Su Menester

Ricardo Arjona
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Amo el síntoma de vida que es buscar

I love the symptom of life that is to seek

Porque muerte es igual que conformarse

Because death is the same as settling

Lo inestable me ha llevado a improvisar

The unstable has led me to improvise

Y lo estable siempre vuelve a establecerse

And the stable always returns to establish itself


Amo el amor del marinero

I love the love of the sailor

Ese que besa y se va

The one who kisses and leaves

Amo esos besos guerrilleros

I love those guerrilla kisses

Aunque traigan soledad

Even if they bring loneliness


Amo el riesgo que me agita

I love the risk that stirs me

Cuando juego al escondite

When I play hide and seek

Amo lo que quieras darme

I love whatever you want to give me

Aunque sea la mitad

Even if it's only half


Y mientras saco lo que digo

And while I put into words what I say

O al cajón de los olvidos

Or into the drawer of forgetfulness

Si es así su menester

If that's its purpose

Quizás hablo por herido

Maybe I speak out of wounded

Y eso me hace un enemigo

And that makes me an enemy

Si así usted lo quiere ver

If that's how you want to see it


La infidelidad querido amigo

Infidelity, dear friend

Nunca va a ser otra cosa

Will never be anything else

Que serle fiel a los sentidos

Than being faithful to the senses


Leo el texto que gravita en reuniones

I read the text that gravitates in gatherings

Persignados con talentos de faquilla

Signaled with talents of trickery

Amparos en las letras de canciones

Sheltered in the lyrics of songs

Que aniquilan tantas ganas de huir

That annihilate so many desires to flee


De miradas que se buscan

Of glances that seek each other

Para robarse una aventura

To steal an adventure

Veo parejas que no ajustan

I see couples that don't fit

Y se tragan la tortura

And swallow the torture


Quien esta para penitente

He who is there for penance

Ve un fiscal en el espejo

Sees a prosecutor in the mirror

Quien olvido lo que siente

He who forgot what he feels

Se olvida que va para viejo

Forgets that he is getting old


Y mientras saco lo que digo

And while I put into words what I say

O al cajón de los olvidos

Or into the drawer of forgetfulness

Si es así su menester

If that's its purpose

Quizás hablo por herido

Maybe I speak out of wounded

Y eso me hace un enemigo

And that makes me an enemy

Si así usted lo quiere ver

If that's how you want to see it


La infidelidad querido amigo

Infidelity, dear friend

Nunca va a ser otra cosa

Will never be anything else

Que serle fiel a los sentidos

Than being faithful to the senses

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Lima, Perú July 14, 2024
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