I’m releasing a 60-second preview of “Aún Te Amo,” Track 4 from Winter Rhapsody Volume 2: Echoes of Medina, offering an intimate early listen ahead of the album’s full release on December 26.
Echoes of Medina continues my six-album instrumental series—an exploration of emotion through sound, drawing heavily from Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Moroccan musical traditions. This record invites listeners into a space where stories are told not through lyrics, but through atmosphere, melody, and movement.
“Aún Te Amo” is based on my poem of the same name—a letter written from the heart to someone who is still deeply loved, yet held captive by the lingering wounds of past relationships. The poem is one of compassion and clarity, acknowledging that love alone cannot heal what time and personal transformation must eventually mend. It’s a message shaped by tenderness, honesty, and the impossible weight of knowing when to hold on… and when to let go.
At the core of the piece lies the quiet but devastating truth of its central phrase: “Aún te amo pero tengo que dejarte ir”—I still love you, but I have to let you go.
These words capture the emotional landscape of the track: a love strong enough to remain, but wise enough to release.
Within the poem, the writer reflects on the complexities of loving someone who is still battling the shadows of their past. There is deep understanding—recognition that unresolved trauma can make closeness feel unsafe, and that timing can become both a blessing and a barrier. The decision to part ways is not born from abandonment, but from respect. It’s a choice made to protect both hearts, even when it breaks them.
In the album’s architecture, “Aún Te Amo” occupies one of its most reflective and bittersweet spaces. The music mirrors the poem’s emotional progression: a gentle opening that feels like compassion, a middle section filled with quiet ache, and a final stretch that releases the listener into acceptance. Without a single word spoken, the composition holds the tension between devotion and distance, love and surrender, hope and reality.
The 60-second preview offers a first glimpse of that emotional resonance. It introduces the warmth, the melancholy, and the subtle movements toward release. The soundscape lingers like a final letter folded carefully, left on a table, still carrying the scent of everything that could have been.
This preview is an invitation to reflect on the painful beauty of letting someone go—not out of indifference, but out of love. It’s about honoring another person’s healing journey while recognizing your own limits. In “Aún Te Amo,” love becomes an act of courage, patience, and ultimately, acceptance.
The full version of “Aún Te Amo” will be available with the release of Winter Rhapsody Volume 2: Echoes of Medina on Friday, December 26. Until then, this early preview stands as a meditation on compassion, timing, and the kind of love that says goodbye softly, but never stops caring.
