world affairs | March 15, 2026

Juanes La Camisa Negra Lyrics English Translation

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In La Camisa Negra by Juanes, the singer expresses his pain and sorrow after being abandoned by his lover. He wears a black shirt to symbolize his grief and loneliness, and reflects on how he was deceived by his partner's false promises. He laments his misfortune in having met her, and how he was left broken-hearted and full of sorrow after tasting the bitter poison of her love. He is left with only his black shirt and a dead heart beneath it.

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Not for being poor or ugly, but for longing

I have the black shirt

Today my love is mourning

Today I have in my soul a sorrow

And it's because of your spell

Today I know that you don't love me anymore

And that's what hurts me most

That I have the black shirt

And a sorrow that hurts me

Prechorus 1

Sadly it seems that I was left alone

And it was purely completely your lie

What damn bad luck mine

That I found you that day

For drinking from the evil poison of your love

I was left dying and full of pain

I breathed from that bitter smoke of your goodbye

And since you left I only have

Chorus 1

I have the black shirt

Because black I have my soul

I lost my calm because of you

And I almost lose even my bed

I tell you sneakily

That I have the black shirt

And underneath I have the deceased

Verse 2

I have the black shirt

Your love doesn't interest me anymore

What yesterday tasted like glory

Today it tastes like pure

Wednesday afternoon and you don't arrive

Not even showing signs

And me with the black shirt

And your suitcases at the door

Prechorus 2

Sadly it seems that I was left alone

And it was purely completely your lie

What damn bad luck mine

That I found you that day

For drinking from the evil poison of your love

I was left dying and full of pain

I breathed from that bitter smoke of your goodbye

And since you left I only have

Chorus 2

I have the black shirt

Because black I have my soul

I lost my calm because of you

And I almost lose even my bed

I tell you sneakily

That I have the black shirt

And underneath I have the deceased

Chorus 3

I have the black shirt

Because black I have my soul

I lost my calm because of you

And I almost lose even my bed

I tell you sneakily

That I have the black shirt

And underneath I have the deceased

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