No Es Lo Mismo Translation (It's Not The Same) ~ A. Sanz

Title:  No Es Lo Mismo
Artist:  Alejandro Sanz
Album:  No Es Lo Mismo


If ever Bariloche has broken a sweat translating a song, it has been with this one.  The level of poetic references in this song make it difficult to give you a word for word literal spanish to english translation.  But in my fashion of never leaving the essence lost in translation... here is my best shot at No Es Lo Mismo.  Enjoy!!!

No Es Lo Mismo		It's Not The Same
Eres tanta gente, que dime		You are so many people, that tell me
con quien hablo ahora,		Who do I speak to now,
¿no veis que no sois iguales?		Don't you see you're all the same?
¿eres la de: "quédate conmigo,		Are you the" "Stay with me,
prometo darte tormento, darte malos ratos..."?		I promise to give you torment, bad moments…"?
yo te prometo, si me escuchas, niña, darte arte.		I promise you, If you listen to me, to give you art.
Que no es lo mismo que:		It is not the same as:
quédate y ya veremos,		Stay and then we'll see
quédate y ya veremos.		Stay and then we'll see
No es lo mismo ser que estar,		It's not the same as being
no es lo mismo estar que quedarse, ¡que va!		It's not the same to be here than to stay, "No way!"
tampoco quedarse es igual que parar		Neither is staying the same as stopping
no es lo mismo.		It's not the same
Será que ni somos, ni estamos		Could it be that we are not, and we aren't here
ni nos pensamos quedar;		and don't plan to stay;
pero es distinto conformarse o pelear		But is it different to settle or fight?
no es lo mismo... es distinto!		It's not the same… it's different!
No es lo mismo arte que hartar,		Art is not the same as indulging,
no es lo mismo ser justo que ¡qué justo te va!... verás!		Being just and "You'll get what you justly deserve, you'll see" it not the same
No es lo mismo tú que otra, entérate		You and someone else are not the same, listen
no es lo mismo,		It's not the same
que sepas que hay gente que trata de confundirnos		For you to know that there are people who try to confuse us
pero tenemos corazón que no es igual,		But we have heart, which is not the same,
lo sentimos... es distinto!		We feel it… it's different!
Vale!, que a lo mejor me lo merezco		Come on, maybe I deserve it
bueno, pero mi voz no te la vendo		well, but my voice I will not sell to you
puerta, y lo que opinen de nosotros...		door, and whatever they may think of us…
léeme lo labios, yo no estoy en venta!		Read my lips, I am not for sale!
Vale!, que a lo mejor lo merecemos		Come on, maybe we deserve it
bueno, pero la voz no la vendemos		well, but our voice we do not sell
puerta, y lo que opinen de nosotros...		Door, and whatever they may think of us…
léeme lo labios, a mi me vale madre		Read my lips, I do not give a damn.
Puerta y aire que me asfixio,		Door and air, I am asphyxiating,
que no se trata del lado que quieras estar;		it's not about which side you don't wish to be in
que estar de un lado o echarte a un lado... verás		to be on a side or throw you on a side… you'll see
no sé como decirte, no es lo mismo,		I don't know how to tell you, it's not the same,
vivir es lo más peligroso que tiene la vida;		Living is the biggest danger we have in life;
que digan por televisión		Let them say on television
que hay suelto un corazón		that there is a loose heart
que no es igual,		that is not the same
que es peligroso... que es distinto.		that it is dangerous…. But It's different
No es lo mismo vasta o bastar;		Enough is not the same as being enough
ni es lo mismo, decir, opinar, imponer o mandar.		nor is it the same to say, State an Opinion, impose or command.
Las listas negras, las manos blancas... verás...		The black lists, the white hands… you'll see
no es lo mismo.		It's not the same.
No gana el que tiene más ganas...		The winner is not always who wants it most…
¿no sé si me explico?		I don't know if you understand me?
Que hoy nadie quiere ser igual		That today no one wishes to be the same
que mas te da,		What's it to you,
no es comunismo... es instinto.		It's not communism…. It's different.
Vale!, que a lo mejor me lo merezco		Come on, maybe I deserve it
bueno, pero mi voz no te la vendo		well, but my voice I will not sell to you
puerta, y lo que opinen de nosotros		door, and whatever they may think of us…
léeme los labios, yo no estoy en venta!		Read my lips, I am not for sale!
Vale!, que a lo mejor lo merecemos		Come on, maybe we deserve it
bueno, pero la voz no la vendemos		well, but our voice we do not sell
puerta, y lo que opinen de nosotros		Door, and whatever they may think of us…
léeme los labios, a mi me vale madre!		Read my lips, I do not give a damn.
Tengo, pomada pá tó'los dolores,		I  have pomade for all types of pains,
remedios para toda clase de errores,		Remedies for all kinds of mistakes,
también recetas pá la desilusión.		also recipes for heartbreak.
Tengo pomada pá tó'los dolores,		I  have pomade for all types of pains,
remedios para toda clase de errores		Remedies for all kinds of mistakes,
también recetas pá la desilusión		also recipes for heartbreak.
Vale!...		Come On!...