Postdata Lyrics in English Joaquin Sabina

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Postdata by Joaquin Sabina from Spanish to English.
You rolled the dice
I cheated luck
I the last word, you
A "but" to add
From being so happy
I forgot to love you
I looked for a treasure
You wanted loot
I was a blessed skinny guy
For playful groupies
You the exquisite delicacy
From a king's table
I the battered troubadour
You the great prima donna
You queen without a crown
I outside the law
The song that I write you
Is nothing but a postscript
If you dance it with another
Don't remember me
When you abandoned me
I embroidered a silver bridge
Nor were you that much
Nor were you that much
Nor am I for you
It's not that I'm sad, damn
It's that I remember
You signed the peace
I looked for payback
There was a miscalculation, I thought
The two of us
You looked for a husband
I found a hideout
Your shadow is a sin
Of imagination
When I have forgotten you
I'll still miss you
And I'll raise the penultimate glass to your health
You forced me to choose between you and the poison
I tossed a coin
Into the air and it came up tails
The song that I write you
Is nothing but a postscript
If you dance it with another
Don't remember me
When you abandoned me
I embroidered a silver bridge
Nor were you that much
Nor were you that much
Nor am I for you
Nor were you that much
Nor were you that much
Nor am I for you
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SONG MEANING

Postdata is Joaquín Sabina’s mischievous farewell note to a romance full of spark but doomed by mismatched expectations. With Sabina’s trademark irony, the narrator portrays himself as a wandering troubadour who rolls dice with fate, while his lover appears as a regal diva hunting for security and spoils. Dice games, botín vs. tesoro, and a coin tossed in the air paint a playful picture of two adventurers who shared excitement yet never spoke the same emotional language.

Wrapped inside the catchy melody is a bittersweet lesson: sometimes love fails not because of lack of passion, but because neither person is truly “for” the other. Sabina toasts her health, promises to miss her after forgetting her, and shrugs: Ni tú eras para tanto… ni yo soy para ti. The song turns heartbreak into humor, urging listeners to acknowledge past mistakes, keep a sense of irony, and dance on—even if the next dance is with someone else.

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