Cuando Estés Aquí Lyrics in English Pablo Alborán

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cuando Estés Aquí by Pablo Alborán from Spanish to English.

Now that the hug is delayed

That life split us in half

I see myself surrounded by lies

Of balls punctured by stray bullets

Now that Madrid is a desert

Its balconies have less to cry over

My house complains it's an office

And the neighbor told me that today she'll dance again

Set the counter to zero

That I'll be the first to kiss your scar

One night more or less

I already know the hell of living without you

They'll see us smile again

I'll know that there's a cure when you're here

Now that forgetting is in fashion

The present forces us to remember

I try to erase my mistakes

Like on the list of painkillers to buy

Now that behind every grimace

We hide the fear of being able to dream

Loves stripped of leashes

Peek through the gate of our freedom

And set the counter to zero

That I'll be the first to kiss your scar

One night more or less

I already know the hell of living without you

They'll see us smile again

I'll know that there's a cure when you're here

Set the counter to zero

That I'll be the first to kiss your scar

One night more or less

I already know the hell of living without you

They'll see us smile again

I'll know that there's a cure when you're here

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SONG MEANING

“Cuando Estés Aquí” is a heartfelt ballad in which Spanish singer-songwriter Pablo Alborán captures the strange pause in life created by distance and lockdown. With images of Madrid turned into a desert and balconies that have run out of tears, he paints the quiet loneliness of homes converted into makeshift offices. Broken promises are compared to punctured footballs, stray bullets of despair, while fear hides behind forced smiles. In this suspended reality, forgetting feels fashionable, yet the present keeps forcing us to remember what truly matters.

The chorus offers a bright spark of hope. Alborán asks to “set the counter to zero” so he can be the first to kiss the other person’s scars, promising that laughter will return when they are finally together. Love and human closeness become the ultimate remedy; until that long-awaited embrace arrives, he endures “the hell of living without you.” The song reminds us that even in the deepest isolation, healing is possible once we reunite with those we love.

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Pablo Alborán Cuando Estés Aquí Lyrics