El Arrepentido Lyrics in English Melendi , Carlos Vives

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Arrepentido by Melendi from Spanish to English.

Today I'm going to tell the story

Of the repentant

That, living in memory

Lost the path

He's brother to that one who walks

Always in the future

He spends long seasons

Deaf, blind and mute

Today I'm going to sing you the song

Of the repentant

If you jump you live

But you have to jump inward

And there's no subway stop

That takes us to that place

Where the fears

Get mixed up with life

And there's no other way out

Than that we find each other again

With the present

The one that keeps our pending accounts

From the humblest to the most influential

The one that tells you, hey Melen, behave

Let's go to Oviedo, that the train will leave us

Today I'm going to tell the story

Of the one who looks outside

Wanting to find culprits

For his problems

That one who goes through life

Always with the reason

And he doesn't know that it doesn't exist

That he defends

Today I'm going to sing you the song

Of the repentant

If you jump you live

But you have to jump inward

And there's no subway stop

That takes us to that place

Where the fears

Get mixed up with life

And there's no other way out

Than that we find each other again

With the present

Where ghosts flee

And superstitions drown

Where everybody dances to the rhythm

Of hearts

Oh, where all the fears, Carlos

Disappear

Where all sorrows go away

When they see me appear

If you jump you live

But you have to jump inward

And there's no subway stop

That takes us to that place

Where the fears

Get mixed up with life

And there's no other way out

Than that we find each other again

Wake up, with every second that passes

A door closes

In every lost gaze a landscape dies

That every moment that flies doesn't return

Wake up, connect

Your body, through the mind the source

That moves even what you don't see

Because you think it's inert

And thus you'll finally be able to know what the planet screams

The time has already come that we look inside

Wake up

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Carlos Alberto Vives, Ramon Melendi Espina

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SONG MEANING

El Arrepentido paints the lively portrait of someone trapped in regret, forever replaying the past or day-dreaming about the future but forgetting to live right now. Melendi and Carlos Vives invite us to take a daring leap—not outwards, but inwards—toward that internal place where fears blend with daily life until we finally face them. The song warns that there is no subway stop that drops us at self-awareness; you have to make the journey on your own, stop blaming the world for your problems, and reconnect with “el presente,” the only moment that truly belongs to you.

Packed with playful references (like racing to catch the train in Oviedo) and Vives’s tropical sparkle, the track feels like a musical wake-up call. Each verse urges listeners to despierta—wake up—because every lost second closes a door, every unfocused glance lets a beautiful scene die. By the end, the message is clear: jump inside yourself, dance to the rhythm of your heart, and watch regrets and superstitions melt away. In other words, the cure for sorrow lies in being fully, joyfully present.

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