Singer: Beyoncé
Song (English Version): If I were a boy
https://genius.com/Beyonce-if-i-were-a-boy-lyrics
Song (Spanish Version): Si yo fuera un chico
https://genius.com/Beyonce-si-yo-fuera-un-chico-lyrics
Songs
Beyoncé
English Version
If I were a boy
Spanish Version
Si yo fuera un chico
[Verse 1]
If I were a boy
Even just for a day
I'd roll out of bed in the mornin'
And throw on what I wanted, then go
Drink beer with the guys
And chase after girls
I'd kick it with who I wanted
And I'd never get confronted for it
'Cause they'd stick up for me
[Chorus]
If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man
I'd listen to her
'Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
'Cause he's taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed
[Verse 2]
If I were a boy
I would turn off my phone
Tell everyone it's broken
So they'd think that I was sleepin' alone
I'd put myself first
And make the rules as I go
'Cause I know that she'd be faithful
Waitin' for me to come home
To come home
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
It's a little too late for you to come back
Say it's just a mistake, think I'd forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong
[Chorus]
But you're just a boy
You don't understand (Yeah, you don't understand, oh)
How it feels to love a girl
Someday, you'll wish you were a better man
You don't listen to her
You don't care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
'Cause you've taken her for granted
And everything you have got destroyed
[Outro]
But you're just a boy
[Verso 1]
Si yo fuera un chico
Solo por una vez
Yo me vestiría como quiero
Con lo que vea primero y me voy
Saldría a buscar
Chicas por montón
Mis amigos que son leales
Siempre van a acompañarme hasta el fin, cada noche a mentir
[Coro]
Si yo fuera un chico
Sé que podría saber
Comprender mucho mejor
Lo que es amar a una mujer
Sabría escuchar
Pues conozco el dolor
De perder a quien se quiere
Porque ignoras lo que tienes
Y quedas sin saber qué pasó
[Verso 2]
Si yo fuera un chico
Pero ves, no lo soy
Los chicos son de molde
Y nosotras somos de corazón
Se piensan que son
Los del sexo superior
Pero cuando lo queremos
Los vence nuestra seducción, seducción
[Chorus]
[Puente]
Es muy tarde, ya ves, para regresar
Perdonarte otra vez, ya no lo vas a lograr
El lugar que ocupabas tú, ya no está más
[Coro]
Pero eres un chico
¿Qué le vas a hacer? No puedes comprender, oh
Que se siente al comprender mejor
Y amar en serio a una mujer
No sabes escuchar
No te importa el dolor
Hasta que pierdes a quien quieres
Porque ignoras lo que tienes
Y quedas sin saber qué pasó
[Coda]
Pero eres un chico
Translation Procedures:
Adaptation
2. Calque
3. Modulation
3. Omission
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