Não muito distante [English translation]

I had wanted more joy,

That is what I had wanted,

Joy to last all year long.

That is all I had wanted, more joy,

But it was not, well it was not exactly, my case.

For I also already knew,

I already knew,

I knew what had been the mistake.

For I did not have what I wanted, when I could have had it,

And then, no one else, ever again

Told me "One day, not too much later

Come back some day, not too much later."

Someone who felt what I felt, while I was leaving,

And I was leaving, taking his charm.

Know that I cry, over so much joy

For I know, I know it so well, and I did not have it.

He told me "One day, not too much later

Come back one day, not too much later."

And I said "One day, not too much later,"

He told me "One day, not too much later."