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El Viejo Verano Lyrics in English El Barrio

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Viejo Verano by El Barrio from Spanish to English.

Love left

And with it your kisses

And it didn't come back

You already know my friend that we didn't see each other last night

Tell me how living with the absence suits you

How unfair the summers are and around September

How damned the distance

How unjust its recklessness

I wished that that night would never end

But my body has become prisoner of drowsiness

They say that adventures are things of Saint Forgetfulness

How damned the sayings

That are said without conscience

I never imagined that it hurt so so much

I, who laughed at the Don Juans and at love

I, who closed my doors to love bolt and bar

The key that opens them without meaning to has arrived

Now my mind is loaded with sorrows

I ask destiny when I'll see you again

Now I am the waiting that despairs while waiting

I don't see tomorrow without thinking about yesterday

My love left

And with it your kisses

And it didn't come back

I write you this from that breakwater

The one that offered us those sunsets

I already count the seconds, the minutes and the hours

That I have left in this life

To be able to see you again

I wished that that night would never end

But my body has become prisoner of drowsiness

And it says that adventures are things of Saint Forgetfulness

How damned the words

That are said without conscience

If you feel lonely send a message with the wind

I'm going to leave my window ajar

In case the sea brings me the scent of your body

And I'm lucky that it finds me on the pillow

There was never a happy goodbye for the mind

When the illusion of the verb to love is involved

And now I am the waiting that despairs while waiting

Please friend don't forget me

Love left

And with it your kisses

Your kisses

And it didn't come back

Olé

And it didn't come back

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SONG MEANING

"El Viejo Verano" is a heartfelt postcard from the end of a once-sunny romance. El Barrio paints the picture of a lover who stays behind on the seashore, counting every second since “amor se marchó”. Summer, once warm and carefree, now feels unfair as September creeps in. The lyrics swirl with flamenco-tinged nostalgia: missing kisses, sleepless waiting, and hoping the sea itself might carry back a lost perfume.

At its core, the song is about the ache of distance and the stubborn hope that love will return. The narrator—who once laughed at romantic clichés—finds himself trapped by them, discovering that refrains like “las aventuras son cosas de San Olvido” are painfully true. He pleads for a sign on the wind, leaves the window open just in case, and admits there is no happy goodbye when the verb amar is involved. “El Viejo Verano” turns the slow fade of a holiday fling into a dramatic, guitar-laced confession that summer may pass, yet longing can linger forever.

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El Barrio El Viejo Verano Lyrics