"Estoy Aquí" by Shakira, English translation of lyrics

[cairaguas]

"I Am Here"
Album: Piez Descalzos (Bare Feet), 1995
Style: Rock, brunette Shakira, nostalgia about a past love with touches of obsession and sadness
Country: Colombia

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Translation:

Ya sé que no vendrás.
Todo lo que fue,
El tiempo lo dejo atras.I already know you won't come

Comments

Sorry it's such a long question!

[anonymous]

I have four questions:
First,
Mil años no me alcanzaran
Para borrarte y olvidar.
Wouldn't it be alcanzarán?
Second,
Mil años pueden alcanzar
Para que pueda perdonar.
Why does she sing pueda perdonar? Is it because she might forgive and might not?
Third,
Las cartas que escribi
Nunca las envie.
No querrás saber de mí.
Is it envíe or envié, because you translated it as I never sent them but in the song it sounds like the empthasis is on the last letter, so it would be envié and should be I won't send them. I'm really confused about that so can you explain why its I never sent them, please?
Fourth,
Are you from Spain? Because I have a question about their pronunciation...

Re: Sorry it's such a long question!

[cairaguas]

Mil años no me alcanzaran ... Wouldn't it be alcanzarán?

Yes! Thanks!

Why does she sing pueda perdonar? Is it because she might forgive and might not?

I think maybe it is because he left her and she is not sure if she forgives him? I am not sure.

Is it envíe or envié

It's envié (simple past tense, "sent" in English). I missed the accent again. This was one of my old translations and when I started out, I didn't pay much attention to fixing the accents that the lyrics websites left out. Thanks for your sharp eye. I added a lot of the accents before I re-posted here, but I still missed a few.

Are you from Spain? Because I have a question about their pronunciation...

I am Mexican-American, so I don't think I can help you much there. You could try linguaphiles or WordReference forums. Those places are both good sources of information. If you want to ask the general public, Yahoo! Answers in Spanish could work, too. If it's a simple questions, the English Yahoo! Answers might work, too.