Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La colegiala by Carlos Vives from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
No puedo comprenderte
I can't understand you
Si es que me quieres
If you love me
O me desprecias
Or you despise me
Porque extrañablemente
Because strangely
He sentido cosas
I've felt things
En ti, mujer
In you, woman
No quieres que yo vaya
You don't want me to go
Y le hable a tu padre
And talk to your father
Porque te aprietan
Because they squeeze you
Porque ellos tienen plata
Because they have money
Y yo simplemente
And I just
Soy un chofer
I am a chauffeur
Entonces por qué mujer
So why woman
Te enamoraste de mí
You fell in love with me
Sabiendo que este chofer
Knowing that this chauffeur
No puede hacerte feliz
Can't make you happy
No niego que soy pobre
I do not deny that I am poor
Y que sólo vivo
And that I only live
De mi trabajo
From my work
No tengo esa belleza
I don't have that beauty
Ni esa riqueza
Nor that wealth
Que tiene usted
What do you have?
Sé que eres colegiala
I know you're a schoolgirl
De buen plantel
Good squad
De bachillerato
High school
Pero de nada vale
But it's worthless.
Tu educación
Your education
Ante mi honradez
Before my honesty
Entonces por qué mujer
So why woman
Te enamoraste de mí
You fell in love with me
Sabiendo que este chofer
Knowing that this chauffeur
No puede hacerte feliz
Can't make you happy
Mejor anda con cuidado
Better tread carefully
O apártate de mi lado
Or get away from my side
Entonces por qué mujer
So why woman
Te enamoraste de mí
You fell in love with me
Sabiendo que este chofer
Knowing that this chauffeur
No puede hacerte feliz
Can't make you happy
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