De Nada Sirve Lyrics in English by No te va Gustar
Entregarte comes from entregar (to give, hand over, or surrender) combined with te (to you). In the song, “No sé entregarte la vida” means “I don’t know how to give you my life,” expressing an intense but vulnerable kind of devotion.
“De Nada Sirve” is a love song built around one blunt idea: some things feel useless when the other person is still deeply present. The singer repeats “De nada sirve el por qué” [“What’s the use of asking why?”], “De nada sirve volver” [“What’s the use of going back?”], and “De nada sirve el adiós” [“Goodbye is no use”]. The word vos means “you” in the familiar form used in Uruguay and other parts of the Río de la Plata region. Here, the singer is confused by his own feelings: “Me gusta lo que no tengo” [“I like what I don’t have”] and “quiero lo que no doy” [“I want what I don’t give”]. That contradiction makes the song feel honest, and a little painfully funny.
The strongest image comes in the chorus: “Podré caerme a pedazos, pero acá siempre estás vos” [“I may fall to pieces, but you are always here”]. Even when he cannot understand himself, cannot give the other person his whole life, and cannot live without them, their presence remains. Later, the garden no longer waits because “ya corté la flor” [“I already cut the flower”], yet all he has left is to sing with his soul: “Es cantarte con el alma” [“It is singing to you with my soul”]. The song does not offer a neat answer or a clean goodbye. It circles around love, regret, and the strange fact that saying farewell does not always make someone disappear.
