Translation of the song Te Amo artist Pablo Neruda
Te Amo
I love you
Te amo,
I love you,
te amo de una manera inexplicable,
I love you in an inexplicable manner,
de una forma inconfesable,
in an inconfessable form,
de un modo contradictorio.
in a contradictory way.
Te amo
I love you
con mis estados de ánimo que son muchos,
with my states of mind that are many
y cambian de humor continuamente.
and change their moods continuously
por lo que ya sabes,
for what I already know,
el tiempo, la vida, la muerte.
the weather, life, death.
Te amo…
I love you...
con el mundo que no entiendo,
with the world I can't make out,
con la gente que no comprende,
with the people I can't understand,
con la ambivalencia de mi alma,
with the ambivalence of my soul,
con la incoherencia de mis actos,
with the inconsistency of my actions
con la fatalidad del destino,
with the doom of destiny,
con la conspiración del deseo,
with the conspiracy of desire,
con la ambigüedad de los hechos.
with the ambiguity of what happens.
Aún cuando te digo que no te amo, te amo,
Even when I tell you I don't love you, I love you,
hasta cuando te engaño, no te engaño,
until I cheat you, I won't cheat you,
en el fondo, llevo a cabo un plan,
basically, I'm making a plan
para amarte mejor.
to love you better.
Te amo…
I love you,
sin reflexionar, inconscientemente,
without thinking about it, unconsciously,
irresponsablemente, espontáneamente,
irresponsibly, spontaneously,
involuntariamente, por instinto,
unintentionally, instinctually,
por impulso, irracionalmente.
impulsively, irrationally.
En efecto no tengo argumentos lógicos,
As a matter of fact I have no logical reasons,
ni siquiera improvisados
nor made up ones either
para fundamentar este amor que siento por ti,
on which to base this love I feel for you,
que surgió misteriosamente de la nada,
which arose misteriously from nothing
que no ha resuelto mágicamente nada,
and which has not turned magically into anything,
y que milagrosamente, de a poco, con poco y nada
and miraculously, from very little, with not much and nothing,
ha mejorado lo peor de mí.
has improved the worst of me.
Te amo,
I love you,
te amo con un cuerpo que no piensa,
I love you with a body that doesn't think,
con un corazón que no razona,
with a heart that doesn't reason,
con una cabeza que no coordina.
with a head that doesn't think straight.
Te amo
I love you,
incomprensiblemente,
incomprehensably,
sin preguntarme por qué te amo,
without asking myself why I love you,
sin importarme por qué te amo,
without it mattering to me why I love you,
sin cuestionarme por qué te amo.
without questioning me on why I love you.
Te amo
I love you
sencillamente porque te amo,
simply because I love you
yo mismo no sé por qué te amo…
and myself I don't know why I love you.