No Te Quiero Sino Porque Te Quiero
Violeta Parra
I Don't Love You Except Because I Love You
I don't love you except because I love you
And from loving you to not loving you I arrive
And from waiting for you when I don't wait for you
My heart goes from cold to fire
I love you only because I love you,
I hate you endlessly, and hating you I beg you,
And the measure of my wandering love
Is not seeing you and loving you like a blind man.
Perhaps the cruel light of January will consume
Its cruel ray, my whole heart,
Stealing the key to peace.
In this story only I die
And I will die of love because I love you,
Because I love you, love, with blood and fire