Día de enero Shakira Translation Meaning and Lyrics

Song Meaning

'Día de enero' means 'January Day' in English. It is a name of a song by 'Shakira' human translated here by a native speaker.

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Lyrics and Translations

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Original Lyrics: Te conocí un día de enero

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Aligned Translation: i met you one day of January

Free Translation: I met you in one day of January

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Original Lyrics: Con la luna en mi nariz

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Aligned Translation: with the moon on my nose

Free Translation: with the moon on my nose

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Original Lyrics: Y como vi que eras sincero

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Aligned Translation: and how i saw that you were sincere

Free Translation: and how i saw that you were sincere

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Original Lyrics: En tus ojos me perdí

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Aligned Translation: in your eyes i lost myself

Free Translation: i lost my self in your eyes

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Original Lyrics: Qué torpe distracción

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Aligned Translation: What a clumsy distraction

Free Translation: What a clumsy distraction

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Original Lyrics: Y qué dulce sensación

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Aligned Translation: and what a sweet sensation

Free Translation: what a sweet feeling

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Original Lyrics: Y ahora que andamos por el mundo

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Aligned Translation: And now we are for the world

Free Translation: and now that we are traveling around the world

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Original Lyrics: Como Eneas y Benitín

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Aligned Translation: Like Mutt and Jeff

Free Translation: Like Mutt and Jeff

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Original Lyrics: Ya te encontré varios rasguños

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Aligned Translation: already found on you several scratches

Free Translation: I already noticed your wounds

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Original Lyrics: Que te hicieron por ahí

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Aligned Translation: that some did to you over there

Free Translation: That someone did to yoy

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Original Lyrics: Pero mi loco amor

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Aligned Translation: but my crazy love

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Original Lyrics: Es tu mejor doctor

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Aligned Translation: is your best doctor

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Original Lyrics: Voy a curarte el alma en duelo

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Aligned Translation: i'm going to heal your soul in mourning

Free Translation: i'm going to heal your soul in mourning

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Original Lyrics: Voy a dejarte como nuevo

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Aligned Translation: i'm going to leave you as new

Free Translation: i'm going to fix you and leave you good as new

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Original Lyrics: Y todo va a pasar

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Aligned Translation: And everything will pass

Free Translation: leave everything behind

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Original Lyrics: Pronto verás el sol brillar

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Aligned Translation: soon you will see the sun shine

Free Translation: soon you will see the sunshine

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Original Lyrics: Tú, más que nadie, mereces ser feliz

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Aligned Translation: you more than anyone deserve to be happy

Free Translation: You, more than anyone, deserve to be happy

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Original Lyrics: Ya vas a ver

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Aligned Translation: You' will see

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Original Lyrics: Cómo van sanando poco a poco tus heridas

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Aligned Translation: how will heal little by little your wounds

Free Translation: How your wounds will heal little by little

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Original Lyrics: Ya vas a ver cómo va la misma vida

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Aligned Translation: you will see how will life itself

Free Translation: how life itself will

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Original Lyrics: A decantar la sal que sobra en el mar

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Aligned Translation: To decant the salt left over in the sea

Free Translation: To decant the salt left over in the sea

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Original Lyrics: Y aunque hayas sido un extranjero hasta en tu propio país

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Aligned Translation: and even you have been a foreigner even in your own country

Free Translation: And even if you have been a foreigner even in your own country

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Original Lyrics: Si yo te digo, "¿cómo dices?"

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Aligned Translation: If i tell you ¿What did you say?

Free Translation: If I say to you, "what did say?"

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Original Lyrics: aún dices, "¿qué decís?"

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Aligned Translation: you still say ¿what did you say?

Free Translation: You still say, "que decís?"

