Vuelve
Shakira Lyrics

Fría como una estatua de sal
She feels emotionally frozen and numb, unable to express her emotions or connect with others.

En un mausoleo de cristal
She feels trapped and confined in her own emotional isolation, like a statue in a glass case.

Seca hasta los huesos por llorar
She has cried so much that she feels dehydrated and drained, as if all her emotional fluid has been expended.

Y muerta como puede estar Tiberio en su huacal
She feels dead inside, like the preserved corpse of an ancient Roman emperor locked in his tomb.

Toda en ruinas como el Partenón
She feels broken and destroyed, like the crumbling ruins of a once-mighty temple.

Sola como terminó Colón
She feels completely alone and abandoned, like Columbus at the end of his long voyage.

Pálida como una Mona Lisa
She looks pale and sickly, like the enigmatic portrait of Mona Lisa.

Amargada como un limón
She feels bitter and sour, like a lemon that has lost its sweetness and zest.

Arrugada como acordeón
She looks wrinkled and old, like a accordion that has been played many times over.

Como la Esfinge cuando perdió su nariz
She feels incomplete and fragmented, like the ancient Sphinx without its nose.

Como Alejandro Magno sin su espada y sin su dardo
She feels powerless and vulnerable, like Alexander the Great without his weapons of war.

Como un pobre cristiano en pleno Imperio Romano
She feels oppressed and marginalized, like a poor Christian living in the midst of a mighty Roman Empire.

Busco algo que pueda contestar
She is searching for answers to her problems, hoping to find a solution to her emotional pain.

Porque estoy cansada de pensar
She is mentally exhausted from thinking too much about her problems and anxieties.

Cómo es que transcurren los segundos
She is wondering how time keeps passing by, even though she feels stuck and unable to move forward.

Y yo sobrevivo a este diluvio universal
She is struggling to survive in the midst of a universal flood of emotions and difficulties.

Sin más esfuerzo la explicación
She discovers an explanation for her problems without much effort or struggle, as if it was always there waiting for her to find it.

Aparece en un viejo cajón
She finds the solution to her emotional troubles hidden away like a forgotten treasure in an old box or drawer.

Y en menos de una sola fracción
She experiences a sudden and dramatic shift in her emotions, as if a change had taken place in an instant.

Vuelve a vivir y se viste de verde el corazón
Her heart comes back to life and is filled with a new, vibrant energy that rejuvenates her and gives her hope.

Que mi vida se desliza por un caño
She feels like her life is slipping away and being wasted, like water flowing down a drain.

Que mis pies de estar parados tienen callos
She has been standing in one place for so long that her feet have become calloused and numb.

Ya no sé cómo decirte que te extraño
She is struggling to express her feelings of longing and love to someone who is not with her.

Y ya en éstas he pasado más de un año
She has been suffering and longing for more than a year, and it feels like an eternity.

Que mi barca se está hundiendo en el lodo
She feels like she is drowning in the mud of her own emotions and struggles.

Que de angustia me he mordido hasta los codos
She has been so anxious and stressed out that she has bitten her own elbows out of frustration and despair.

Que mi mundo está vacío y aburrido
She feels like her world is empty and dull, lacking any excitement or passion.

Que me muero por tenerte aquí conmigo
She longs to have someone by her side, to love and cherish and share her life with.

Vuelve, vuelve
She pleads for the person she loves to come back to her, to return to her life and fill it with joy and meaning once again.

Vuelve, vuelve
She repeats her plea for her loved one to come back to her, with even greater intensity and urgency.