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Roses
On a day like today, where I tend to think,
"Today is just another day",
we've crossed paths and you chosen to look
at the blue eyes that you're with now.
From the moment we met,
quickly summarizing "Tiempo de Silencio,"
I swear I've told no one
that we hold the world record for loving each other.
This is why I waited, tears streaming down my face,
for you to come with roses--a thousand roses for me,
because you know I love those things--
and it doesn't matter if they're silly, that's me.
And even though I never thought I'd waste my life
imagining that you'd come back by here,
where every Friday afternoon, as always,
hope would tell me, "Relax, perhaps today."
Escaping one night from the last light of day
you asked me to give you a kiss.
With how inexpensive they are, dear,
How much could it cost you to keep me quiet with just one?
Six months passed and you said "Good-bye,
it was nice to meet you."
And there I stood--hand on heart,
and in the other, excuses that even you couldn't understand.
This is why I waited, tears streaming down my face,
for you to come with roses--a thousand roses for me,
because you know I love those things--
and it doesn't matter if they're silly, that's me.
And even though I never thought I'd waste my life
imagining that you'd come back by here,
where every Friday afternoon, as always,
hope would tell me, "Relax, perhaps today."
It's just that I'm beginning to think
that first love is the only true love.
And I'm beginning to suspect
that the rest are simply meant to be forgotten.
This is why I waited, tears streaming down my face,
for you to come with roses--a thousand roses for me,
because you know I love those things--
and it doesn't matter if they're silly, that's me.
And even though I never thought I'd waste my life
imagining that you'd come back by here,
where every Friday afternoon, as always,
hope would tell me, "Relax, perhaps today."
Cosmo
florazina✕
Translations of "Rosas"
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Note that "bostezo de sol" is not "yawn of the sun," but rather an idiomatic expression meaning "last light of day." As well, "carita empapada" refers to a face where tears have been freely falling--and derives from the same verb that you'd use to explain "rain-soaked."