Hazaña translates to "feat" or "heroic deed", a word used to describe a great and brave accomplishment.
In this song, Shakira uses it with beautiful exaggeration. She sings that for her, "cada cosita que haces / A mí me parece una hazaña" (every little thing you do / seems like a feat to me). This poetic use shows how her infatuation makes even the most mundane actions of her lover seem monumental and extraordinary.
This song is all about being completely, totally, head-over-heels obsessed with someone. Shakira isn't just in love; she's hooked. She lists all the tiny, specific things about this person that drive her crazy, from their "ojos marrones / Esa veta verdosa" [brown eyes with that greenish streak] to their "cara de niño / Y esa risa nerviosa" [childlike face and that nervous laugh]. It's a full-on sensory overload where even their perfume or the water they bathe in seems magical. She feels like she's been swept away by a current, admitting, "Ahora sí me llevó la corriente" [Now the current has taken me].
But here's the twist: this intense feeling seems to be a one-way street. She can't function like a normal person anymore. "Ya no puedo dormir ni comer / Como lo hace la gente decente" [I can no longer sleep or eat like decent people do]. The object of her affection, meanwhile, seems to remember nothing. She complains that they have the memory of a fish, "tú en cambio que tienes memoria de pez / No te acuerdas de nada" [you, on the other hand, who has the memory of a fish / you don't remember anything]. So when she sings "Baby I'm addicted to you / Quiero que te dejes querer" [Baby I'm addicted to you / I want you to let yourself be loved], it's both a declaration and a plea.
Shakira signed to Sony Music Colombia at thirteen, and her debut album Magia sold about 1,200 copies in Colombia. Born in Barranquilla in 1977 to a family of Lebanese, Catalan and Colombian descent, she was belly dancing by four, after hearing Arabic drumming at a Middle Eastern restaurant near home, and she has written or co-written most of what she records.
The breakthrough came with Pies Descalzos (1995) and its single "Estoy Aquí", and ¿Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998) followed with "Ciega, Sordomuda" and "Ojos Así". She moved into English on Laundry Service (2001), whose "Whenever, Wherever" was released in Spanish as "Suerte", then topped the US Hot 100 in 2006 with "Hips Don’t Lie", featuring Wyclef Jean. "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)", recorded with the South African band Freshlyground, was the official song of the 2010 World Cup. Her 2023 session with Argentine producer Bizarrap won Latin Grammy Song of the Year, and Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran took Best Latin Pop Album at the 2025 Grammys, her fourth Grammy next to fifteen Latin Grammys.