La Distancia

The distance, the cruel distance...
Hasn't managed to erase from my mind all this hope
The distance, the cruel distance
Hasn't been able to wash off from my body all your fragrance
The distance becomes an accomplice of your existence
and of my memories...
it's fertilizer of great nostalgias full of yearnings
Distance...oh!...distance
Because I have tasted and you are sweet,
its honey is bitter...
Because I have learned to suffer and bear my burdens
Distance...oh!...distance
You have been for my senses like a warning voice
Because of you I despair and live without closing the doors
How cruel, you have made me understand
the beauty of being close...
The distance, the cruel distance
has taught me that time and absence advance closely
The distance, the cruel distance
every day screams at my door its firm lesson
The distance delights in throwing all my mistakes in my face
it lies down at night in my bed next to my fears
Distance...oh!...distance
Because I have tasted and you are sweet...