Desde El Puerto Lyrics in English La Oreja de Van Gogh

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Desde El Puerto by La Oreja de Van Gogh from Spanish to English.
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From the harbor I've watched dawn break
With your absence sitting next to me
It has invited me not to leave behind
The whim of seeing you smile
And every minute
Waits its turn
Slips away, gets lost
Joins the sea
Over the water a story already asleep is drawn
In silence I listen to the verse of your farewell
Your absence is my friend in loneliness
She's told me that the sun rises for you
I tremble, I rest, now I hear her voice
I look at myself in her eyes, they lead me to sleep
And every minute
Waits its turn
Slips away, gets lost
Joins the sea
Over the water a story already asleep is drawn
In silence I listen to the verse of your farewell
Over the water a story already asleep is drawn
In silence I listen to the verse of your farewell
I wish I could have you here for a second
To tell you that the world has no light
Over the water a story already asleep is drawn
In silence I listen to the verse of your farewell
Over the water a story already asleep is drawn
In silence I listen to the verse of your farewell
Your farewell
Your farewell
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SONG MEANING

Desde El Puerto ("From the Harbor") invites us to watch the sunrise from a quiet pier next to La Oreja de Van Gogh’s narrator, whose only companion is the lingering presence of someone who has just left. As the early light spills over the water, every minute feels like a tiny boat: it waits its turn, slips away, and finally merges with the sea. This gentle image captures how memories drift out of reach while the singer clings to the wish of seeing that lost smile again.

The song paints absence as both friend and tormentor. Waves sketch a "sleeping story" on the surface, and in the hush the narrator still hears the farewell verse of their loved one. Hope and melancholy mix like salt and sunlight: the sun is said to rise because of the missing person, yet the world feels dim without them. By the end, the plea is simple and heartfelt—just one more second together so the harbor might glow with real light once more.

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