Mi novia se me esta poniendo vieja
por Ricardo Arjona

Ricardo Arjona is a Latin pop singer and songwriter from Guatemala. "Mi novia se me esta poniendo vieja" was first released on his 13th album, entitled Independiente. The song received a "Song of the Year" nomination at the 2013 Latin Grammy Awards.

The official video can be found here:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH1VLXKNIuY>

Ella es mi novia desde que me acuerdo
Amor del bueno desde que la vi
Yo ya tenía un espacio en mi cuaderno
Para pintar su nombre, presumí

Me quiso cuando al borde de la meta
Llegué penúltimo en la maratón
Me quiere de insensible o de poeta
De genio, de ministro o de bufón

ESTRIBILLO Mi novia se me está poniendo vieja Y le está costando un poco caminar Tres meses sin venir y ella en bandeja Le sirve otro café para su amor Mi novia se me está poniendo vieja Y yo que me empezaba a enamorar Del peso de las cosas que aconseja De su don universal de perdonar

Ella es mi novia y no anda con chantajes
Ni pone reglas de fidelidad
Me ha alcahueteado a cada personaje
Sin importarle la exclusividad

Me quiere igual si voy de guerrillero
O gano el premio Nobel de la paz
Le da igual si voy de último o primero
Si estoy de conformista o de tenaz

(ESTRIBILLO)

Mi novia siempre tiene un plato puesto
Por si algún día pienso regresar
Y preparó en el banco un presupuesto
Por si podría algún día necesitar

No importa que me aleje de mi novia
Si nunca hubo en sus labios un quizás
Y aunque la analogía es tan obvia
Sabrás que te hablo sólo a ti... Mamá

She has been my girlfriend since I can remember
The good kind of love from when I saw her.
I already had a space in my notebook
For painting her name and showing off

She loved me when beside the finishing line
I came in second to last in the marathon.
She loves me whether senseless or a poet
A genius, a minister or a buffoon

CHORUS My girlfriend is getting old on me And it is a bit difficult for her to walk. Three months without coming over and she Serves another coffee on a tray for her love My girlfriend is getting old on me And I who was beginning to fall in love With the weight of the things that she advises With her universal gift of forgiving

She is my girlfriend and does not blackmail
Nor set rules of loyalty.
She played cupid for me to every person
Regardless of exclusivity

She loves me the same whether I go as a fighter
Or win the Nobel Peace Prize.
It is the same to her whether I come in last or first
Whether I am a conformist or stubborn

(CHORUS)

My girlfriend always has a place set
In case some day I think about coming back
And she prepared a fund (lit: budget) in the bank
In case it might be needed some day

It doesn't matter that I'm far from my girlfriend
Since there never was a 'maybe' on her lips
And although the analogy is so obvious
You will know that I am talking to you alone... Mom