Berlin Lyrics in English by Rozalén
Porvenir translates to "future" or "what is to come." While it's not an extremely rare word, it's less common than futuro and carries a slightly more formal or poetic nuance.
In the song, the line "El porvenir suspenso" (The suspended future) beautifully captures a feeling of uncertainty and being in limbo. It's an evocative way to describe a moment when one's path forward is unclear, making it a memorable and interesting choice.
Rozalén sets a breakup in a single, blunt image: it had to happen in Berlin. The opening line, "Tuvo que ser aquí" ("It had to be here"), returns almost unchanged at the very end — "En ciudad Berlín" ("In the city of Berlin") — framing the whole song as an answer to a question she never quite asks out loud. In between, she counts what she's lost in small, physical terms rather than naming the feeling directly: a warm plate on the table, a kiss before sleeping, a home she can still feel in the shape of the pillow.
The chorus turns into a real-time negotiation with her own body: "Dime qué hago yo con esto que me araña tanto dentro" ("Tell me what do I do with this that scratches me so deep inside"). She asks what to do with her own pulse, her lips, her eyes, as if grief were a physical problem someone could solve for her if they'd just tell her the steps. Nothing resolves. The song ends back where it started, in the same city, no closer to an answer.
