El Amor Acaba Lyrics in English by Natalia Lafourcade

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Amor Acaba by Natalia Lafourcade from Spanish to English.
Porque el alma se vacía
Because the soul empties out
Como el cántaro en la nube
Like the pitcher in the cloud
El amor acaba
Love ends
Porque suave se desliza
Because gently slips away
Como sombra la caricia
Like a shadow, the caress
El amor acaba
Love ends
Porque el sentimiento es humo
Because the feeling is smoke
Y ceniza la palabra
And ashes, the word
El amor acaba
Love ends
Porque el corazón de darse
Because the heart from giving
Llega un día que se parte
Reaches a day it breaks
El amor acaba
Love ends
Porque se vuelven cadenas
Because they turn to chains
Lo que fueron cintas blancas
What were once white ribbons
El amor acaba
Love ends
Porque llega a ser rutina
Because it becomes routine
La caricia más divina
The most divine caress
El amor acaba
Love ends
Porque somos como ríos
Because we're like rivers
Cada instante, nueva el agua
Every moment, new the water
El amor acaba
Love ends
Porque mueren los deseos
Because desires die
Por la carne y por el beso
For the flesh and for the kiss
El amor acaba
Love ends
Porque el tiempo tiene grietas
Because time has cracks
Porque grietas tiene el alma
Because cracks has the soul
Porque nada es para siempre
Because nothing is forever
Y hasta la belleza cansa
And even beauty wearies
El amor acaba
Love ends
Porque el sentimiento es humo
Because the feeling is smoke
Y ceniza la palabra
And ashes, the word
El amor acaba
Love ends
Porque el corazón de darse
Because the heart from giving
Llega un día que se parte
Reaches a day it breaks
El amor acaba
Love ends
Porque se vuelven cadenas
Because they turn to chains
Lo que fueron cintas blancas
What were once white ribbons
El amor acaba
Love ends
Porque llega a ser rutina
Because it becomes routine
La caricia más divina
The most divine caress
El amor acaba
Love ends
Porque somos como ríos
Because we're like rivers
Cada instante, nueva el agua
Every moment, new the water
El amor acaba
Love ends
Porque mueren los deseos
Because desires die
Por la carne y por el beso
For the flesh and for the kiss
El amor acaba
Love ends
Porque el tiempo tiene grietas
Because time has cracks
Porque grietas tiene el alma
Because cracks has the soul
Porque nada es para siempre
Because nothing is forever
Y hasta la belleza cansa
And even beauty wearies
El amor acaba
Love ends
Porque el tiempo tiene grietas
Because time has cracks
Porque grietas tiene el alma
Because cracks has the soul
Porque nada es para siempre
Because nothing is forever
Y hasta la belleza cansa
And even beauty wearies
El amor, el amor acaba
Love, love ends
El amor acaba
Love ends
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cántaro — pitcher / water jar

Cántaro is a traditional pitcher or earthenware water jar, a more poetic and specific word than the everyday jarra. In the song, the emptying soul is compared to a cántaro en la nube, creating a striking image of love gradually vanishing like water disappearing into a cloud.

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