Cronica de Un Viejo Amor

Chronicle of an Old Love

Cronica de Un Viejo Amor

I think I loved you foreverCreo que te quise desde siempre
since that rainy daydesde aquel lluvioso dia
when you arrived in the neighborhooden que llegaste al vecindario
you had wires on your teethtenias alambres en los dientes
delicious freckles and a ponytailunas pecas deliciosas y colita de caballo
in school I was always your defenderen el colegio siempre fui tu defensor
I don't know a more innocent way to shout loveno se de forma mas ingenua de gritar amor
because I loved you, I loved you with childish devotionporque te amaba, te amaba con infantil devocion

And it was at your fifteenth birthday partyY fue en la fiesta de tus quince
when my dream shatteredcuando se rompio mi sueño
suddenly into a thousand piecesde repente en mil pedazos
I saw you dance all night embraced by your partnerte vi bailar toda la noche abrazada a tu pareja
so happy in their armstan feliz entre sus brazos
that very night I was going to tell you about my lovejusto esa noche yo iba hablarte de mi amor
and my rival, it seems, beat me to ity mi rival, al parecer, se adelanto
and your joy, how it hurt me, that's where the loser was borny tu alegria, como me heria, alli nacio el perdedor

It was that boy who years laterFue el muchacho aquel quien años despues
to my dismay married youpara mi condena se caso contigo
I saw you radiant and happy at the altarte vi ante el altar radiante y feliz
as I once dreamed it would be with mecomo un dia soñaba que fuera conmigo

And now my friends tell meY ahora me cuentan los amigos
that you have suffered many sorrowsque has vivido muchas penas
that your union ended in failureque tu unión quedó en fracaso
and that you lick your woundsy que te lames las heridas
giving yourself to your childrenentregándote a tus hijos
with a broken soulcon el alma hecha pedazos
on my part, I have remained faithfulyo por mi parte he seguido siendo fiel
to that love I never confessed to you beforea aquel amor que nunca antes te confese
because I still love you, I still love you,porque aún te amo, aún te amo,
like the first timecomo la primera vez

When you receive this letter,Cuando recibas ésta carta,
maybe you won't even remember me,tal vez ya ni me recuerdes,
twenty years have passed.han pasado veinte años.
But if you look in the albumPero si buscas en el álbum
from your fifteenth birthday party,de la fiesta de tus quince,
you won't be mistakenno te llamarás engaño
I am the skinny guy who looks at you with passionyo soy el flaco que te mira con pasión
in every photo taken that nighten cada foto que aquella noche se tomó
and the one who waits for you until you wanty el que te espera hasta que quieras
with the most faithful devotioncon la más fiel devoción

This is the sincere chronicleEsta es la cronica sincera
of an old and silent lovede un viejo y callado amor

This is the sincere chronicleEsta es la cronica sincera
of an old and silent love...de un viejo y callado amor...