Yo quería [English translation]

So many promises are extinguished today

and we know not the cause,

why love is dying

beyond the gate of that café

So many lovers love and make love today

in the dark, and in their fantasies.

So many loves reconnect today

in all the songs and poetics

I wanted to stop time with your eyes gazing in mine

with the urge to stay as such embracing you

and pause that moment just before each time you'd leave

I wanted, I did want

I wanted to change the world, but the world is how it is

What desire I had to delve into your soul--

I wanted to have you, alone, forever to be mine

I wanted, I did want

So many moments are missed today

your scent, your laugh, your joy.

Things occur, and that seems to be the way of love,

yet I understand it not, I accept it not

I wanted to stop time with your eyes gazing in mine

with the urge to stay as such embracing you

and pause that moment just before each time you'd leave

I wanted, I did want

And I wanted, I did want

I wanted to have you, alone, forever to be mine

I wanted, I did want...

So many lovers love and make love today

And me, tonight, without your love.