Estoy Aquí Lyrics in English Shakira

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Estoy Aquí by Shakira from Spanish to English.
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Verse 1
I already know that you won't come
Everything that was
The time left it behind
I know that you won't come back
What happened between us
Will never repeat
A thousand years won't achieve
Or: A thousand years won't be enough (to erase you and forget)
To erase you and forget
Prechorus 1
And now I'm here wanting to convert
The fields into a city
Mixing the sky with the sea
I know that I let you escape
I know that I lost you
Nothing could be the same
Or: Nothing will ever be the same
A thousand years can achieve
Or: A thousand years may be enough
For you to forgive
Or: For you to be able to forgive
Chorus 1
I'm here wanting you
Drowning between photos and notebooks, between things and memories
That I can't understand
I'm going crazy
Exchanging a foot for my face
Tonight for the day, and what?
Nothing I can do
Or: I can't do anything about it
Verse 2
The letters that I wrote
I never sent
You won't want to know about me
Or: You won't want to hear from me
I can't understand
The fool that I was
Or: How stupid I was
It's a matter of time and faith
A thousand years with another thousand more
They're enough to love
Chorus 2
I'm here wanting you
Drowning between photos and notebooks, between things and memories
That I can't understand
I'm going crazy
Exchanging a foot for my face
Tonight for the day, and what?
I'm here wanting you
Drowning between photos and notebooks, between things and memories
I'm going crazy
Exchanging a foot for my face
Tonight for the day, and what?
If you still think of me
You know that I continue waiting for you
Or: You know I'm still waiting for you
Chorus 3
I'm here wanting you
Drowning between photos and notebooks, between things and memories
I'm going crazy
Exchanging a foot for my face
Tonight for the day, and what?
I'm here wanting you
Drowning between photos and notebooks, between things and memories
I'm going crazy
Exchanging a foot for my face
Tonight for the day, and what?
I'm here wanting you
I'm going crazy
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Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
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SONG MEANING

Shakira’s Estoy Aquí is a vibrant pop-rock confessional where heartbreak dances with hope. Sung by the then-rising Colombian star, the lyrics picture someone lost among photos, notebooks, and unsent letters, trying to accept that a love is gone for good while still, impossibly, waiting. Every driving guitar chord matches her racing thoughts as she admits, “I know you won’t come back,” yet stubbornly stays in the same place — here — loving all the same.

Beneath the catchy chorus, the song explores a tug-of-war between remorse and determination. Shakira owns her mistake (“I let you slip away”) but refuses to let memories fade, insisting that even a thousand years could never erase you. She imagines fantastical feats — turning fields into city streets, mixing sky with sea — just to prove how far a broken heart will go to rewrite the past. The result is an energising breakup anthem that wraps bittersweet Spanish lyrics in upbeat rock, teaching new words for longing, regret, and the stubborn belief that time and faith might still lead to forgiveness.

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