Desde Que Estamos Juntos Lyrics in English Melendi

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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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acalorar — to heat up / to get excited

Acalorar means 'to heat up' or 'to get excited', often implying a physical or emotional warmth. It's a vivid verb that goes beyond just 'hot' to suggest a rising passion or intensity.

In the song, Melendi sings, "Tú eras cien libras de arte y me empezaste a acalorar" (You were a hundred pounds of art and you started to heat me up). Here, it beautifully conveys the feeling of being captivated and aroused by someone's presence, making it a memorable and enticing word.

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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