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Vine Del Norte Lyrics in English Ismael Serrano

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Vine Del Norte by Ismael Serrano from Spanish to English.

I came from the north looking for

A song and a cross

And there a comet crossed

And in its trail you were

In Madrid it would still be raining

Sad like I left it

And in Santiago with your lights

And its November I got burned

And it was after a concert

One night at your university

There I found you again

'Today I invite you to party'

I gladly accept your offer

Only on one condition

That this night doesn't end

And that I don't fall in love

Walking down La Alameda

You started telling me

Causes, chance and struggles

In these days and as we passed

In front of La Moneda

You hummed Jara

You looked at me, so hard

You have a Guevara vibe

And we went into a dive bar

And there someone was singing Fito

At this rate I'll fall in love

I just need another pisco

Cut the stories

Get up there

And sing me one by Silvio

Only if you give me a kiss

And everybody sang with me

We left the bar drunk

Holding hands

And in the street like always

The cops were f*cking around

You shouted at them: 'Killers!'

And the two of us started to run

You were laughing, and in your laughter

I could see myself falling

But where have you been all this time?

It's getting late, go home

And in your hug, in the distance

I thought I heard the Parras

Singing for us

It would be better that I leave

I stayed there, alone, shouting, without you

I remember you, Amanda

In time I reached my north

With a song and a cross

With the trail of a comet

With your lie and with your light

In Madrid it kept raining

Just like I left it

And in Santiago so many things

Today I'm dying to come back

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SONG MEANING

Vine Del Norte unfolds like a travel diary where music, love, and political passion collide. The narrator, a Spanish troubadour escaping rainy Madrid, lands in vibrant Santiago de Chile “looking for a song and a cross.” Under the fleeting glow of a metaphorical comet he meets a fiery Chilean student whose rebellious spark pulls him into a whirlwind night. Together they wander La Alameda, trade verses of Víctor Jara and Silvio Rodríguez, raise glasses of pisco while someone croons Fito Páez, and even sprint from the ever-present Pacos (police). Each landmark and melody stitches Chile’s history of protest into their brief romance, making the city itself a character that sings of causes, chance, and struggle.

By dawn the magic slips away. She sends him home, leaving him clutching only a hug that echoes the voices of the Parra family and the refrain “Te recuerdo, Amanda.” Back in the north he carries a “song and a cross” – the gift of inspiration and the weight of heartbreak – while Madrid keeps raining exactly as he left it. The tune is a bittersweet homage to fleeting love, youthful idealism, and the enduring pull of Chile’s Nueva Canción legacy. Listening to it feels like revisiting a night you never lived yet somehow miss, filled with guitars, protest chants, and the ache of wanting to return to a place – and a person – who changed you forever.

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Ismael Serrano Vine Del Norte Lyrics