Un Día Después

(In the same place Cartagena continues,
With the same beach, with the same sand
In the same place Cartagena continues)

The earth didn't tremble,
The sea waves didn't calm down,
There were no flowers on my grave,
To my pain, I found the cure.

The church is in the square,
The street leading to the atrium remains dark,
And no one accused the mayor
For playing tricks with the treasury.

The magic didn't end,
The countryside remains green and the plain flat,
My dog didn't stop barking
When I delay, when I don't arrive.

The parrot didn't escape,
Still talking about all the ladies,
Warm at dawn, shining in the sunrise
And the sun keeps rising.

It didn't cause the effect you imagined,
It didn't hurt me as you thought,
I didn't cry more than you believed,
You weren't missed when you left.

And I didn't feel the slow passing anger, no
That's the one that wreaks havoc, increases over time
I just tried to forget, that was all
The bitter drink you gave me.

The schedule didn't change,
The seven o'clock train brings bread, brings the newspaper,
The mule pulling the plow didn't stop
And the poor one continues living.

The bison is grazing,
The hyena doesn't give time to bring the cut.
For a princess, a consort
Of dreams of a commoner to the north.

And the stars shine,
The moon remains beautiful in another place,
In the middle of summer, Marbella,
In the same place Cartagena continues.

It didn't cause the effect you imagined,
It didn't hurt me as you thought,
I didn't cry more than you believed,
You weren't missed when you left.

And I didn't feel the slow passing anger, ah
That's the one that wreaks havoc, increases over time
I just tried to forget, that was all
The bitter drink you gave me.

The bitter drink you gave me,
The bitter drink you gave me.

(In the same place Cartagena continues
With the same beach, with the same sand)

(In the same place Cartagena continues
With the same beach, with the same sand)
Who would have thought
My heart keeps beating
I've proven that I don't die without you, no
(In the same place Cartagena continues
With the same beach, with the same sand)
And the sun keeps shining
The time marks twelve
Through the same door of the clock
(In the same place Cartagena continues
With the same beach, with the same sand)
And I don't see it moving
With the same sand,
The stern remains vigilant over San Felipe and the Caribbean

(I have enough weighty reasons)
I have reasons to be at peace with myself
(I have enough weighty reasons)
Not to think of you, not to miss you, not to have you
(I have enough weighty reasons)
Who, who, who says I can't defend myself
Like a wounded beast
(I have enough weighty reasons)
Like I suffered for you, no one gave anything
(I have enough weighty reasons)
But, but, but on my path
I go even though it hurt me a lot
(I have enough weighty reasons)
I forgot, I don't love you anymore

Maria mulata, Maria mulata, Maria mulata
(I have enough weighty reasons)