De qué sirve [English translation]

I was calm

here thinking about you

half-distracted

until I saw you

in the photo with the girl

according to you was a friend

at the party where you said

there were only men

and I believed you

that's why I didn't go

what twists life gives you

what I discovered

Look, things

are what they are

Chorus: What good is it if you have

beautiful eyes

if you don't see this beauty

that you've lost in front of you

What good is it if you have

such sweet lips

if your kisses are bitter

they were wasted on lying

what good is it if you have

a pretty face

if in the end you always screw it up

when you leave without me

what good is it all

if you're good for nothing

You went from a hundred to zero

like a lightning bolt in a rainstorm

you always came first

but you tossed me to the ground

You wished I didn't realize

the game has gone bad

don't come back and don't ask me for anything

as for me, you can go to he- he- he-1

Hold it right there

Let's leave it like that

You'd better get away from here

I don't want anything from you

Chorus 1x

1. Paulina nearly says "te vas a la fregada" but instead says "Frénate ahí" (stop right there). The phrase is itself a euphemism for the much more vulgar "te vas a la chingada" (something like "go fuck yourself"). So "go screw yourself" might be another similar expression in English for "te vas a la fregada", but I translated it as "go to hell" to preserve the switch to an innocent expression. Cursing is usually tricky to translate, and it's usually better to match the level of intensity rather than the actual meaning of the words. In this case, "fregar" also has the perfectly innocent meaning "to scrub."

• Artist:Paulina Rubio