Regreso means “return” or “coming back,” from the verb regresar. In the song’s central phrase, “esperando su regreso,” the word captures the narrator’s deep longing as he waits for a loved one to come back, making it emotionally powerful and easy to remember.
“Esperando Tu Regreso” means “Waiting for Your Return,” and the title says almost everything about the singer’s situation. He has spent years waiting for a woman who is now with someone else. His question is blunt: “dime una cosa, ¿de seguro que sí eres feliz con él?” [tell me one thing, are you really happy with him?] Still, he says, “estaré contento yo también” [I will be happy too], if she is truly happy. That generous line makes the heartbreak even sharper: he is trying to wish her well while admitting he has never stopped loving her.
The singer says he has become almost an old man because “siempre te esperé” [I always waited for you]. He imagines the life they never had, especially the children who “debieron ser mis hijos” [should have been my children]. Near the end, his patience runs out: “ahora ya me he cansado de esperar” [now I am tired of waiting]. The most painful detail is also the simplest: if he dies tomorrow, he believes she will never know. It is a song about years lost to hope, with the singer finally facing the possibility that her return will never happen.