Sebastian Obando Giraldo, Jesus Alberto Navarro Rosas, Gilberto Marin Espinoza, Julio Ramirez Eguia, Mauricio Rengifo Perez, Andres Torres, Roberto Andrade Dirak
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almas — souls
Almas means "souls". It's a beautiful, poetic word that evokes a deep spiritual connection.
In this song about long-distance love, Sebastián Yatra sings, "Mil kilómetros se restan cuando dos almas se suman" (A thousand kilometers are subtracted when two souls are added together). He uses this word to express that physical distance means nothing when two people share a bond so profound it feels like their very souls are united.
Ever been so completely infatuated that your entire calendar revolves around one person? That is the exact energy Colombian artist Sebastián Yatra and Mexican band Reik bring to "Un Año". The track tracks a romance straight through the seasons: meeting in spring ("Yo te conocí en primavera" [I met you in spring]), falling in love during a seemingly endless summer, and then suffering through a painful goodbye in September ("Y esa despedida en septiembre"). By October and November, the distance really stings, but the singer is already counting down to December just to see them again.
What makes the lyrics fun is how openly obsessed the narrator is. He is not playing it cool at all. He admits to telling his friends he doesn't need anyone else, and notes that even his extended family knows her name: "Ya mis primos saben tu apellido / Que por ti yo estoy perdido" (Now my cousins know your last name / Because of you, I'm totally lost). In Spanish, saying you are "perdido por alguien" literally means you are lost over someone, which is the everyday way to say you have fallen head over heels. Even when faced with thousands of miles and the possibility of waiting an entire year or more ("Puede que pase un año más de una vez"), the core message stays simple and stubborn: "el amor es más fuerte" (love is stronger).
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