Does "No hay nada que no podamos juntos." make sense?
I was listening to this song called "Juntos" by Juanes and when looking at the lyrics to see if I could understand them, I came across this in the chorus:
Si me miras se que me descifras,
Si te miro yo tambie?n lo hare?, lo sabes bien
Este camino es como un libro abierto
Y si hoy es el ultimo di?a de mi vida,
Vida mía todo lo dare?
Seamos uno andemos el mundo,
No hay nada que no podamos juntos.
I am a little confused because when translated literally as "There is nothing that we can not/can't together", I feel as though it needs the verb hacer in there. Am I translating this correctly? Is it common to leave out words in Spanish songs or is this a special case of him leaving it out for the sake of flow?
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This is a usage of 'poder' that seems a bit strange to English speakers, at least was to me. One example for me is in the Bible in Phillippians 4:13 which in most English bibles says "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me". However, in Spanish, it's typically translated as "Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalezca". You'll notice that there is no "hacer". I can't explain grammar, so I don't know if this is intransitive usage or not, but MY answer is, regarding your example, "there is nothing that we can't stand/put up with" and in that case no "hacer" is needed. I certainly can't explain artistic license :D Regarding the Bible verse, I would interpret that as "I can stand/put up with all things through Christ who strengthens me", even though many translate it as "doing".
HTH
I've also heard 'poder' used on it's own to mean 'can do', e.g. 'no lo puedo' = 'I can't do it'. I suppose it does seem a bit strange, although when I heard it I knew what it meant because I think French behaves the same, i.e. 'je ne le peux (pas)' = 'I can't do it' (or je ne le peux pas / je le peux pas/ je ne peux le faire / je ne peux pas le faire / je peux pas le faire).
I suppose each language offers various ways of expressing the same meaning, which is useful for poetry as you can choose whatever variety of words best suits the meter and rhyme of the verse... 
You've now read all the responses and understand no doubt what it means in the song, and why it is said that way (because it can be). I'd like to add a little insight on the sentence as well.
The English equivalent of poder is both a defective and a modal verb. Defective in the sense that it changes completely in the past negative to "was / were not able" and modal in that it is used with another verb and has no "s" on the 3rd person singular present tense: he / she / it can.
In a way the sentence simply says: There is nothing of which we are incapable. This is one of those occurrences when it is apparent that English is not closely related to Spanish linguistically.
Hello Dongsaeng,
Welcome to the SpanishDict forum 
You asked,
Does: 'No hay nada que no podamos juntos', make sense?
Yes, A tiempo is completely right, you have to read/translate it as if it were written with the word (verb) hacer on it:
No hay nada que no podamos ('hacer') juntos
Yes, I would translate this sentence as:
" There is nothing that we cannot do (ie: achieve) together"
When translating lyrics and Spanish idioms you cannot translate them literally or they will make little or no sense! 
The English language does not use double negatives - in fact, their use would be considered bad/poor grammar!
However, in Spanish, which is a completely different language with its own distinct grammatical rules, double negatives are considered acceptable and commonly used! For example:
No he visitado nunca Australia
= I have never visited Australia.
I hope this helps
