Текст и перевод песни Tita Merello - De Contramano

De Contramano

¡Compañeros que preocupación
Que es vivir para la gente!
Yo he nacido independiente
Y ando contra la corriente.
Sin pararme ni escuchar
Al que me viene a criticar.

Yo no se porqué es
Que yo vivo al revés,
Si me quieren, no quiero
Ni puedo querer.
Y el que sepa llevarme la contra, ya sabe
La clave y en fija me muero por él.

Si me dicen, no podés fumar,
Me dan antojos de pitar
Yo voy de contramano
Y siento frío en verano.
Alegre me ven llorando
Y canto si estoy sufriendo,
Yo sola me se entender
Y se comprender lo que estoy sintiendo.
Total si la vida es corta,
Total a nadie le importa
Si voy contra la corriente
Si soy como soy.

Nunca me ha llamado la atención
Lo de Eva y la manzana,
Y porque de Eva soy hermana,
Y tentarse es cosa humana
Le dijeron, "no comás",
Y ella, ¡zas, se la comió!

Yo no se porqué es
Que yo vivo al revés,
Si me quieren, no quiero
Ni puedo querer.
Y el que sepa llevarme la contra, ya sabe
La clave y en fija me muero por él.

Going Against the Grain

My dear, how worrisome it is
To conform to societal expectations!
I was born an independent soul,
Swimming against the tide.
I won't stop to listen
To those who criticize my way of life.

I don't know why
I live in this paradoxical way.
When someone loves me, I pull away,
And I can't bring myself to love.
But let someone challenge me, go against my grain,
And I'll fall for them instantly.

If someone tells me not to smoke,
I have an irresistible urge to light up.
I go against the grain,
And I feel cold in the summer.
I appear joyful when I'm weeping,
And I sing when I'm hurting.
I alone understand myself
And know what I'm feeling deep down.
After all, life is short,
And no one really cares
If I go against the current
Or if I am simply myself.

I've never been taken with
The story of Eve and the apple.
Because I'm Eve's sister,
And temptation is human nature.
She was told, "Don't eat it,"
Yet, bam, she took a bite!

I don't know why
I live in this paradoxical way.
When someone loves me, I pull away,
And I can't bring myself to love.
But let someone challenge me, go against my grain,
And I'll fall for them instantly.