would have to win her Each day by working hard for Every breakfast and dinner. Just because he loved her He never would join her In planning for a love nest safe for flirting. Didn’t trust himself And wanted to be certain. Just because he loved her, So as not to wake her, He stopped addressing her, as though a stranger. Didn’t trust himself Nor did he dare to change her, And made a state of war Between his good faith and his senses So that he would get to know her. Just because he loved her He left her forever, He wished that image left behind a curtain. Didn’t trust her either, And wanted to be certain.

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