1-2-3 Lyrics in English by Café Tacvba

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song 1-2-3 by Café Tacvba from Spanish to English.

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Jei Beibi

I love you like this

Please don't lose your head

Sorry, I have to say

Please don't disappear

How do I ask you not to be one more

Of the stories that are told daily

I don't want you to be just another number

How it is possible that someone can and wants to desire it

One, two three, count them well

And if you continue you may reach forty-three

Don't miss, I want to kiss you

Where are you going, where are you going, where are you going?

Jei Beibi

No fighting

Please

We must not hurt ourselves

This dance must be enjoyed

Moving the body until exhausted

I don't want one day to end

Wherever you go I want to accompany you

I don't ask you not to go there

I'm going with you no matter what

One, two three, tell it like this

And if you continue you may reach more than a hundred thousand

Don't miss, I want to kiss you

Where are you, where are you, where are you?

I'm counting stars when I remember

Together we will arrive, do not leave me behind

Love will always win, it will always win

Love will always win

One, two three, count them well

And if you continue you may reach forty-three

But it is not fair to stop there, because they are more

Many more, many more

One, two three, tell it like this

And if you continue you may reach more than a hundred thousand

If you think about it a little you will say

How many more, how many more, how many more?

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Café Tacvba's "1-2-3" feels like a sweet, slightly anxious plea to a new love to stick around. The singer is totally smitten, telling this person, "Jei Beibi, Te quiero así" [Hey Baby, I love you like this] and begging them not to disappear or lose their head. He's worried this connection might just be another fleeting story, asking, "Cómo te pido que no seas una más / De las historias que se cuentan a diario" [How do I ask you not to be just another / Of the stories told daily].

It's a song about wanting to make a good thing last, even while acknowledging the overwhelming number of other possibilities out there. The counting in the chorus, "Un, dos tres, cuéntalos bien" [One, two three, count them well], seems to refer to all the other people or experiences, but the singer just wants to keep dancing and enjoying the moment, saying, "De este baile hay que gozar" [We have to enjoy this dance]. He's ready to go wherever this person goes, declaring, "Yo voy contigo pase lo que pase" [I'll go with you no matter what happens], believing that "El amor siempre ganará" [Love will always win].

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