Thread: traducir una canción... Please help me

What will become of you?
I need to know about you now
Is there someone that can tell me about your days?
It got dark and I still need to know

What will become of you?
You've changed my whole life without knowing
the reason for peace already forgotten
I hope you think of me the way I think of you.

Please, come. This thirst for love makes me feel well
I want to wake up next to you, my love. I need you to be happy
Please, come. Time passes by and separates us
Life is leaving us behind
I need to know... what will become of you?

What will become of you?
You've changed my whole life without knowing
the reason for peace already forgotten
I hope you think of me the way I think of you.

Please, come. This thirst for love makes me feel well
I want to wake up next to you, my love. I need you to be happy
Please, come. Time passes by and separates us
Life is leaving us behind
I need to know... what will become of you?

Bueno, espero que te guste mi versión. Es tarde y estoy bastante cansada pero quería ayudarte con tu canción. Espero que también le guste a la persona a la que va destinada. Mucha suerte!

Muchísimas gracias!! Me siento muy feliz, tu ayuda es muy valiosa. Me gustó la traducción y estoy más que seguro que a esta persona le gustará.

God bless you

I'm pretty sure this is a composition by Roberto Carlos that was written in Portuguese and then translated into Spanish. I believe I heard it in the 1970s, but I could be wrong. I am aware of the difference between "será" and "sería", but in English the first line sounds better to me as "Whatever became of you?" (past, not future). "What will become of you?" is certainly a possibility, but I will stick to my guns.

Whatever became of you? (What happened to you?)
I need to know today about your life
Someone that can tell me about your days
Night fell and I need to know.

Whatever became of you? (What happened to you?)
Unknowingly you changed my whole life
The reason for a peace that is now forgotten
I don't know if you think about me as I think about you
(In the original, this line is "I don't know if I like/love myself or you more".)

Come, because this thirst to love you does me good
I want to awaken with your love, I need you to be happy
Come, because time is racing and it separates us
Life is leaving us behind
I need to know, whatever became of you (what happened to you)

Whatever became of you? (What happened to you?)
Unknowingly you changed my whole life
The reason for a peace that is now forgotten
I don't know if you think about me as I think about you
(In the original, this line is "I don't know if I like/love myself or you more".)

Come, because this thirst to love you does me good
I want to awaken with your love, I need you to be happy
Come, because time is racing and it separates us
Life is leaving us behind
I need to know, whatever became of you (what happened to you)

I love this song!!! And yes, it is Roberto Carlos.
I agree with Thomas and Sandra, he is not asking about the future. He is just wondering what has happened all this time to the girl he still loves and yearns for.

That takes me back. I remember we used to have arguments about the meaning of this phrase:

Originally Posted by per85

Ven que el tiempo corre y nos separa,

If you listen to it without the benefit of the written lyrics, it can either be interpreted as:

El tiempo corre y no se para

OR

El tiempo corre y nos separa

Looking at the lyrics now, I can see I was right .

Vem, que o tempo pode afastar nós dois
Não deixe tanta vida pra depois
Eu só preciso saber
Como vai você

If you will note in the original lyrics, it says "Come, because time can separate us."

Originally Posted by Thomas

Vem, que o tempo pode afastar nós dois
Não deixe tanta vida pra depois
Eu só preciso saber
Como vai você

If you will note in the original lyrics, it says "Come, because time can separate us."

There's no ambiguity in the Portuguese original though ....thus nothing to argue about. In Roberto Carlo's singing there was the added element that Spanish wasn't his native tongue and some wondered whether the lack of certainty in the interpretation of that phrase was due to that. I don't think it is. It's still ambiguous when sung by a native speaker simply because in singing you don't have the luxury of making the slight stop between 'nos' and 'separa'.