La Rosa Del Adiós

Joan Manuel Serrat Joan Manuel Serrat

The Rose of Goodbye

The long winter night
lit up when by hand
the rosebush made a rose
redder than blood.

Last breath of summer.
Token of prosperity.
Bird that fell from the nest.

Celebrate with a ray of sun
under the shelter of a cypress;
are you late or too early,
wonderful misunderstanding?

Born against the current
defying the frosts
and facing the wind.

Like a paper flower
you won't hear the buzzing
of bees sucking you
nor spread any perfume.

The sun will never gift you
the dream of a nap
or the July sunsets.

But before the impatient hands of winter
suffocate you,
the evening looks at you and rejoices,
stops and is surprised

with a small and brief
-like the flower of your lips-
red rose of goodbye.

  1. Señora
  2. De Vez En Cuando La Vida
  3. La Hora Del Timbre
  4. Nanas De La Cebolla
  5. Romancillo De Mayo
  6. En La Vida Todo Es Ir
  7. Como Un Gorrión
  8. La Mujer Que Yo Quiero
  9. La Bella Y El Metro
  10. Guitarra Del Mesón
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