There are at least two artists with this name:

Alvaro Torres, the gu… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least two artists with this name:

Alvaro Torres, the guitarist from Oaxaca, Mexico. Author of the album "Dibujando Planetas". He plays jazz, blues and rock amongst other genres. His current project is called "Guitar Performance Shop".

And Alvaro Torres from el Salvador, who sings romantic ballads, boleros, and ranchero. Author of "De Punta a Punta", "Nada se compara a Ti", "Acariciame", "Buenos Amigos" and "Mi Verdadero Amor". He has performed with latino artists such as Marisela, Selena, and others.

Cruz De Olvido
Alvaro Torres Lyrics

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en el atardecer me ire de aqui me ire sin ti me alejare de ti ...
con un dolor dentro de mi.
te juro corazon que no es falta de amor pero es mejor asi...
un dia comprenderas .
que lo ise por tu bien que todo fue por ti.
la barca en que me ire.
lleva una cruz de olvido lleva .
una cruz de amor y en esa cruz sin fin me morire de astio la barca que me ire.

lleva una cruz de olvido.
lleva una cruz de amor.
y es n sa cruz sin ti .
me morire de astio.,,, culpable no e de ser.
de que por mi.
fuera mi hora mejor sera partir.
prefiero asi que acerte mal yo se que sufrire pero nada cruzara un mar de soledad .
recuerdad que te ame.
y que siempre te e de amar.
la barca que me ire lleva una cruz de olvido.
lleva una cruz de amor y en esa cruz sin ti ...
me morire de astio.
la barca en que me ire.
lleva una cruz de olvido...

lleva una cruz de amor.
y en esa cruz sin ti me morire de astio

Overall Meaning

In this song, Alvaro Torres is saying that he will leave his love behind and go away without her. He is doing this with a heavy heart, but he explains that it is not because he lacks love for her. Alvaro thinks that it is better this way, and someday she will understand that he did it for her benefit. He will depart on a boat with a "cruz de olvido," which means a cross of forgetfulness or a cross made to forget. This cross symbolizes the pain he is trying to forget and leave behind. The boat also has a "cruz de amor," a cross of love, which means the love he had for her and that will remain with him even though he is leaving her.

Alvaro Torres sings that he prefers to leave her than to hurt her. He knows he will suffer, but he will cross the sea of loneliness alone. He reminds her that he has loved her, he always will love her, and that his departure is not because of her. The cross of forgetfulness he carries represents the hatred he has for the pain he is leaving behind. In the end, he repeats that the boat he is leaving on has a cross of forgetfulness and a cross of love, and it is in the cross of forgetfulness without her, that he will die of hatred.

Line by Line Meaning

en el atardecer me ire de aqui me ire sin ti me alejare de ti ...
In the sunset, I will leave from here, I will go without you, I will move away from you with pain inside.

te juro corazon que no es falta de amor pero es mejor asi...
I swear, my heart, that it is not a lack of love, but it is better this way...

un dia comprenderas .
One day you will understand.

que lo ise por tu bien que todo fue por ti.
That I did it for your own good, that everything was for you.

la barca en que me ire.
The boat in which I will leave.

lleva una cruz de olvido lleva .
Carries a cross of forgetfulness, carries...

una cruz de amor y en esa cruz sin fin me morire de astio la barca que me ire.
A cross of love, and on that endless cross, I will die of bitterness in the boat that I will leave.

lleva una cruz de olvido.
Carries a cross of forgetfulness.

lleva una cruz de amor.
Carries a cross of love.

y es n sa cruz sin ti .
And it is on that cross without you.

me morire de astio.
I will die of bitterness.

,,, culpable no e de ser.
...I am not guilty of being.

de que por mi.
The cause of... because of me.

fuera mi hora mejor sera partir.
It would be better to leave if it were my time.

prefiero asi que acerte mal yo se que sufrire pero nada cruzara un mar de soledad .
I prefer it this way than to do wrong, I know I will suffer, but nothing will cross this sea of loneliness.

recuerdad que te ame.
Remember that I loved you.

y que siempre te e de amar.
And that I will always love you.

Writer(s): ZAIZAR TORRES JUAN

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