Amar Y Querer
Juan Carlos Noroña Lyrics
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Pero pocos sabemos amar
Y es que amar y querer no es igual
Amar es sufrir, querer es gozar
El que ama pretende servir
El que ama su vida la da
Y el que quiere pretende vivir
El que ama no puede pensar
Todo lo da, todo lo da
El que quiere pretende olvidar
Y nunca llorar y nunca llorar
El querer pronto puede acabar
El amor no conoce el final
Es que todos sabemos querer
Pero pocos sabemos amar
El amar es la cielo y la luz
El amar es total plenitud
Es el mar que no tiene final
Es la gloria y la paz, es la gloria y la paz
El querer es la carne y la flor
Es buscar el obscuro rincón
Es morder, arañar y besar
Es deseo fugaz, es deseo fugaz
El que ama no puede pensar
Todo lo da, todo lo da
El que quiere pretende olvidar
Y nunca llorar y nunca llorar
El querer pronto puede acabar
El amor no conoce el final
Es que todos sabemos querer
Pero pocos sabemos amar
El que ama no puede pensar
Todo lo da, todo lo da
El que quiere pretende olvidar
Y nunca llorar y nunca llorar
El querer pronto puede acabar
El amor no conoce el final
Es que todos sabemos querer
Pero pocos sabemos amar
- FUENTE -
In these lyrics, Juan Carlos Noroña is exploring the distinction between "querer" (to want) and "amar" (to love), and the different implications of these emotions. He starts by noting that nearly everyone knows how to want, but few know how to love. He argues that loving and wanting are not the same thing at all. Wanting is about enjoying oneself, while loving involves suffering. He goes on to explain that someone who truly loves is willing to give their whole life for the sake of the other person, while someone who only wants is focused on their own pleasure and disregards their partner's feelings.
Noroña also contrasts how love and want affect a person's ability to think and feel. Someone who loves cannot think about themselves; they give everything to the person they love. Someone who only wants seeks to forget and never cry. Wanting may end soon, but love never knows the end because it is infinite. Finally, Noroña describes love as heaven, light, total fulfillment, an endless sea, glory, and peace, while wanting is the flesh and the flower, the search for the dark corner, biting, scratching, kissing, and fleeting desires.
Overall, Noroña's lyrics suggest that love is a much deeper and more powerful emotion than mere desire, and that true love involves sacrifice and suffering, as well as an endless outpouring of oneself for the sake of the other person.
Line by Line Meaning
Casi todos sabemos querer
Most of us know how to desire
Pero pocos sabemos amar
But only a few know how to truly love
Y es que amar y querer no es igual
Because loving and desiring are not the same
Amar es sufrir, querer es gozar
To love is to suffer, to desire is to enjoy
El que ama pretende servir
The one who loves intends to serve
El que ama su vida la da
The one who loves gives their life
Y el que quiere pretende vivir
And the one who desires intends to live
Y nunca sufrir, y nunca sufrir
And to never suffer, to never suffer
El que ama no puede pensar
The one who loves cannot think
Todo lo da, todo lo da
They give everything, they give everything
El que quiere pretende olvidar
The one who desires tries to forget
Y nunca llorar y nunca llorar
And to never cry, to never cry
El querer pronto puede acabar
Desire can quickly end
El amor no conoce el final
Love knows no end
Es que todos sabemos querer
The truth is, we all know how to desire
Pero pocos sabemos amar
But only a few know how to truly love
El amar es la cielo y la luz
To love is like heaven and light
El amar es total plenitud
To love is complete fulfillment
Es el mar que no tiene final
It's like the ocean that has no end
Es la gloria y la paz, es la gloria y la paz
It's like glory and peace, it's like glory and peace
El querer es la carne y la flor
Desire is like flesh and flowers
Es buscar el obscuro rincón
It's searching for the dark corner
Es morder, arañar y besar
It's like biting, scratching and kissing
Es deseo fugaz, es deseo fugaz
It's a fleeting desire, it's a fleeting desire
El que ama no puede pensar
The one who loves cannot think
Todo lo da, todo lo da
They give everything, they give everything
El que quiere pretende olvidar
The one who desires tries to forget
Y nunca llorar y nunca llorar
And to never cry, to never cry
El querer pronto puede acabar
Desire can quickly end
El amor no conoce el final
Love knows no end
Es que todos sabemos querer
The truth is, we all know how to desire
Pero pocos sabemos amar
But only a few know how to truly love
El que ama no puede pensar
The one who loves cannot think
Todo lo da, todo lo da
They give everything, they give everything
El que quiere pretende olvidar
The one who desires tries to forget
Y nunca llorar y nunca llorar
And to never cry, to never cry
El querer pronto puede acabar
Desire can quickly end
El amor no conoce el final
Love knows no end
Es que todos sabemos querer
The truth is, we all know how to desire
Pero pocos sabemos amar
But only a few know how to truly love
Writer(s): Ana Magdalena, Manuel Alejandro
Contributed by Zachary P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.