Shakira - Te aviso, Te anuncio (Objection)
Hello everybody,
I'm trying to translate this song for myself but I'm not sure I'm on the right track. I'll post the original and my translation, I would very much appreciate any corrections 
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Original:
Ay te aviso, te anuncio que hoy renuncio / a tus negocios sucios
Ya sabes que estoy de ti vacunada / a prueba de patadas
Por ti me quede como Monalisa / sin llanto y sin sonrisa
Que el cielo y tu madre cuiden de ti...
Me voy / sera mejor asi
Sé que olvidarte no es asunto sencillo
Te me clavaste en el cuerpo como un cuchillo
Pero todo lo que entra ha de salir
Y los que estan tendran que partir
Empezando por mi
My translation:
I warn you, I announce to you that today I renounce your dirty business
You already know that I'm vaccinated against you, weaponed against kicks ("kick-proof")
For you I kept myself like Mona Lisa, without weeping and without smile
May Heaven and your mother watch over you
I'm going (leaving), it will be better like this
I know forgetting you will not be easy (is not a simple subject)
You dug into my being (you are hammered into my body) like a knife
But everything that enters has to get out
And those who are have to go
Starting with me
Does this translation make sense???
Thanks in advance,
Saludos, Chica
1 Answer
La única cosa con la que no estoy de acuerdo es: The only part that I disagree is:
Por ti me quede como Monalisa = For you I kept myself like Mona Lisa
Pero no estoy segura de cómo decirlo en inglés! But i´m not sure how to say it in english... maybe "Because of you I was like Mona Lisa"
"Quedé" in this sentence is not about keeping things, but to end up feeling or being something. Like "Me quedé triste después de ver esa pelicula"
Please correct my english! Thank you
Yes this makes sense to me. I love this song! That's the translation I came up with too.
