Tengo Diecisiete Años [English translation]

If I start to dream, and expect ...

If I look at myself in the sky ...1

If I jump into the [sea], if I [cry] ...2

If I scream desperate ...

Not compre-hend me ...3

Aw, they don't compre-hend me ...

And I don't want them want to comprehend

If I'll become a cairn ...4

If I'll become a pink ...5

If I'll become a Dame ...

If I will marry him ...

Not compre-hend me ...

Aw, they don't compre-hend me ...

And I don't want them want to comprehend

I'm seventeen [now],

what a di-sea-se ... yes, yes, yes, yes !

When I'm [one year older],6

I will cure me !

I'm seventeen now,

what a di-sea-se ... yes, yes, yes, yes !

When I'm one year older,

I will cure me !

Not compre-hend me ...

Aw, they not compre-hend me ...

And I don't want them want to comprehend

Not compre-hend me ...

Aw, they not compre-hend me ...

And I don't want them want to comprehend

I'm seventeen now,

what a di-sea-se ... yes, yes, yes, yes !

When I'm one year older,

I will cure me !

I'm seventeen now,

what a di-sea-se ... yes, yes, yes, yes !

When I'm one year older,

I will cure me.

When I'm one year older ...

I will cure me ...

1. He omitido "subo" para reducir la extensión de la frase2. "Agua" también representa al 'mar', y "cry" es igualmente un 'clamor'3. Entender = understand = comprehend4. Piedra = stone ~ cairn5. Clavel = carnation ~ pink or gillyflower6. Para ésta y las anteriores notas, ver los comentarios