Chau Lyrics in English No Te Va Gustar

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Chau by No Te Va Gustar from Spanish to English.
Verse 1
We were both watching the sea
When the afternoon was dying
How ours was dying!
I swear that I didn't know it
I looked to my right
I saw that you were disappearing
I screamed with all my strength
And I noticed that you didn't hear me
Chorus 1
I stayed all night on the sand
I tried to make something worthwhile
I can't manage, change or correct
What runs through my veins
Heart, today don't stop beating
You walked away one day
Now you decided to come
Verse 2
More than a year has passed and you're not here
Why would I believe you?
I would've given my life and much more
Just to see you again
I couldn't afford
To give in to your crying
I don't plan to reopen the wounds
Of having loved you so much
Chorus 2
I listened, but I let it go
I remembered how free I was
I can't manage, change or correct
What runs through my veins
Heart, today don't stop beating
You walked away one day
And now you decided to come
Bye!
Chorus 2
Heart
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SONG MEANING

“Chau” captures the raw moment when love slips away right before our eyes. The singer is sitting by the sea with their partner, but as the sun sets, the relationship fades too. When they turn to the right, the loved one is suddenly gone, out of earshot despite desperate shouts. An entire night on the sand follows, full of regret and the stubborn pulse of a heart that refuses to stop beating. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of confusion—How did this end? Why did I not see it coming?—and of an inner force that cannot be “corrected” because it lives in the bloodstream.

A year later the runaway lover returns, yet the narrator now guards their heart. Memories of past pain clash with the temptation to reopen old wounds. The voice in the song stands firm: they will not let tears or nostalgia erase the freedom they have reclaimed. With a final, decisive “¡Chau!” (Spanish for “Bye!”), the song celebrates self-respect and emotional survival. It is both a bittersweet goodbye and a victorious anthem reminding us that some doors must stay closed for the heart to keep beating strong.

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