“Who Cares?” Lyrics
Album: Thalía, 2002
Style: Pop. Thalía tells us she is going to live her life how she wants, and others should mind their business!
Country: Mexico
Listen: YouTube
Translation:
La gente me señala,
Me apunta con el dedo,
Susurra a mis espaldas,
Y a mí me importa un bledo.
People signal towards me,
They point at me with their fingers,
They whisper behind my back,
And I don’t give a damn.
Qué más da
Si soy distinta a ellos?
No soy de nadie, no tengo dueño.
What more can be said [*lit. What more gives]
If I’m different from them?
I’m not anybody’s, I have no owner.
Yo sé que me critican,
Me consta que me odian,
La envidia les corroe,
Mi vida les agobia.
I know they criticize me,
It’s clear to me that they hate me,
The envy corrodes them,
My life depresses them.
¿Por qué será?
Yo no tengo la culpa.
Mis circunstancias les insultan.
Why would that be?
It’s not my fault. [*lit. I don’t have the fault]
My circumstances insult them.
CHORUS:
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Mi destino es el que yo
Decido, el que yo
Elijo para mí.
My destiny is the one that I
Decide, the one that I
Choose for myself.
¿A quien le importa lo que yo haga?
¿A quien le importa lo que yo diga?
Yo soy así, así seguiré.
Nunca cambiaré.
(x2)
Who cares what I do?
Who cares what I say?
I am like this, like this I will continue.
I’ll never change.
(x2)
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Quizás la culpa es mía
Por no seguir la norma.
Ya es demasiado tarde
Para cambiar ahora.
Me mantendré firme en mis convicciones,
Reforzaré mis posiciones.
Perhaps the fault is mine
For not following the norm.
It’s too late
To change now.
I will remain firm in my convictions,
Reinforce my positions.
[CHORUS x2]
Translation Notes:
Y a mi me importa un bledo = And I care (not) a damn
un bledo = an insignificant thing of little value
Famous cinema line: “Francamente, querida, me importa un bledo” (Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn) from Gone With The Wind (1939).
Qué más da
Si soy distinta a ellos?
What more can be said
If I’m different from them?
What more does it give
If I’m different from them?
She means what more can you get out of the situation, what more meaning, what more importance, etc.
Me consta que me odian = It’s clear to me that they hate me
constar = to be clear, to be evident
que conste que = let it be clear that
Me mantendré firme en mis convicciones,
Reforzaré mis posiciones.
I will remain firm in my convictions,
Reinforce my positions.
Although Thalía literally still means her convictions when she says “my positions” in the second line, she worded it like a military line about reinforcing her war front.
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