CUANDO TE FUISTE – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Aitana, Natalia Lacunza

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into "CUANDO TE FUISTE," a poignant Spanish pop ballad by Aitana and Natalia Lacunza. This song offers a beautiful opportunity to learn Spanish through its rich emotional vocabulary centered on themes of self-discovery, healing, and female empowerment. Its clear, expressive lyrics and the powerful vocal performances of both artists make it special for understanding conversational Spanish in the context of personal growth and overcoming challenges.

[English]

I learned to feel good

I learned that I too

Can leave you

I understood that our love

Was not bad, it was worse

And it’s not going to change

All those flowers you promised me are gone

All the words you never said are gone

They turned into kisses I never wanted to give you

But I learned to see what you didn’t see when I looked at myself

And now the roses you never gave me want to bloom

So much it hurt me, so much it healed

And so much you lost

I learned to love myself again when you left

You, all of the winners

Me, all of the losers

Who would have thought?

When the rain stops falling

A woman becomes strong

I won’t cry anymore

All the songs you promised me are gone

All the words you never said are gone

They turned into kisses I never wanted to give you

Because I learned to see what you didn’t see when I looked at myself

Now the roses you never gave me want to bloom

So much it hurt me, so much it healed

And so much you lost

I learned to love myself again when you left

When you left

When you left

Because I learned to see what you didn’t see when I looked at myself

And now the roses you never gave me want to bloom

So much it hurt me, so much it healed

And so much you lost

I learned to love myself again when you left

When will you understand that you lost me?

I learned to love myself again when you left

Yo me volví a querer cuando te fuiste

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[Spanish]

Aprendí a sentirme bien

Aprendí que yo también

Te puedo dejar

Entendí que nuestro amor

No fue malo, fue peor

Y no va a cambiar

Se fueron todas esas flores que me prometiste

Todas las palabras que nunca dijiste

Se volvieron besos que nunca te quise dar

Pero yo aprendí a mirar lo que al mirarme no viste

Y ahora quieren florecer las rosas que no me diste

Tanto que me dolió, tanto que se curó

Y tanto que te perdiste

Yo me volví a querer cuando te fuiste

Tú, todas las de ganar

Yo, todas las de perder

¿Quién lo iba a pensar?

Cuando para de llover

Se hace fuerte una mujer

No vuelvo a llorar

Se fueron todas las canciones que me prometiste

Todas las palabras que nunca dijiste

Se volvieron besos que nunca te quise dar

Porque yo aprendí a mirar lo que al mirarme no viste

Ahora quieren florecer las rosas que no me diste

Tanto que me dolió, tanto que se curó

Y tanto que te perdiste

Yo me volví a querer cuando te fuiste

Cuando te fuiste

Porque yo aprendí a mirar lo que al mirarme no viste

Y ahora quieren florecer las rosas que no me diste

Tanto que me dolió, tanto que se curó

Y tanto que te perdiste

Yo me volví a querer cuando te fuiste

¿Cuándo vas a entender que me perdiste?

Yo me volví a querer cuando te fuiste

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sentir /senˈtir/ B1	verb - to feel
amor /aˈmor/ A1	noun - love
cambiar /kamˈbiar/ A2	verb - to change
flor /flor/ A1	noun - flower
palabra /paˈlaβɾa/ A1	noun - word
besar /beˈsar/ A2	verb - to kiss
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A2	verb - to want, to love
dolor /doˈloɾ/ B1	noun - pain
mujer /muˈxeɾ/ A1	noun - woman
pensar /penˈsaɾ/ A2	verb - to think
fuerte /ˈfweɾte/ B1	adjective - strong
perder /peɾˈðeɾ/ A2	verb - to lose
prometer /pɾo.meˈteɾ/ B1	verb - to promise
mirar /miˈɾaɾ/ A2	verb - to look at
volver /bolˈβeɾ/ A2	verb - to return
rosas /ˈrosas/ A1	noun - roses

Key Grammar Structures

• Aprendí a sentirme bien

  ➔ Past tense (pretérito) to express completed actions.

  ➔ The phrase "Aprendí" indicates that the speaker has learned something in the past.

• Entendí que nuestro amor no fue malo, fue peor

  ➔ Use of comparative forms to express a comparison.

  ➔ The phrase "fue peor" compares the love to something worse.

• Se fueron todas esas flores que me prometiste

  ➔ Impersonal construction with 'se' to express actions without a specific subject.

  ➔ The phrase indicates that all the flowers promised are gone, without specifying who took them.

• Yo me volví a querer cuando te fuiste

  ➔ Reflexive verbs to indicate actions done to oneself.

  ➔ The phrase "me volví a querer" means the speaker learned to love themselves again.

• ¿Quién lo iba a pensar?

  ➔ Use of conditional forms to express hypothetical situations.

  ➔ The phrase "¿Quién lo iba a pensar?" expresses surprise at an unexpected outcome.

• No vuelvo a llorar

  ➔ Use of the present tense to express habitual actions.

  ➔ The phrase "No vuelvo a llorar" indicates a decision to stop crying in the present.

• Tanto que me dolió, tanto que se curó

  ➔ Use of expressions of degree to emphasize intensity.

  ➔ The phrase "Tanto que me dolió" emphasizes the pain felt.