Triste Lyrics in English Ivan Cornejo , Polo González

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Triste by Ivan Cornejo from Spanish to English.

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Verse 1

How am I going to be happy

If you're not anymore with me?

Of course your absence hurts

I was your best friend

Your messages don't arrive anymore

To my iPhone every morning

I want the years to pass

So that nothing hurts

You wasted a lot of my time

Also a thousand bouquets of roses

And although I miss your mess

Things will never work out

I was sad in life

Or: I was going sadly through life

You stole my joy

Thank God I don't hate you

You were a lesson in my life

Verse 2

So that you don't hurt me anymore

I'm going out with friends

I'll drink a thousand bottles

I'm going to get very high

The girls that come

I won't reject them

I'm going to enjoy my life

I hope you do too

Sad music in the truck

It will always play at night

So that I remember you

And cry the next second

We look at each other, my little girl

I'll carry you in my memories

I don't love or hate you

Although you left me dead

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SONG MEANING

“Triste” dives head-first into the whirlwind of emotions that hits when a relationship ends. Ivan Cornejo and Polo González paint a vivid picture of waking up to silence where loving texts once buzzed, replaying every memory while regional guitars echo in the background. The singer admits the hurt: he misses her “desastre,” the beautiful chaos she brought, yet he’s determined to speed through the years until the pain fades. It is a confession of raw heartbreak told with classic Mexican regional melancholy, as bottles pile up, sad music fills the truck, and every tear reminds him she was once his best friend.

Still, the track is laced with defiant optimism. Rather than drowning forever in sorrow, the narrator vows to reclaim his joy: night rides, countless drinks, and no more turning away new faces. He neither hates nor loves her now; she has become a life lesson, a bittersweet memory he will carry without letting it destroy him. “Triste” becomes an anthem for anyone who has felt shattered yet chooses to dance, sing, and live on—proving that even the saddest corridos can ignite a spark of hope.

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