Que Sea

• Par: Joan Sebastian, Calibre 50

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Seguramente que te voy a suspirar

Surely I will sigh for you

Un par de meses, medio año, año y medio, ¿qué más da?

A couple of months, half a year, a year and a half, what does it matter?

Seguramente que me van a reemplazar

Surely they will replace me

Un par de amigos, un amante, un vividor o una deidad

A couple of friends, a lover, a playboy or a deity

Que sea

Let it be

Como tenga que ser

As it has to be

Que sea

Let it be

Lo voy a comprender

I will understand

Que sea

Let it be

Como lo quieras tú

The way you want it to be

Que sea

Let it be

Yo tengo la virtud

I have the virtue

De acomodarme

To adapt

A lo que venga

To whatever comes

Y conformarme

And to be satisfied

Con lo que obtenga por amor

With what I get for love

Es Calibre 50, chiquitita

This is Calibre 50, tiny one

Y Joan Sebastian, el rey del jaripeo

And Joan Sebastian, the king of the rodeo

Seguramente que un mal día has de llorar

Surely, one day you'll cry

Cuando terminen tus febriles ansias locas de pecar

When your feverish, crazy lust to sin ends

Seguramente que me vas a comparar

Surely, you'll compare me

Y encontrarás que será tarde cuando quieras regresar

And you'll find it will be too late when you want to come back

Que sea

Let it be

Como tenga que ser

As it has to be

Que sea

Let it be

Lo voy a comprender

I will understand

Que sea

Let it be

Como lo quieras tú

The way you want it to be

Que sea

Let it be

Yo tengo la virtud

I have the virtue

De acomodarme

To adapt

A lo que venga

To whatever comes

Y conformarme

And to be satisfied

Con lo que obtenga por amor

With what I get for love

Que sea

Let it be

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Grammaire:

• Que sea

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in Spanish expressing desire or possibility

  ➔ The phrase "Que sea" uses the *subjunctive mood*, which is used to express wishes, doubts, or possibilities.

• como tenga que ser

  ➔ Subjunctive mood with a clause indicating necessity or inevitability

  ➔ This phrase combines the *subjunctive* form "tenga" with "que ser" to express what *must* happen.

• yo tengo la virtud

  ➔ Present tense of "tener" + noun indicating a positive trait

  ➔ The phrase indicates possession of a positive trait, "virtud" (virtue), in the present tense "tengo" (I have).

• con lo que obtenga por amor

  ➔ Subjunctive form "obtenga" following "con lo que" (with what) indicating possibility or uncertainty

  ➔ The verb "obtenga" is in *subjunctive* tense, used after "con lo que" to express uncertainty about what will be obtained "for love".

• la virtud

  ➔ Noun phrase with gender-specific definite article indicating a feminine noun

  ➔ "la virtud" means "the virtue", a feminine noun representing a positive trait or moral quality.