El tiempo va [English translation]

Time slips away

Towards tomorrow like an arrow.

Whoever writes our history

Will tell us, that little by little,

Bit by bit, time slips away.

Carve into a rock this truth:

Although you don't like it,

Although you deny it, time slips away.

A shadow dances in the air,

With her you shall dance.

Water that escapes in your fingers

And slips away like time slips away.

Time slips away

And the energy it gave us shall not return.

An hourglass under your veins, that is the law.

One life is all there is.

There is no rebellion, nor is there freedom.

Although you don't like it,

the day ends and time slips away.

A shadow dances in the air,

With her you shall dance.

Water that escapes in your fingers

And slips away like time slips away.

The raindrops come down,

From them you shall drink.

Water slides off your fingers

And slips away like time slips away.

Oh, oh, the day that you fall asleep,

Color will fall asleep,

And even if a shadow dances in the air,

You shall no longer dance.

There is no rebellion, there is no freedom

And the cries that you have never cried out

slip away like time slips away.