Antología [English translation]

To love you I need a reason

and its difficult to believe

that there exists nothing more than this love

above all, inside this heart

despite that they say

that the years are wise

still the pain is felt

Because all the time spent next to you

left your thread woven deep within me

And I learned to snatch from time the seconds

you made me see heaven so profound

Together with you I believe I gained three kilos

with all your sweet delivered kisses

You heightened my sense of smell and

because of you I learned to love cats

You removed the cement from my shoes

so the two of us could fly awhile

But you forgot one final instruction

it is that not even I know how to live without your love

And I discovered the significance of a rose

you taught me to tell white lies

to be able to see you at inappropriate hours

and to replace words with gazes

and because of you I wrote more than one hundred songs

I even forgave your mistakes

and I came to know more than a thousand ways to kiss

and because of you I discovered what love is

what love is…………..

• Artist:Shakira
• Album:Pies descalzos (1995)