UNA CARTA PA´ SANTA Lyrics English Translation by Lérica
The table’s set, the cousins are arriving,
The same old story, the year’s end we’re seeing,
It’s barely 9 and the party’s already thriving,
And I’ve got zero desire to leave this ceiling.
Grandma asks me what time you’ll be here,
And to not make her sad, I change the subject, dear,
Your chair is empty and I’m dying of sorrow,
While everyone’s dancing, I write a wish on a napkin for tomorrow.
This isn’t just any letter, this is a letter for:
Santa,
Bring her back to me, since she left the nights aren’t good.
If that’s impossible, please bring me a ladder,
So I can take flight to go fly with her.
So Santa, if you’re reading me,
For a gift, send a time machine,
To go back and freeze our memories,
And return to me what I long for, what I so deeply need.
What I so deeply need…
Another year I promise myself not to cry,
That I’ll have to pretend,
That everything’s fine,
When inside I’m a total mess,
The fireplace doesn’t warm, it’s a polar coldness,
That even my soup gets cold,
It chills me to the bone.
When the clock strikes twelve,
I go upstairs and open the window,
To see if the sky is shining and you bring the gift
I’ve been asking for so much, I swear I’ve been good
Please give me a little joy.
Santa,
Bring her back to me, since she left the nights aren’t good.
If that’s impossible, please bring me a ladder,
So I can take flight to go fly with her.
So Santa, if you’re reading me,
For a gift, send a time machine,
To go back and freeze our memories,
And return to me what I long for, what I so deeply need,
What I so deeply need,
What I so deeply need.