Abril

The song 'Abril' by Malpais, a Costa Rican band known for their folk and Latin influences, is a poetic reflection on the passage of time and the lingering presence of a past relationship. The lyrics evoke a sense of nostalgia and the complex emotions that come with remembering a lost love. The opening lines set the tone with a metaphor of April, a month characterized by the contradictory nature of rainy yet sunny days, symbolizing the bittersweet memories of a relationship that has ended but still shines brightly in the narrator's mind.

As the song progresses, the narrator contemplates the words needed to express where their lost love has gone, questioning the distance that time has created. The imagery of touching the air where a benevolent god—representing the essence of the loved one—once was, suggests a yearning to reconnect with the past. The unfinished paragraphs and never-ending twilights serve as metaphors for unresolved feelings and the enduring impact of the relationship on the narrator's life.

The desire to burn all the winds and melt the fragments of a year into a letter or a song illustrates the narrator's attempt to consolidate their emotions and find closure. The repeated plea for peace, death, or life, or just more time, underscores the internal conflict between seeking tranquility and the torment of unresolved love. The repetition of the last four lines emphasizes the depth of the narrator's longing and the struggle to move forward.