☝️ Key Points
- The song tells a romantic and melancholic story of two people who meet in an empty bar and dance.
- The singer falls in love and the whole scene reminds him of an old Hollywood movie with a happy ending.
- Despite the beautiful moment, both individuals are aware that they will soon lose each other and can never see each other again.
- Both individuals are in relationships and their time together consisted only of stolen hours.
- The song is an ode to unrequited love, the beauty of the moment, and the bitterness of goodbye.
Interpretation
The song 'Aber Der Traum War Sehr Schön' by
Julio Iglesias tells a romantic but melancholic story. It is about two people who meet in a bar and dance. Despite the late hour, the empty place, and the tired bartender ('The bar was empty, the bartender was tired'), it is clear that the singer falls in love with the woman ('And I realized that I was falling in love. But I didn't resist.').
The whole scene reminds him of an old Hollywood movie where, despite all the obstacles, a happy ending is reached ('It was like in an old Hollywood movie, where a thousand violins celebrate the happy ending.'). But unlike those movies, they know that they will soon lose each other ('But we knew that we would soon lose each other.').
Nevertheless, the moment was beautiful and they wanted the dance to never end ('Because in that moment we were close to happiness and we hoped the dance would never end.'). They knew they should never see each other again, but the dream, the moment they were together, was very beautiful ('Yes, we knew we should never see each other again. But the dream was very beautiful.').
The last part of the song reveals that both people are in a relationship ('You were not free and I was bound') and that their time together was only stolen hours ('We had only stolen hours left'). The woman never fully belonged to the singer ('You never fully belonged to me.'). This song is an ode to unrequited love, the beauty of the moment, and the bitterness of goodbye.