I’m afraid he didn’t, but I wish he recorded this song once again with Carlos Santana, because these are his rhythms. Maybe it would still be possible. He did it at least once, so why not once again?

As you know I am correcting my older translations now and this song for me was too difficult to understand, so I made a lot of mistakes in my Polish translation. There was already an English translation, but you know that I don’t trust people who are not native speakers and I always do everything my own way. I did it because I like this song very much, but I was shocked, ‘cause I realized that I misunderstood it completely. I took me three days to finish it now – it was still not easy.

S1 v4 – It’ the most difficult phrase used in this song. It’s an idiom. The only explanation I have found is about “overdoing something or going too far with something”. As I understand it, it means probably, correct me if I am wrong, that something escapes from your hand, so that you lose control over it.
This is why I wrote “and at night it went too far”, ‘cause I meant “we lost control over what we were doing at night”. I wasn’t sure, ‘cause “a la” it’s for me “at night” .
On the other hand “se” means “itself/herself/himself” and “le” – “to him/to her”.
I am still not convinced. I don’t feel it. Maybe – another suggestion – “and at night we went too far” or perhaps “and at night we lost control” – as for me it should be what was meant. What do you think?

S2 v3 – Sorry my mistake, I wonder why I did it – corrected.

S5 v3 – I will leave it as it is. Both forms seem to be correct, but the singular form is more often used. It’s because there is only one heaven and this is why I preferred to use it. I just wonder why the plural form is also used. Anyway in the Spanish lyrics it is singular too and I believe it’s the better choice than the plural form

Gracias.

Thanks, corrected. And what about the most difficult part - Stanza 1 verse 4?

And how about: “the night made that we stopped controlling ourselves” (a bit too long) or “the night made we stopped self-control” (shorter)?
I think this is exactly what was meant, isn't it?

Of all your proposals I like mostly “the night made us go too far”. As you don’t like my idea of “and the night made we stopped self-control” (it’s in fact too long), I decided to use this one.

And now let me make things more complicated. I wonder if you have compared the given lyrics with the real song text. Please take your time and try to listen on YouTube to the original version and some concert versions (sometimes Julio changes a bit some words while singing). You’ll be able to hear that the given lyrics is not exact. I looked at other sources, but they all seem to be the same. Maybe I’m wrong, but this is what I have found (I hope my ears do not mislead me):

S 1 v 4 – I believe I hear he sings “Y a la noche se le fue en la mano”. This changes the meaning. For me it’s not an idiom anymore and it means “and the night was in our hands” (or literally “in the hand”).

S 2 v 1 – I hear “Lur” (without any doubt). The only possibility is it’s in Basque (why? – he was born in Galicia and grow up in Catalonia) and it means “land”– so:
“Una lur rosada imaginavamos” – means “We imagined a pink land” – that fits better in my opinion, the only thing is I wonder if it’s possible that he used a Basque word.

S 4 (refrain) – I am not able to hear “ternura”. In original song for me it’s rather “que tu”:
“Besos, que tu
que derroche de amor,
cuanta locura”
so:
“Your kisses,
like an outpouring of love,
what a madness.”
Sometimes in concerts he sings “ternur”. It’s the same as “ternura”, but it’s in Catalan.

S 7 v 4 – I hear “Que se iban a morir mañana”, but it does not influence the translation.

An what do you hear?