Hive Open Mic/Semana 291/ @lcampesina / El otoño del Amor (Esp-ing)

🌿 Interpretation by @lampesina
Song – Lyrics and Music: Diego López

Greetings, dear and harmonious Hive Open Mic community! 🌻
This week, I come to you with my heart in my hands, sharing a song that has touched me deeply—because I’ve lived through something like this once. Its author is my dear Diego López, and as the performer, I feel honored to give voice to these words that come straight from the soul.

The song I bring you is titled “The Autumn of Love”, and it speaks of those difficult moments in life when love, no matter how strong it once was, begins to fade—like the leaves falling from the tree in autumn. It’s a sincere, painful, and beautiful reflection on accepting the inevitable, on letting go of what can no longer bloom.

“Today I must live what I never imagined would happen in my life…”

That’s how this story begins—with a confession that many of us have surely felt at some point. The passing of time, the years shared, the joys, the dreams, and the sorrows as a couple… all of that becomes etched in time. But there comes a moment when, no matter how much we want to, we can’t gather the fallen leaves or return them to that tree of love.

This song is not just a lament—it’s also an acceptance. A way to honor what was lived and release what no longer works and cannot be. As a campesina, I know the land has its seasons—and so does love. We must know when to sow, when to harvest… and when to let the field rest.

I hope this interpretation reaches your soul. Thank you for allowing me to share this little piece of experience with you.

🪉🪉🪉🪉💫

Letra
El otoño del amor
The Autumn of Love

1. Hoy me toca vivir lo que nunca imaginaba,
   Today I must live what I never imagined,

2. que dentro de mi vida llegase a suceder.
   that something like this would happen in my life.

3. Pero me está pasando, no puedo remediarlo,
   But it's happening to me, I can't stop it,

4. pues tengo que aceptar lo que más podría ser.
   for I must accept what could have been.

5. Y fueron tantos años que juntos compartimos,
   And there were so many years we shared together,

6. las buenas y las malas, como marido y mujer.
   the good and the bad, as husband and wife.

7. Pero llegó el otoño y se cayeron las hojas;
   But autumn came and the leaves fell;

8. por más que lo intentemos, no se pueden recoger.
   no matter how hard we try, they cannot be gathered again.

9. Y si las recogemos, ¿de qué nos serviría?
   And if we did gather them, what good would it do?

10. Sería más que imposible colocarlas de nuevo
    It would be more than impossible to place them again

11. en el árbol del amor, de la ilusión y el placer.
    on the tree of love, of dreams and of pleasure.