En El Muelle De San Blas Lyrics in English MANA

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song En El Muelle De San Blas by MANA from Spanish to English.
Verse 1
She said goodbye to her love
He left on a boat at the San Blas pier
Verse 1
He swore that he would return
And soaked in tears she swore that she would wait
Verse 1
Thousands of moons went by
And she was always at the pier, waiting
Verse 1
Many afternoons nested
They nested in her hair
And on her lips
She wore the same dress
And so if he came back he wouldn't get it wrong
The crabs bit
Her clothing, her sadness, and her hope
And time slipped away
And her eyes filled with dawns
And she fell in love with the sea
And her body took root at the pier
Alone in oblivion
Alone with her spirit
Alone with her love, the sea
At the San Blas pier
Her hair turned white
But no ship brought her love back
And in town they told her
They called her the madwoman of the San Blas pier
And one April afternoon
They tried to move her to the asylum
Nobody could tear her away
And from the sea they never ever separated her
Alone alone in oblivion
Alone alone with her spirit
Alone alone with her love, the sea
Alone at the San Blas pier
Alone alone in oblivion
Alone alone with her spirit
Alone alone with her love, the sea
Alone alone
Alone alone in oblivion
Alone alone with her spirit
Alone alone with her love, the sea
Alone at the San Blas pier
She stayed, she stayed
Alone, alone
She stayed, she stayed
With the sun and with the sea
She stayed there, she stayed till the end
She stayed there, she stayed at the San Blas pier
Alone alone, she stayed
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SONG MEANING

Picture this: A young woman waves goodbye as her beloved sails away from the sunny pier of San Blas, Mexico. He promises to return, and she promises to wait. Maná’s powerful rock ballad follows that promise as the days stretch into years. With every rising moon she stands on the same wooden planks, wearing the same dress, hair slowly silvering in the salty breeze. Crabs nip at her hem, townspeople whisper that she is “la loca del muelle”, yet she refuses to leave. The ocean becomes her only companion, her steadfast confidant, and soon her roots seem to grow right into the pier itself.

Behind its catchy guitar riffs and soaring vocals, the song delivers a bittersweet legend about unbreakable devotion and the heavy cost of waiting too long. “En El Muelle De San Blas” paints love as both a beautiful lighthouse and a lonely prison, showing how hope can transform into obsession when time refuses to cooperate. It is a melodic reminder that

  • hope can outlive reason,
  • the passage of time can turn promises into myths, and
  • the sea, ever present, can be both lover and thief.

Whether you hear it as a romantic tragedy, a cautionary tale, or a tribute to unwavering faith, the song invites you to sway with the waves of Spanish lyrics and feel every heartbeat of a woman who waits forever.

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