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Hoy No Tengo Nada
Today I Have Nothing

Music by Carlo Donida. English lyrics by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Spanish lyrics by Mogul
 
Released on the 1989 album La Mujer and on a vinyl single (A-side Sin Ti)

This song is a Spanish version of Shirley Bassey's previous hit I (Who Have Nothing), which itself had been translated from an Italian song, "Uno Dei Tanti", and has been recorded many times and performed at practically every live concert.

The lush Latin-style arrangement adds a new Hispanic dimension, while retaining even perhaps accentuating the passion of this dramatic song.


Cover: D. Brownlow

 

Lyrics
Spanish Version
Lyrics
Original English Version

Hoy no tengo nada,
hoy no tengo a nadie
Te adoro con gran pasión...
Si hoy no soy nadie
al menos te brindo mi amor...
¡Te amo!

Tú y tus diamantes
son para tu amante.
Pero dime, no puedes ver
que aunque la vida le des
jamás te amará como yo...
¡Te amo!

Tú la llevas para presumir
a esos clubes y restaurantes;
Y ya no puedo resistir
mirarlos a través
de mi dolor...

Hoy no tengo nada,
hoy no tengo a nadie.
Y mientras bailando van,
quisiera ser la otra mujer...
¡si sólo soy yo
quien te ama!
quien te ama...
quien te ama...

Transcribed by Carlos

I, I who have nothing
I, I who have no one;
Adore you and want you so
I'm just a no one,
with nothing to give you but oh...
I love you

You, you buy her diamonds,
bright, sparkling diamonds.
But believe me, dear, when I say
that she can give you the world
but she'll never love you the way,
I love you

You can take her any place she wants
to fancy clubs and restaurants;
But I can only watch you with
My nose pressed up against
the window pane..

I, I who have nothing
I, I who have no one;
Must watch you, go dancing by
wrapped in the arms of somebody else
when darling 'tis I
Who love you
 
Note
By Carlos

In the third verse, the words "clubes" and "restaurantes" were sung with English accent, so we can hear "clubs" and "restaurants". It is possible that the composer wrote that words in English because in many Latin American countries people use to say both words in the English way, even when the Spanish dictionary doesn't recognize that way.

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