Te Necesito [English translation]

Maybe it is the everyday rain

that has overcome its level,

music doesn't have the

effect it used to.

Maybe I have lived so much

in such short, short time,

that I don't even know what language do I speak anymore,

or what do I got to do

with all this.1

I feel like I don't have the strength

to jump and touch the sun,

it doesn't matter how much I try,

I can't even hear my own voice.

I don't even know if I've lived 10,000 days

or the same day 10,000 times.

And I add you to my story,

wishing to turn the losses

into proceeds.

I need you, I need you, my love.

Wherever you are,

I need your warmth.

I need you, I need you, my love.

Because you're a part of me,

I need you here,

'cause I don't know how to live without you.

I haven't learned it yet.

So I'm lost

like a needle in a haystack,

like if i was walking over quicksand

I sink

in my solitude.

I don't even know if I've lived 10,000 days

or the same day 10,000 times.

And I add you to my story,

wishing to turn the losses

into proceeds.

I need you, I need you, my love.

Wherever you are,

I need your warmth.

I need you, I need you, my love.

Because you're a part of me,

I need you here,

'cause I don't know how to live without you.

I haven't learned it yet.

1. "Qué velas cargo dentro de este entierro" translates literally as "what candle do I carry in this funeral". Not knowing what candle do you carry in a funeral is an idiom meaning not knowing what one's got to do with something.

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