Chico con flores | EmilianoManciniSongwriter

Temblando de pié
Frente a la parada
Un chico con flores
Lloraba
Nadie sabe el porqué
De su triste mirada
Cuales fueron sus dolores
Talvez esperaba
Es provisional
Mañana con gran estupor
Pasará al final
Lo que hoy era dolor
Porque a cada invierno sigue primavera,
Después de la noche vuelve el sol,
Si por cada sueño hay una barrera
Hay que romperla y tomar el control
Sentados en el bus
Un chico con su padre
No paraban de gritar
Reñían
Sin filtros ni tabús
Competían a quien más ladre
El chico se fue a levantar
Salía
Es provisional
Mañana con gran estupor
Pasará al final
Lo que hoy era furor
Porque a cada invierno sigue primavera,
Después de la noche vuelve el sol,
Si por cada sueño hay una barrera
Hay que romperla y tomar el control
Mirándose en la cara
Parados en la parada
Dos chicos con flores
Gozaban de felicidad
Porque a cada invierno sigue primavera,
Después de la noche vuelve el sol,
Si por cada sueño hay una barrera
Hay que romperla y tomar el control

Trembling, on his feet

(The Spanish "de pié" means standing, but placing it right after "trembling" creates a visual contrast: the boy is emotionally fragile, yet he remains standing)

in front of the bus stop,
a boy with flowers
was crying.
Nobody knows the reason why
for his sad gaze,
what his pains were,
maybe he was waiting.

It is temporary,
tomorrow, with great amazement,
what today was pain
will finally pass.

Because every winter is followed by spring

(This central metaphor "a cada invierno sigue primavera" is a classic idiom for hope. In English, it carries the same weight: no matter how cold or harsh the situation is now, renewal is inevitable),
after the night, the sun returns.
If for every dream there is a barrier,
you must break it and take control.

Seated on the bus,
a boy with his father
wouldn't stop shouting,
they were arguing.
With no filters or taboos,
they competed to see who could bark the loudest (The Spanish idiom "competían a quien más ladre" is a very aggressive, animalistic metaphor. It means arguing brutally and loudly like stray dogs, completely losing human composure. In English, keeping the verb "bark" preserves this raw, dehumanizing image).
The boy stood up,
he was leaving.

It is temporary,
tomorrow, with great amazement,
what today was fury (Notice how the pre-chorus changes slightly: in the first stanza it was "dolor" (pain), here it becomes "furor" (rage/fury) to match the fight on the bus)
will finally pass.

Because every winter is followed by spring,
after the night, the sun returns.
If for every dream there is a barrier,
you must break it and take control.

Looking at each other's faces,
standing at the bus stop,
two boys with flowers
were enjoying pure happiness (This final scene resolves the mystery of the first stanza. The lonely, crying boy with flowers from the beginning has now found his person. The author shows that the "winter" has officially passed and "spring" has arrived at that very same bus stop).

Because every winter is followed by spring,
after the night, the sun returns.
If for every dream there is a barrier,
you must break it and take control.

Maestro Pablo Rivera said to me: "There’s a boy with some flowers, crying at the bus stop.
Now explain to me why—put it into rhyme, and set it to fitting music."
And that is how this song was born.