Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Amor... Amar by Camilo Sesto from Spanish to English.
Yo no tengo alas para decirte
I don't have wings to tell you
Y en el cielo pasan nubes
And in the sky clouds pass by
el pájaro de nieve
the snow bird
Amor, si tu dolor fuera mío
Love, if your pain were mine
y el mío tuyo
and mine yours
qué bonito sería
how beautiful it would be
No tengo ventana para asomar
I don't have a window to peek out
y hasta los cristales del silencio
and even the glass of silence
lloran silencio
cries silence
Amor, si tu dolor fuera mío
Love, if your pain were mine
y el mío tuyo
and mine yours
qué bonito sería
how beautiful it would be
No tengo hoy ni ayer
I don't have today or yesterday
pero sí tendré un mañana
but I will have a tomorrow
Yo voy por las calles
I walk through the streets
con tu nombre
with your name
cerrado en mi puño
closed in my fist
Y voy arrastrando
And I drag along
con recuerdos
with memories
hacia el olvido
towards oblivion
Amor, si tu dolor fuera mío
Love, if your pain were mine
y el mío tuyo
and mine yours
qué bonito sería
how beautiful it would be
Cabalgando la noche
Riding through the night
se acerca tu nombre
your name approaches
Yo no tengo llanto
I don't have tears
y en el aire
and in the air
muchos abanicos negros
many black fans
me anunciaron tu llegada
announced your arrival
Amor, si tu dolor fuera mío
Love, if your pain were mine
y el mío tuyo
and mine yours
qué bonito seria
how beautiful it would be
SONG MEANING
In the song "Amor... Amar" by Camilo Sesto, the singer expresses his longing for a love that is not possible due to his lack of wings to tell his wounds, his loneliness, and his lack of yesterday and today. He expresses his hope that if his pain and the pain of his beloved were to become one, it would be beautiful. He imagines himself walking the streets with her name in his fist and dragging a scarf of memories towards oblivion. The night brings her name closer, but he has no tears or caresses to offer. The song ends with the singer wishing that if his pain and the pain of his beloved were to become one, it would be beautiful.
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