Loca Por Ti Lyrics in English by Shakira
Brindar means 'to toast', as in raising a glass to celebrate or honor someone. It's a word deeply connected to celebrations and social gatherings.
In this song, Shakira uses this typically joyful word in a heartbreaking way. She sings "no me iré / Sin antes brindar a tu salud" (I won't leave / without first toasting to your health), highlighting her loneliness as she raises a glass to a love that's gone. This poignant contrast makes it a beautiful and memorable word to learn.
Have you ever missed someone so much it felt a little crazy? That's exactly where this song from Colombian superstar Shakira takes us. She sets a scene of intense, almost permanent love with the line, "En la arena escribí / Lo que te llego amar / Y aún no lo borra / Ni la sal de el mar" (I wrote in the sand / how much I love you / and not even the salt of the sea has erased it yet). But this isn't a happy love song. The singer is alone, sitting in a bar, and choosing to stay lost in her memories.
She admits she wants to keep dreaming, telling her absent lover, "Aún quiero seguir loca por ti" (I still want to continue being crazy for you). She's so deep in her feelings that she's imagining his body against the moonlight and drinking toasts to him all by herself. It's a sad, romantic, and very dramatic picture of someone who would rather stay "ebria y soñando" (drunk and dreaming) than face the reality that the person she loves is gone.
