Que me puede ya importar?

Question

I have been looking for an answer for this for too long!

From the song "Sin Ti"" "¿Que me puede ya importar, si lo que me hace llorar, está lejos de aquí?" I think it means; "What else can be important for me, if what makes me cry, is far from here"

I saw this post, but it doesn't explain. http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/127569/pues-mi-valor-me-puede-faltar

I understand "me duele" - "ït hurts (me)", "me llamaron" - "they called me", and "me hablaste" - "you called me"

"me puede", "puede" being third person singular,,, I don't get it. What am I missing?

Thanks.

Answer 1

As Janice said "Of what importance is it to me" but "ya" and "puede" are very important here because the phrase means "What can it possibily mean to me anymore..."

Answer 2

I am going to take a stab at this...then I will read the posts you refer to and perhaps have to return to "edit" my answer away.

Nonetheless...

I think that it is the little "Que" in the sentence that is doing the "importa" ("importar"ing (so to speak)....the "being of importance".

In other words, "Of what importance is it" or What does it matter. And the "me" adds "to me" to the meaning to give us "Of what importance is it to me."

So..."What does it matter to me", or "What do I care" - That would be my guess.