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 a feverish pulseMás tarde las cartas de pulso febril
Lying that it's not true, 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'll live despising me, maybe without dreamingHoy vivirás despreciándome,tal vez sín 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'll be like never before far from meHoy estarás como nunca lejos mío
Far from crying so much it was because yes, that spite blinded you like meLejos de tanto llorar fué porque si, que el despecho te cegó como a mí
Without realizing that in the resentment of goodbyeSín mirar que en el rencor del adiós
You were cruelly punishing your heart,Castigabas con crueldad tu corazón,
It was because yes, that suddenly we didn't know how to thinkFué porque sí, que de pronto no supimos pensar
That it's easier to deny and leave than to live without forgettingQue es más facil renegar y partir que vivir sín olvidar

Ashes of time the April date,Ceniza del tiempo la cita de abril,
Your dark balcony, your old garden,Tu oscuro balcón, tu antiguo jardín,
The letters drawn with a feverish hand,Las cartas trazadas con mano febril,
Lying that it's not true, swearing that it is.Mintiendo que no, jurando que sí.
Our voices return defeated,Retornan vencidas tu voz y mi voz
Bringing back with tones of horrorTrayendo al volver con tonos de horror
The faults we never had,Las culpas que nunca tuvimos,
The faults we both should pay for.Las culpas que debimos pagar los dos.