¿Porqué Te Vas? Lyrics in English Jeanette

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song ¿Porqué Te Vas? by Jeanette from Spanish to English.
Today the sun shines in my window
And the heart
gets sad contemplating the city
Why are you leaving?
Like every night, I woke up
thinking of you
And on my clock I saw all the hours go by
Why are you leaving?
All the promises of my love will go with you
You'll forget me, you'll forget me
By the station I'll cry like a child
Why are you leaving?
Why are you leaving?
Why are you leaving?
Why are you leaving?
Under the dimness of a streetlamp
They'll fall asleep
All the things that were left to say
They'll fall asleep
By the hands of a clock
They'll wait
All the hours that were left to live
They'll wait
All the promises of my love will go with you
You'll forget me, you'll forget me
By the station I'll cry like a child
Why are you leaving?
Why are you leaving?
Why are you leaving?
Why are you leaving?
All the promises of my love will go with you
You'll forget me, you'll forget me
By the station I'll cry like a child
Why are you leaving?
Why are you leaving?
All the promises of my love will go with you
You'll forget me, you'll forget me
By the station I'll cry like a child
Why are you leaving?
Why are you leaving?
Why are you leaving?
Why are you leaving?
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SONG MEANING

Why are you leaving? The whole song circles around this single, aching question. Morning sunlight fills the singer’s window, yet her heart sinks as she watches the city and realizes that her loved one is slipping away. Every tick of the clock magnifies the emptiness: hours parade past at night, promises drift off with the departing train, and unspoken words fall asleep under a lonely streetlamp.

In just a few simple verses, Jeanette paints the bittersweet moment when love meets farewell. The melody is sweet and almost lullaby-like, but the lyrics reveal raw heartbreak. She will cry “like a child” at the station, knowing that all their shared dreams are boarding the train too. “¿Porqué Te Vas?” invites listeners to feel that mix of sunny nostalgia and inevitable goodbye, making it a timeless anthem for anyone who has ever asked, “Why are you going?”

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