“Una Página Más” (Another Page) by Don Raul Ramírez García, Los Cadetes de Linares, English translation

“Another Page” Lyrics
Album: En Vivo (Live), 2005, Los Cadetes de Linares
Style: Regional Mexican song composed by Don Raul Ramírez García. It’s about starting a new chapter in life (another page) after ending a relationship. Happy new year! Updates will be less frequent this & next month due to the California fires. I’m ok but several people I know are affected by the smoke.
Country: Mexico
Listen: YouTube (Los Cadetes de Linares); also Ezequiel Peña, Ariel Camacho

Translation:

Ya es inútil que vuelvas, lo que fue, ya no es.
Es inútil que quieras comenzar otra vez.
No interrumpas mi vida, yo no te puedo amar.
Solo sé que, tu boca, no la vuelvo a besar.

It is pointless for you to return, what was, now isn’t.
It is pointless for you to want to start once again.
Don’t interrupt my life, I cannot love you.
I only know that — your mouth — I will not kiss again.

Tengo un libro vacío y lo voy a empezar.
Tengo sed de caricias, tengo ganas de amar.
Hoy comienza mi vida, una página más,
Hoy me enseña la vida que me quiera ya más.

I hold an empty book and I am going to start it.
I thirst for affections, I desire to love.
Today begins my life, another page,
Today life teaches me to love myself more.

Es la historia de siempre, un amor que se fue,
Y yo espero mañana comenzar otra vez,
Sin rencor ni temores, quiero vivir en paz.
Quiero encontrar mi suerte y no dejarla jamás.
(x2)

It is the typical story, a love that left,
And I hope to — tomorrow — begin once again,
Without bitterness nor fears, I want to live in peace.
I want to find my luck and never leave her again.
(x2)

Translation Notes:

This song is from prolific composer Don Raul Ramírez García from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. He was interviewed about his songs in 2020 on a video posted to Facebook, where he quotes José Alfredo Jiménez’s farewell song “Gracias” and says that the applause was what really mattered, more than any money. He talks about how he puts the emotions of his memories into his songs, and thanks God for his creativity. Don Raul has a biography at Enciclopedia de la literatura en Mexico (Encyclopedia of literature in Mexico).

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Tengo un libro vacío y lo voy a empezar.
Tengo sed de caricias, tengo ganas de amar.

I hold an empty book and I am going to start it.
I thirst for affections, I desire to love.

More literal:
I have an empty book and I am going to start it.
I have thirst for affections, I have desire to love.

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Hoy me enseña la vida que me quiera ya más.

Today life teaches me to love myself more.

Today I am taught by life that I should love myself more already.

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Y yo espero mañana comenzar otra vez,
Sin rencor ni temores, quiero vivir en paz.

And I hope to — tomorrow — begin once again,
Without bitterness nor fears, I want to live in peace.

And tomorrow I hope to begin again,
Without rancor/resentment nor fear/dread, I want to live in peace.

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Lyrics translation of “Una Pagina Mas” composed by Don Raul Ramirez Garcia, sung by Los Cadetes de Linares. (I’m leaving the accents out at the end here so that the WordPress search finds this page.)