Translation of Quisiera amarte menos, Chavela Vargas from Spanish to English

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Translation Quisiera amarte menos (Chavela Vargas) from Spanish to English

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Quisiera amarte menos

I should like to love you less

Primavera de mis veinte años

Springtime when I was twenty,

Relicario de mi juventud

a shrine to my youth,

Un cariño feliz yo soñaba

I used to dream of a happy love

Y estoy sola con mi esclavitud

And I'm alone with my servitude

Quisiera amarte menos

I should like to love you less,

No verte más quisiera

not to see you any more. I'd like

Salvarme de esta hoguera

to escape from this blaze

Que no puedo resistir

which I can't resist.

Es por el este cariño

It's cruel1, this affection

Que no me da descanso

which gives me no rest,

Sin tí la paz no alcanzo

without you I can't get peace2

Y lejos no sé vivir

and I don't know how to live far from you.

Quisiera amarte menos

I should like to love you less

Porque esta ya no es vida

because this isn't life any more,

Mi vida está perdida

my life is wasted

De tanto quererte

through loving you so much.

No sé si necesito

I don't know whether I need

Tenerte o perderte

to have you or lose you.

Yo sé que te he querido

I know that I've loved you

Más de lo que he podido

more than I can handle.

Quisiera amarte menos

I'd like to love you less,

Buscando el olvido

seeking to forget

Y en vez de amarte menos

and instead of loving you less

Te quiero mucho más

I love you much more.

Entre dos que se quieren de veras

Between two who love each-other truly

El cariño distinto ha de ser

the love has to be different

Mientras una da entera su vida

while one gives her whole life

Otro solo se deja querer

the other just lets himself be loved.

Es verdad y sin embargo no puedo

It's truth, and nevertheless I can't

Conformarme con quererte yo

be happy with loving you

Pido al cielo que pronto termine

I ask heaven to end soon

Esta dura cadena de amor

this bitter chain of love.

Quisiera amarte menos

I should like to love you less,

No verte más quisiera

not to see you any more. I'd like

Salvarme de esta hoguera

to escape from this blaze

Que no puedo resistir

which I can't resist.

Es por el este cariño

It's cruel1, this affection

Que no me da descanso

which gives me no rest,

Sin tí la paz no alcanzo

without you I can't get peace2

Y lejos no sé vivir

and I don't know how to live far from you.

Quisiera amarte menos

I should like to love you less

Porque esta ya no es vida

because this already isn't life,

Mi vida está perdida

my life is wasted

De tanto quererte

through loving you so much.

No sé si necesito

I don't know whether I need

Tenerte o perderte

to have you or lose you.

Yo sé que te he querido

I know that I loved you

Más de lo que he podido

more than I could cope with.

Quisiera amarte menos

I'd like to love you less,

Buscando el olvido

seeking to forget

Y en vez de amarte menos

and instead of loving you less

Te quiero mucho más

I love you much more.

Songs of the band Chavela Vargas with translation to English:

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