Romance de Barrio

Neighborhood Romance

Romance de Barrio

First the distant April datePrimero la cita lejana de abril
Your dark balcony, your old gardenTu oscuro balcón, tu antiguo jardín
Later the letters with feverish pulseMás tarde las cartas de pulso febril
Lying that it's not, swearing that it isMintiendo que no, jurando que sí

Neighborhood romance, your love and my loveRomance de barrio tu amor y mi amor
First a desire, then a painPrimero un querer, después un dolor
For faults we never hadPor culpas que nunca tuvimos
For faults we both should sufferPor culpas que debimos sufrir los dos

Today you will liveHoy vivirás
Despising me, maybe without dreamingDespreciándome, tal vez sin soñar
That I regret not being able to have youQue lamento al no poderte tener
The pain of not knowing how to forgetEl dolor de no saber olvidar
Today you will beHoy estarás
Like never before far from meComo nunca lejos mío
Far from crying so muchLejos de tanto llorar
It was because yesFue porque sí
That spite blinded you like meQue el despecho te cegó como a mí
Without thinking that in the bitterness of goodbyeSin pensar que en el rencor del adiós
You punished your heart with crueltyCastigabas con crueldad tu corazón
It was because yesFue porque sí
That suddenly we couldn't thinkQue de pronto no supimos pensar
That it's easier to deny and leaveQue es más fácil renegar y partir
Than to live without forgettingQue vivir sin olvidar

Ashes of time the April dateCeniza del tiempo la cita de abril
Your dark balcony, your old gardenTu oscuro balcón, tu antiguo jardín
The letters written with feverish handLas cartas trazadas con mano febril
Lying that it's not, swearing that it isMintiendo que no, jurando que sí
Returning defeated your voice and my voiceRetornan vencidas tu voz y mi voz
Bringing back with tones of horrorTrayendo al volver con tonos de horror
The faults we never hadLas culpas que nunca tuvimos
The faults we both should payLas culpas que debimos pagar los dos