Desde Que Estamos Juntos Lyrics in English Melendi

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Desde Que Estamos Juntos by Melendi from Spanish to English.
I was dressed like a Habanero
You said goodbye with your gaze
While some Romeo was playing
On a balcony in old Havana
There’s nothing more dog than love
Because it always bites before it barks
My heart beat so hard
You told me “come” from the bar
And I told you, “girl, I’m buying you a mojito”
You made it crystal clear that that wasn’t how it went
And that was when I asked the Virgin
of Charity of Cobre to intercede for me
Suddenly, you changed your expression
You started seeing me as gallant, I told you “you’re my actress”
We were just two strangers and ten years have already gone by
My self-esteem was left skin and bones
“What the f*ck’s with you?” you told me
That so-called Romeo stopped playing
It was Silvio Rodríguez’s turn
And on the back of a blue unicorn
You got lost along the Malecón
I made the sign of the cross
You left me no other choice
And I told you, “girl, I’m buying you a mojito”
You made it crystal clear that that wasn’t how it went
And that was when I asked the Virgin
That the Virgin of Charity of Cobre would intercede for me
Suddenly, you changed your expression
You started seeing me as gallant, I told you “you’re my actress”
Later, we finally danced, I promised not to step on you
You were a hundred pounds of art and you started to heat me up
You drove me, my love, completely crazy
Your chocolate lips invited me to sin
You told me “we’re not all the same”
And my illegal hands began to shake
We were just two strangers and ten years have already gone by
Since we’ve been together
Because I came back to look for you
I asked you to forgive me, you made me kneel
Since we’ve been together
My heaven is your mouth
And at five below zero the clothes are still in the way
Since we’ve been together
I’m dying for your freckles
I graduated in your legs and I have a scholarship in your skin
Since we’ve been together
I go around tipping my hat
Peach skin, hot like rum, my sweet January flower
Since we’ve been together
Hey, Cuba is Cuba and the rest is nonsense
with Cuban frequency, Melendi
Since we’ve been together
for God’s sake, a huge mess broke out
Melendi with his love affairs, who would've thought?
Since we’ve been together
Come live in Havana, my buddy, oh God
Fire, the rumba party kicked off
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Ramon Melendi Espina, Descemer Bueno Martinez
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Desde Que Estamos Juntos invites us on a sun-drenched stroll through Havana, where a chance meeting between Melendi and a captivating stranger turns into a decade-long love story. The lyrics paint the scene with vibrant Cuban colors: mojitos at the bar, Silvio Rodríguez on the radio, and strolls along the malecón. What starts as a playful flirtation—he offers a drink, she sets the rules—soon becomes a whirlwind of dancing, teasing, and heartfelt promises. Melendi pokes fun at himself, praying to the Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre for help and confessing that love “bites before it barks,” yet he cannot resist her “lips of chocolate” or the magnetic pull of her laughter.

Ten years later their passion still burns just as hot. He boasts that even at five below zero la ropa estorba (clothes just get in the way) and calls her his “peach-skin, January flower.” The chorus repeats the joyful declaration “desde que estamos juntos” (“since we’ve been together”), celebrating how this spontaneous Cuban romance keeps him tipping his hat in awe. Ultimately the song is a playful tribute to lasting love, Caribbean rhythms, and the magic that happens when two strangers decide to dance instead of walking away.

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