Que Diera Lyrics in English Carlos Vives

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A lot of time has passed

Here in Progreso

And it's that I don't understand

The reason for your silence

A lot of time has passed

Here in Progreso

And it's that I don't understand

The reason for your silence

I've thought about you a lot

And at night I sense you

You went very far

And you forgot about my kisses

I've thought about you a lot

And at night I sense you

You went very far

And you forgot about my kisses

I don't really know

When the good things will come

That today are bad news

They arrive from the capital

And again you hear

All the old songs

I remember you a lot

When I sing them again

And again you hear

All the old songs

I remember you a lot

When I sing them again

What I'd give to see you again

What I'd give to look at you again

What I'd give to see you again

What I'd give to look at you again

I'll also tell you

That at night it rains a lot

That the moon doesn't come out

From its discontent

Sent you regards

Rafa and Aunt Consuelo

That sad Innocencia

Sent you regards

Rafa and Aunt Consuelo

That sad Innocencia

Sent you regards

And they told me

That I was gonna meet Gabito

That he's an important man

For humanity

I put on that suit

That Enriquito gave me

But the Nobel Prize

Man! he had to travel

I put on that suit

That Enriquito gave me

But the Nobel Prize

Man! he had to travel

What I'd give to see you again

What I'd give to look at you again

What I'd give to see you again

What I'd give to look at you again

And the time that's passed

Gets me thinking

That when you love each other

You meet again

And the time that's passed

Has taught me to understand

That in the land of oblivion

I'm gonna love you

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SONG MEANING

**“Qué Diera” sweeps us into the warm, nostalgic heart of Colombia, where Carlos Vives writes a musical ‘letter’ to a distant love. Over lilting vallenato rhythms he lists the little details of life back home – torrential night-time rains, the moon sulking behind clouds, affectionate greetings from Rafa, Aunt Consuelo and the ever-melancholic Inocencia. Every memory is a reminder of the one who left, and the chorus bursts with longing: “Qué diera por mirarte otra vez” – “What I’d give to see you again.” Old songs spin on the radio, and each verse feels like digging through a box of keepsakes that still smell of yesterday’s kisses.

Yet Vives sprinkles hope amid the homesickness. A playful cameo of “Gabito” (Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez) hints at the magic-realism woven into everyday Caribbean life, and the singer ultimately believes that true love circles back in time. The lesson: distance may scatter lovers across the “land of forgetting,” but melody, memory and unwavering affection keep them forever intertwined.

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