Ciega, Sordomuda – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Shakira
• Album: Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran

Lyrics & Translation

Explore Shakira's hit "Ciega, Sordomuda," a vibrant pop-rock track that masterfully blends Latin rhythms with heartfelt lyrics. Through its vivid imagery of love's disorienting power, the song offers a fun and relatable way to engage with the Spanish language, showcasing Shakira's unique lyrical style and emotional expression.

[English]

I'm running out of arguments

And methodology

Every time your anatomy appears in front of me

Because this love no longer understands

Advice or reasons

It feeds on pretexts and lacks courage

This love doesn't allow me to stand

Because it has even broken my heels

Although I get up, I will fall again

If you come close, nothing helps this useless

Dumb, blind, deaf and mute

Clumsy, useless and stubborn

That's all I've been

For you I've become

A thing that does

Nothing else but love you

I think of you day and night

And I don't know how to forget you

Ay, ay, ay

Ay-ay-ay

And, ay, ay, ay

And, ay-ay-ay

How many times have I tried

To bury you in my memory

And, although I say: "no more"

It's the same story again

Because this love always knows

How to make me breathe deeply

It already brings me from the left

And fighting with the world

If I could exorcise myself from your voice

If I could escape from your name

If I could rip my heart out

And hide so as not to feel again

Dumb, blind, deaf and mute

Clumsy, useless and stubborn

That's all I've been

For you I've become

A thing that does

Nothing else but love you

I think of you day and night

And I don't know how to forget you

Ay, ay, ay

Ay-ay-ay

And, ay, ay, ay

And, ay-ay-ay

With dark circles, skinny, ugly, disheveled

Clumsy, silly, slow, foolish, deranged

Completely out of control

You realize and you don't say anything to me

You see that my head has become a nest

Where only you have asylum

And you don't listen to what I tell you

Look well what you're going to do with me

...

Dumb, blind, deaf and mute

Clumsy, useless and stubborn

That's all I've been

For you I've become

A thing that does

Nothing else but love you

I think of you day and night

And I don't know how to forget you

Dumb, blind, deaf and mute

Clumsy, useless and stubborn

That's all I've been

For you I've become

A thing that does

Nothing else but love you

I think of you day and night

And I don't know how to forget you

Dumb, blind, deaf and mute

Clumsy, useless and stubborn

That's all I've been

For you I've become

A thing that does

Nothing else but love you

I think of you day and night

And I don't know how to forget you

Dumb, blind, deaf and mute

Clumsy, useless and stubborn

That's all I've been

For you I've become

...

[Spanish]

Se me acaba el argumento

Y la metodología

Cada vez que se aparece frente a mí tu anatomía

Porque este amor ya no entiende

De consejos ni razones

Se alimenta de pretextos y le faltan pantalones

Este amor no me permite estar en pie

Porque ya hasta me ha quebrado los talones

Aunque me levante volveré a caer

Si te acercas nada es útil para esta inútil

Bruta, ciega, sordomuda

Torpe, traste y testaruda

Es todo lo que he sido

Por ti me he convertido

En una cosa que no hace

Otra cosa más que amarte

Pienso en ti día y noche

Y no sé cómo olvidarte

Ay, ay, ay

Ay-ay-ay

Y, ay, ay, ay

Y, ay-ay-ay

Cuántas veces he intentado

Enterrarte en mi memoria

Y, aunque diga: "ya no más"

Es otra vez la misma historia

Porque este amor siempre sabe

Hacerme respirar profundo

Ya me trae por la izquierda

Y de pelea con el mundo

Si pudiera exorcizarme de tu voz

Si pudiera escaparme de tu nombre

Si pudiera arrancarme el corazón

Y esconderme para no sentirme nuevamente

Bruta, ciega, sordomuda

Torpe, traste y testaruda

Es todo lo que he sido

Por ti me he convertido

En una cosa que no hace

Otra cosa más que amarte

Pienso en ti día y noche

Y no sé cómo olvidarte

Ay, ay, ay

Ay-ay-ay

Y, ay, ay, ay

Y, ay-ay-ay

Ojerosa, flaca, fea, desgreñada

Torpe, tonta, lenta, necia, desquiciada

Completamente descontrolada

Tú te das cuenta y no me dices nada

Ves que se me ha vuelto la cabeza un nido

Donde solamente tú tienes asilo

Y no me escuchas lo que te digo

Mira bien lo que vas a hacer conmigo

Bruta, ciega, sordomuda

Torpe, traste y testaruda

Es todo lo que he sido

Por ti me he convertido

En una cosa que no hace

Otra cosa más que amarte

Pienso en ti día y noche

Y no sé cómo olvidarte

Bruta, ciega, sordomuda

Torpe, traste y testaruda

Es todo lo que he sido

Por ti me he convertido

En una cosa que no hace

Otra cosa más que amarte

Pienso en ti día y noche

Y no sé cómo olvidarte

Bruta, ciega, sordomuda

Torpe, traste y testaruda

Es todo lo que he sido

Por ti me he convertido

En una cosa que no hace

Otra cosa más que amarte

Pienso en ti día y noche

Y no sé cómo olvidarte

Bruta, ciega, sordomuda

Torpe, traste y testaruda

Es todo lo que he sido

Por ti me he convertido

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amor /aˈmor/ A1	noun - love
ciega /ˈθje.ɣa/ B1	adjective - blind (feminine)
sordomuda /ˌsoɾ.ðoˈmu.ða/ B2	adjective - deaf-mute (feminine)
torpe /ˈtoɾ.pe/ B1	adjective - clumsy, awkward
traste /ˈtɾas.te/ B2	noun - nuisance, annoyance
testaruda /teˌstaˈɾu.ða/ B2	adjective - stubborn (feminine)
cosa /ˈko.sa/ A1	noun - thing
amarte /aˈmaɾ.te/ A2	verb - to love you
memoria /meˈmo.ɾja/ B1	noun - memory
voz /bos/ A1	noun - voice
corazón /ko.ɾaˈθon/ A1	noun - heart
noche /ˈno.t͡ʃe/ A1	noun - night
olvidarte /ol.βiˈðaɾ.te/ B1	verb - to forget you
cabeza /kaˈβe.θa/ A2	noun - head
asilo /aˈsi.lo/ B2	noun - shelter, refuge

Key Grammar Structures

• Porque este amor ya no entiende de consejos ni razones

  ➔ Present tense used to express a current state or fact.

  ➔ The phrase "ya no entiende" indicates that the love no longer understands advice or reasons.

• Si pudiera escaparme de tu nombre

  ➔ Conditional tense used to express hypothetical situations.

  ➔ The phrase "Si pudiera escaparme" suggests a wish to escape from the name, indicating a hypothetical desire.

• Es todo lo que he sido

  ➔ Present perfect tense used to describe past actions with relevance to the present.

  ➔ The phrase "he sido" indicates a state of being that has continued from the past to the present.

• Pienso en ti día y noche

  ➔ Present tense used for habitual actions.

  ➔ The phrase "Pienso en ti" indicates a regular action of thinking about someone.

• Cuántas veces he intentado

  ➔ Present perfect tense used to express repeated actions in the past.

  ➔ The phrase "he intentado" indicates attempts made in the past that are relevant to the present.

• Ojerosa, flaca, fea, desgreñada

  ➔ Adjectives used to describe physical appearance.

  ➔ The adjectives "Ojerosa, flaca, fea, desgreñada" describe the speaker's self-perception.

• Mira bien lo que vas a hacer conmigo

  ➔ Imperative mood used to give commands or requests.

  ➔ The phrase "Mira bien" is a command asking someone to pay attention to what they are about to do.