Ay No Puedo Lyrics in English The Marías

“Ay No Puedo” feels like a late-night confession whispered over a dreamy, vintage melody. The Marías paint heartbreak on a cosmic canvas: a lover vanishes without even a quick “adiós,” yet their presence still glows like lips “pintada en las estrellas.” With every line, the singer pleads for a reunion, picturing their partner dancing in Ibiza while her own heart aches thousands of miles away. The imagery is lush and cinematic, but the emotion is raw—equal parts longing, jealousy, and disbelief that something so “bonito” could shatter into pieces.

At its core, the song captures the tug-of-war between holding on and letting go. The narrator admits she has loved this person for “mil años,” but also vows she “tiene que borrar” them to survive. The Spanish refrain “¡Ay, no puedo!”—“Oh, I can’t!”—perfectly sums up that emotional stalemate. Listeners are left floating in that bittersweet space where memories are too beautiful to erase yet too painful to keep, all wrapped in the band’s signature silky production that turns heartache into a hypnotic groove.