Rosas [English translation]

On a day like this I usually think

"It'll happen the very day you're not thinking about it."

We crossed paths, you've decided to look

to the little blue eyes that now go to your side

From the moment I first met you

quickly summing up Time of Silence*

I swear I've never told anyone again

that we hold the world record in loving each other.

That's why I'd always wait, with my face tear-stained

for you to come with roses, with a thousand roses for me

because you know I love these things

and I don't care if it's foolish, that's just me.

And it still seems hard to believe that my life slipped away

imagining that you'd stop by here again,

where every Friday afternoon, like always,

Hope* says, "Quiet, maybe it'll be today."

Escaping one night from the sun's yawn

You asked me to give you a kiss.

With how cheap my love goes,

what does it cost you to shut me up with one of those?

Six months passed and you told me goodbye,

"A pleasure to meet in this life."

There I stayed, in one hand my heart,

and in the other excuses that even you didn't understand.

That's why I'd always wait, with my face tear-stained

for you to come with roses, with a thousand roses for me

because you know I love these things

and I don't care if it's foolish, that's just me.

And it still seems hard to believe that my life slipped away

imagining that you'd stop by here again,

where every Friday afternoon, like always,

Hope says, "Quiet, maybe it'll be today."

And I'm starting to think

that true love is only ever the first love.

And I'm starting to suspect

that all the rest are just to help you forget...

That's why I'd always wait, with my face tear-stained

for you to come with roses, with a thousand roses for me

because you know I love these things

and I don't care if it's foolish, that's just me.

And it still seems hard to believe that my life slipped away

imagining that you'd stop by here again,

where every Friday afternoon, like always,

Hope says, "Quiet, maybe it'll be today."

• Artist:La Oreja de Van Gogh
• Album:Lo que te conté mientras te hacías la dormida (2003)