Sota Un Cirerer Florit

The song "Sota Un Cirerer Florit" by Joan Manuel Serrat, a renowned Spanish singer-songwriter, is a poignant narrative of love, loss, and the passage of time. The lyrics, sung in Catalan, evoke a scene of serene beauty juxtaposed with the pain of a broken heart. The cherry tree in full bloom, under which the narrator falls asleep to the murmur of bees, serves as a metaphor for the fleeting nature of love and the sweetness of memories that linger after a relationship has ended.

As the song progresses, the narrator reflects on the moment their life seemed to break, marked by the closing of a door and the subsequent feeling of being left with an empty soul and hands. The loss of the loved one's image plunges the narrator into a deep longing, and hope fades with the belief that the loved one will not return. This sense of abandonment is captured in the imagery of living with empty hands and a suffering heart, with nothing left but dreams beneath the cherry tree.

In the final verses, the song touches on the fragile nature of love and the bitterness that accompanies its end. The narrator, now confronted with the gaze of the once-loved one, feels a renewed sense of sorrow as they witness the other's realization that their new love has turned away, leaving them with the same emptiness and lies that the narrator had experienced. The song closes with a reflection on the cyclical nature of love and loss, suggesting that the pain of yesterday is mirrored in the experiences of today.