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Description
A breakup to the rhythm of cumbia is when bitterness is served up with loud trumpets and a cheerful beat, so you can dance through the pain. The words are categorical: ‘don't call, don't wait, don't touch’ - as if seals were being placed on the doors of the past. But the music does its job: instead of tragedy, we get a festive expulsion from the heart, with lights, claps and light sarcasm.
In this story, there is no room for return - not with hands, not with words, not even in thoughts. And this makes it especially pleasant: even pain here turns into a round dance of joy, where each step is not about loss, but about liberation.
Lyrics and translation
Original
Los Ángeles Azules.
Lucía y Yami Safdie.
Sé que te va a doler.
Pa' qué te digo que no, mi amor, claro que te va a doler.
Porque el que más te quería en la vida lo acabas de perder.
Dicen que siempre llega alguien mejor, pero en este caso hay una excepción. Y es que tu ex soy yo.
Si sabes contar, ya no cuentes conmigo.
Tú nunca me podrás olvidar, de una vez te lo digo.
Si sabes contar, no cuentes con mis besos.
Este amor para ti se acabó, no me hables de un regreso.
Si sabes contar, -no cuentes con mis manos.
-Que ya no te vuelven a tocar, porque ya no te amo.
Mi amor, dicen que uno siempre vuelve donde fue feliz y por eso yo no volví.
Sé que te va a doler.
Pa' qué te digo que no, mi amor, claro que te va a doler.
Porque la que más te quería en la vida la acabas de perder.
Dicen que siempre llega alguien mejor, pero en este caso hay una excepción.
Y es que tu ex soy yo.
Si sabes contar, ya no cuentes conmigo.
Tú nunca me podrás olvidar, de una vez te lo digo.
Si sabes contar, no cuentes con mis besos.
Este amor para ti se acabó, no me hables de un regreso.
Si sabes contar, no cuentes con mis manos.
Que ya no te vuelven a tocar, porque ya no te amo.
De Iztapalapa para la Argentina.
Cumbia para el mundo.
English translation
The Blue Angels.
Lucia and Yami Safdie.
I know it's going to hurt you.
Why should I tell you no, my love, of course it's going to hurt you.
Because the one who loved you most in life you just lost.
They say that someone better always comes along, but in this case there is an exception. And your ex is me.
If you know how to count, don't count on me anymore.
You can never forget me, I tell you once and for all.
If you know how to count, don't count on my kisses.
This love is over for you, don't talk to me about a return.
If you know how to count, -don't count with my hands.
-They won't touch you again, because I don't love you anymore.
My love, they say that you always return to where you were happy and that's why I didn't go back.
I know it's going to hurt you.
Why should I tell you no, my love, of course it's going to hurt you.
Because the one who loved you most in life you just lost.
They say that someone better always comes along, but in this case there is an exception.
And your ex is me.
If you know how to count, don't count on me anymore.
You can never forget me, I tell you once and for all.
If you know how to count, don't count on my kisses.
This love is over for you, don't talk to me about a return.
If you know how to count, don't count on my hands.
That they won't touch you again, because I don't love you anymore.
From Iztapalapa to Argentina.
Cumbia for the world.