Addicted To You Lyrics in English by Shakira

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Addicted To You by Shakira from Spanish to English.

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Verse 1

It must be the perfume you wear

Or the water you bathe in

But every little thing you do

To me, it seems like a feat

Or: To me seems amazing

You kissed me that night

As if it were the only day your mouth would ever have

'Cual si fuera' = 'As if it were'. 'Cual si fuera' and 'como si fuera' are interchangeable, with the former being more poetic and the latter being more common

Every time I remember

I feel in my chest the weight of a rock

Prechorus 1

It's your brown eyes

That greenish streak

A 'veta' is a line or stripe/band that is distinguished from the rest of the material by its color or other characteristic. In this case: 'a greenish line in the brown eyes'

It's your boyish face

Or: It's your childlike face / baby face

And that nervous laugh

Chorus 1

Because your skin is an addiction

This sentence is poetic, normally it would be: Porque tu piel es un vicio

Chorus 1

I want you to let yourself be loved

Chorus 1

Because your skin is an addiction

Chorus 1

I want you to let yourself be loved

Verse 2

For the pure pleasure of floating

Now the current has truly swept me away

Or: Now the current has finally taken me away

I can't sleep or eat anymore

Like decent people do

Or: How normal people do

Your memory has remained like this

Like a brooch pinned to my pillow

And you, on the other hand, have the memory of a goldfish

Or: And you, on the other hand, have the memory of a fish

You don't remember anything

Prechorus 2

It's your manly hands

Or: It's you manly hands

And the scent of your back

What has no name

Or: What has no name

Your gaze made it happen

Or: Your eyes accomplished / It was achieved by your gaze

Chorus 2

Because your skin is an addiction

Chorus 2

I want you to let yourself be loved

Chorus 2

Because your skin is an addiction

Chorus 2

I want you to let yourself be loved

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Armando Christian Perez, Edward E Bello, John Graham Hill, Luis Ochoa, Shakira Isabel Mebarak

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hazaña — feat / heroic deed

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.

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