La Despedida Lyrics Translation – Bullet Train | Alejandro Sanz

Alejandro Sanz sings a haunting farewell in ‘La Despedida’. Lyricists Dominic Lewis and Luiz Augusto Buff draft raw, emotional lines, while composers Dominic Lewis, Luiz Augusto Buff, David Boucher, and Éric Boulanger shape a tense, brooding melody. The song stands as a powerful moment on the album Bullet Train.

La Despedida Lyrics Translation - Bullet Train | Alejandro Sanz
Released: August 5, 2022

La Despedida

Alejandro Sanz • From “Bullet Train”

Lyricist
Dominic Lewis, Luiz Augusto Buff
Composer
Dominic Lewis, Luiz Augusto Buff & Others

La Despedida Lyrics Translation – Bullet Train Soundtrack

The songwriter describes wandering aimlessly after loss, using blood on hands as a symbol of guilt and rage. He sings, ‘Blood runs over my hands, filled with rage just for being born,’ revealing inner torment. The image of a wolf and a cursed portrait show a man breaking under sorrow, yet still begging for forgiveness.

Voy sin saber, sin tu amorI walk lost without your love,
¿Cómo hacer con tanto dolor?how do I handle all this pain?
Una vez más, apaga las lucesTurn off the lights just one more time,
Y canta conmigo, así me olvido de la despedidaand sing with me, so I can forget this farewell.
Ahora voy sin saber, sin amar, por haberte perdidoNow I wander aimlessly, without love, because I’ve lost you.
La sangre corre en mis manos, con rabia, por haber nacidoBlood runs over my hands, filled with rage just for being born.
El lobo en mí se vengaráThe wolf inside me will take its revenge,
Y canta conmigo, así me olvido de la despedidaand sing with me, so I can forget this farewell.
Para de cebar la fiera, pedazo roto de hombre en la tierraStop feeding the beast, this broken fragment of a man on earth.
Retrato maldito, borracho, grito “Parece mentira”A cursed portrait, I drunkenly scream, ‘It doesn’t seem real’.
Debajo de estrellas te ruego que puedas un día perdonarBeneath the stars, I beg that you might one day forgive me.
Yo sé que no puedo seguir más asíI know I can’t keep going on like this.
Matarlos es lo que puedo hacer por tiKilling them is the only thing I can do for you,
Y es que en cada esquina cruel grito por la despedidaand on every cruel corner, I scream out of the pain of this farewell.
Mi amor, me has salvadoMy love, you’ve saved me,
Y el sabor de estar a tu ladoand the feeling of being right by your side,
Es como el mar fluyendo por dentrois like the ocean flowing deep inside.
Y nunca cantará el dolor de ser quien soyAnd the pain of being who I am will never sing out,
De ser quien soyof being exactly who I am.
Voy sin saber, sin tu amorI walk lost without your love,
¿Cómo hacer con tanto dolor?how do I handle all this pain?
Una vez más, apaga las lucesTurn off the lights just one more time,
Y canta conmigo, así me olvido de la despedidaand sing with me, so I can forget this farewell.
Voy sin saber, sin tu amorI walk lost without your love,
¿Cómo hacer con tanto dolor?how do I handle all this pain?
Una vez más, apaga las lucesTurn off the lights just one more time,
Y canta conmigo, así me olvido de la despedidaand sing with me, so I can forget this farewell.
Y canta conmigo, así me olvido de la despedidaAnd sing with me, so I can forget this farewell.

La Despedida Music Video

‘La Despedida’ is about a love that ends in emotional wreckage. The lyrics trace a man’s struggle to survive his own pain. The song features Alejandro Sanz and is part of Bullet Train.