Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ni Tú Ni Yo by Ricardo Arjona from Spanish to English.
Lo nuestro pa empezar no es de novela
What we have, to start, isn't a soap opera
Ni de Romeos muriendo por Julietas
Nor of Romeos dying for Juliets
Ni haremos de Love Story la secuela
Nor will we make Love Story the sequel
Ni somos de este circo marionetas
Nor are we puppets of this circus
Lo nuestro tiene un poco de desquite
What we have has a bit of payback
Y no comparte fines de semana
And doesn't share weekends
Lo nuestro se cocina en escondite
What we have cooks in hiding
Y se sirve de a dos sobre la cama
And is served for two on the bed
Por hoy déjame ser tu hombre perfecto
For today let me be your perfect man
Mientras que te aparece el indicado
While the right one shows up for you
Para casarte busca un arquitecto
To marry, look for an architect
Para hacer el amor un desalmado
To make love, a heartless man
Lo nuestro no pregunta por futuros
What we have doesn't ask about futures
Jamás llegue o me fui con equipaje
I never arrived or left with luggage
Lo nuestro se sustenta en lo inseguro
What we have rests on the uncertain
Y no se ampara en celos ni chantajes
And isn't backed by jealousy or blackmail
Ni tu ni yo, ni yo ni tu
Neither you nor I, nor I nor you
Queremos que se contamine
Want it to get contaminated
Este amor que sin permiso
This love that without permission
Durara hasta que termine
Will last until it ends
Ni tu ni yo
Neither you nor I
Estamos pa' los modales
Are in for the manners
Que requiere el protocolo
That protocol requires
De las páginas sociales
Of the society pages
Ni tu ni yo, ni yo ni tu
Neither you nor I, nor I nor you
(Me esta oyendo inútil?
(Are you listening, loser?
Este amor durara hasta que tu quieras)
This love will last until you want it to)
Lo nuestro es por salvaje verdadero
What we have is truly wild
Y no se ampara en códigos morales
And doesn't lean on moral codes
Lo nuestro es clandestino y tan sincero
What we have is clandestine and so sincere
Que no precisa abrir mas sucursales
That it doesn't need to open more branches
Jamas te amenacé ojo por ojo
I never threatened you eye for an eye
Ni hago chantajes con lo que dijiste
Nor do I blackmail you with what you said
Reinventas Kamasutras a tu antojo
You reinvent Kamasutras at your whim
Y nunca pregunté donde aprendiste
And I never asked where you learned
Ni tu ni yo, ni yo ni tu
Neither you nor I, nor I nor you
Queremos que se contamine
Want it to get contaminated
Este amor que sin permiso
This love that without permission
Durara hasta que termine
Will last until it ends
Ni tu ni yo
Neither you nor I
Estamos pa' los modales
Are in for the manners
Que requiere el protocolo
That protocol requires
De las páginas sociales
Of the society pages
Ni tu ni yo, ni yo ni tu
Neither you nor I, nor I nor you
Ni tu estas pa' jardín con sube y baja
Nor are you for a garden with a see-saw
Ni yo pa' barbecues ni domingadas
Nor am I for barbecues or Sunday stuff
Aquí cada quien va para su casa
Here each one goes to their own house
Y no se anda con tanta tarugada
And doesn't go around with that much nonsense
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