Translation of the song lyrics No Te Comprendí (Ranchera) - José Alfredo Jiménez

No Te Comprendí (Ranchera) (original)

Por ese amor que con tus labios me juraste
Te quise hacer como una vez te había soñado
Pero no tuve ni derecho a preguntarte
De dónde vienes, qué tan negro es tu pasado
Llegaste a mí, como las aguas de los mares
Con tanta fuerza que en tus brazos me prendí
Tal vez venías de recorrer muchos lugares
De mundos tan distintos que no te comprendí
Tal vez los hombres que te amaron te engañaron
Quién sabe qué buscabas, yo no te comprendí
Ni te comprenderé nunca chiquita
Llegaste a mí, como las aguas de los mares
Con tanta fuerza que en tus brazos me prendí
Tal vez venías de recorrer muchos lugares
De mundos tan distintos que no te comprendí
Tal vez los hombres que te amaron te engañaron
Quién sabe qué buscabas, yo no te comprendí

(translation)

For that love that you swore to me with your lips
I wanted to make you like I once dreamed of you
But I had no right to ask you
Where do you come from, how black is your past
You came to me, like the waters of the seas
With so much force that in your arms I caught
Maybe you came from visiting many places
From worlds so different that I didn't understand you
Maybe the men who loved you cheated on you
Who knows what you were looking for, I did not understand you
I will never understand you little girl
You came to me, like the waters of the seas
With so much force that in your arms I caught
Maybe you came from visiting many places
From worlds so different that I didn't understand you
Maybe the men who loved you cheated on you
Who knows what you were looking for, I did not understand you