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Original Lyrics: Y lloras de emoción

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Aligned Translation: and you cry of emotion

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Original Lyrics: Oyendo un bandoneón

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Aligned Translation: Hearing a bandoneon

Free Translation: When you hear the music of a bandoneon

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Original Lyrics: Y aunque parezcas despistado

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Aligned Translation: and even you seem clueless

Free Translation: And even if you seem clueless

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Original Lyrics: Con ese caminar pausado

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Aligned Translation: with that walking slowly

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Original Lyrics: Conozco la razón que hace doler tu corazón

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Aligned Translation: i know the reason that makes heart your heart

Free Translation: I know the reason that makes your heart ache

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Original Lyrics: Por eso quise hacerte esta canción

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Aligned Translation: that's why i wanted to make you this song

Free Translation: That's why I wanted to make you this song

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Original Lyrics: Ya vas a ver

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Aligned Translation: You' will see

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Original Lyrics: Cómo van sanando poco a poco tus heridas

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Aligned Translation: how will heal little by little your wounds

Free Translation: How your wounds will heal little by little

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Original Lyrics: Ya vas a ver cómo va la misma vida

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Aligned Translation: you will see how will life itself

Free Translation: how life itself will

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Original Lyrics: A decantar la sal que sobra en el mar

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Aligned Translation: To decant the salt left over in the sea

Free Translation: To decant the salt left over in the sea

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Original Lyrics: Ya vas a ver

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Aligned Translation: You' will see

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Original Lyrics: Cómo van sanando poco a poco tus heridas

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Aligned Translation: how will heal little by little your wounds

Free Translation: How your wounds will heal little by little

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Original Lyrics: Ya vas a ver cómo va la misma vida

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Aligned Translation: you will see how will life itself

Free Translation: how life itself will

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Original Lyrics: A decantar la sal que sobra en el mar

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Aligned Translation: To decant the salt left over in the sea

Free Translation: To decant the salt left over in the sea

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Review

  • Summarise the story in the lyrics

Written and produced by Shakira, "January Day" is a love song that tells how she met her then-boyfriend, Antonio de la Rúa, on a January day. 

The song also talks about that despite the problems they went through due to the Argentine crisis of 2001, they continued their relationship.

This song talks about her multiple efforts to try to make her boyfriend happy despite his past and how much he has suffered.

  • How does it make you feel? 

The song makes you feel in love it is also a song that you can dedicate to your lover since it says very lovely things about having a boyfriend/girlfriend who has suffered a lot and how you want to protect that person from their own past traumas

  • Does it include explicit themes? Is it a fun or sad song?

The song also makes reference to two famous comic book characters, "Mutt & Jeff", known in Spanish as "Eneas & Benitin".

  • How does the song relate to the YouTube video? What is going on in the video?

In the video, Shakira is shown on a beach, alluding to the fact that she is meditating on their relationship when looking at the sea.

  • Put links to other sites where song is discussed

shorturl.at/mEN26

https://www.infobae.com/america/colombia/2021/01/16/dia-de-enero-la-historia-detras-de-la-cancion-que-shakira-le-dedico-a-antonio-de-la-rua-y-que-cumple-15-anos-de-lanzamiento/

https://www.24horas.cl/tendencias/espectaculosycultura/dia-de-enero-significado-cancion-shakira-15-anos-estreno-4896344

https://www.cnnchile.com/cultura/historia-dia-de-enero-shakira-fernando-de-la-rua_20190710/

https://www.latercera.com/culto/2021/01/18/dia-de-enero-shakira-y-la-historia-de-una-cancion-de-amor-enterrado/

https://www.losandes.com.ar/estilo/dia-de-enero-como-nacio-la-cancion-que-shakira-le-dedico-a-antonio-de-la-rua/

  • Put links to the artist's home page or Twitter/Instagram feeds

https://twitter.com/shakira?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

https://www.instagram.com/shakira/?hl=en

Submitted by user: PAULETTE

Average Ratings

Most people find the song lyrics very easy to understand lyrics, lyrics sung very slowly and it has very easy to remember verbs and nouns

Most words used are in very common daily usage.RAE

Día de enero has 166 BPM (beats per minute)

References

RAE Based on a median word frequency of 187 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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