Carta Lyrics in English Silvana Estrada

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Carta by Silvana Estrada from Spanish to English.

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Verse 1

I know that you're free to leave, just as you are to stay

Until we fine-tune our gestures and forget language

That a look be enough to say that I love you

That a sigh be enough to decipher your fears

Maybe that's why you leave, maybe that's why you come back

Because of the new unbearable seriousness that terrifies us

That's why we keep loneliness forgotten

But it's that when we leave we both look back

Chorus 1

And it may be that it's true and one day I'll leave too

That love doesn't last a century and the river doesn't run backward

And it may be that they're wrong, and fear plays us wrong

And that, to spare us pain, the wind may leave us behind

Verse 2

I know that you'll surely find a kiss that tastes the same

As my lips that now whisper your name softly so as not to face it

That I propose a deal because I can't take any more

With this constant attempt to run away just to come back

I propose that we look at each other slowly and make skin a home

That we escape under open sky, redo our idea of the sea

That we reinvent time again, leave the weapons in peace

Give meaning to the movement of a step that doesn't go back

Chorus 2

And it may be that it's true and one day I'll leave too

That love doesn't last a century and the river doesn't run backward

And it may be that they're wrong, and fear plays us wrong

And that, to spare us pain, the wind may leave us behind

And it may be that it's true and one day I'll leave too

That love doesn't last a century and the river doesn't run backward

And it may be that they're wrong, and fear plays us wrong

And that, to spare us pain, the wind may leave us behind

Leave us behind, leave us behind

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SONG MEANING

“Carta” (which means letter in Spanish) feels like opening a hand-written note that still smells of rain. Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada turns an on-again, off-again romance into a poetic seesaw between freedom and attachment. She admits that both lovers are free to leave, yet dreams of a moment when words are unnecessary and a single glance can say “I love you.” The lyrics weigh the thrill of independence against the ache of separation, painting two silhouettes who keep walking away only to look back at each other.

Rather than surrender to constant good-byes, Silvana offers a daring pact: slow down, breathe, and build a home in each other’s skin. She imagines running under an open sky, reinventing time, and laying down emotional “weapons” so fear no longer drives them apart. The river of love may never flow in reverse, and even she might leave one day, but “Carta” invites us to choose presence over precaution. It is a tender anthem for anyone caught between running away and coming home, reminding us that real courage often sounds like a quiet, steady promise to stay.

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