Un Viejo Amor Lyrics in English Ana Gabriel
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Un Viejo Amor by Ana Gabriel from Spanish to English.
Por unos ojasos negros, igual que penas de amores
For some big black eyes, just like love's sorrows
Hace tiempo tuve anhelos, alegrías y sin sabores
A long time ago I had yearnings, joys and disappointments
Y al dejarlos algún día, me decían así llorando
And upon leaving them one day, they told me, crying like this
No te olvides vida mía, de lo que te estoy cantando
Don't forget, my love, what I'm singing to you
Que un viejo amor
That an old love
Ni se olvida ni se deja
Is neither forgotten nor abandoned
Que un viejo amor
That an old love
De nuestra alma si se aleja
From our soul it does distance itself
Pero nunca dice adiós
But it never says goodbye
Que un viejo amor
That an old love
Ha pasado mucho tiempo
A lot of time has passed
Y otra vez vi aquellos ojos
And again I saw those eyes
Me miraron con despejo, fríamente y sin enojos
They looked at me with indifference, coldly and without anger
Y al notar ese desprecio de ojos que por mi lloraron
And upon noticing that scorn from eyes that cried for me
Pregunte si con el tiempo
I asked if with time
Sus recuerdos olvidaron
Their memories were forgotten
Que un viejo amor
That an old love
Ni se olvida ni se deja
Is neither forgotten nor abandoned
Que un viejo amor
That an old love
De nuestra alma si se aleja
From our soul it does distance itself
Pero nunca dice adiós
But it never says goodbye
Que un viejo amor
That an old love
Que un viejo amor
That an old love
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despejo — scorn / disdain
Despejo in this context means 'scorn' or 'disdain'. It's a less common word than 'desprecio' (which also appears in the lyrics) but carries a similar weight of cold indifference.
In the song, the narrator revisits an old love and finds that the eyes that once cried for them now look with 'despejo'—a chilling indifference that highlights the pain of forgotten love. It's a powerful word to describe the emotional distance that has grown over time.
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