Otro ocupa mi lugar – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Miguel Gallardo

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Fui

I was

Tu gran amor

Your great love

Tu eco, tu voz

Your echo, your voice

Tu amanecer, el compañero de tu ayer

Your dawn, the companion of your yesterday

Te di

I gave you

Mi alma y mi hogar

My soul and my home

Mi juventud, mi soledad

My youth, my solitude

Amé tu cuerpo, tu sonrisa, tus defectos, tus caricias

I loved your body, your smile, your flaws, your caresses

Y, ahora, otro ocupa mi lugar

And now, another occupies my place

Otro duerme junto a ti

Another sleeps next to you

Él se lleva lo que amé

He takes away what I loved

Sin pensar que mi camino se acababa

Without thinking that my path was ending

Que sin ti no valgo nada

That without you I am worth nothing

Ahora, otro ocupa mi lugar

Now, another occupies my place

Otro calmará tu sed

Another will quench your thirst

Es difícil olvidar

It's hard to forget

Comprender que ayer te tuve entre mis manos

To understand that yesterday I had you in my hands

Y ahora eres de mi hermano

And now you belong to my brother

Y quiero huir

And I want to flee

Quiero llorar

I want to cry

Quedarme aquí, echar andar

Stay here, start again

Romperlo todo y empezar

Break everything and begin

Adiós

Goodbye

Te digo adiós

I say goodbye

Y sin volver, la vista atrás

And without looking back

Me iré despacio en la mañana con la vida destrozada

I will leave slowly in the morning with my life shattered

Mientras, otro ocupa mi lugar

Meanwhile, another occupies my place

Otro duerme junto a ti

Another sleeps next to you

Él se lleva lo que amé

He takes away what I loved

Sin pensar que mi camino se acababa

Without thinking that my path was ending

Que sin ti no valgo nada

That without you I am worth nothing

Ahora, otro ocupa mi lugar

Now, another occupies my place

Otro calmará tu sed

Another will quench your thirst

Es difícil olvidar

It's hard to forget

Comprender que ayer te tuve entre mis manos

To understand that yesterday I had you in my hands

Y ahora eres de mi hermano

And now you belong to my brother

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Él se lleva lo que amé

He takes away what I loved

Sin pensar que mi camino se acababa

Without thinking that my path was ending

Que sin ti no valgo nada

That without you I am worth nothing

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
eco /ˈeko/ B1	noun - echo
voz /bwoθ/ B1	noun - voice
amanecer /amaˈneθeɾ/ B2	noun - dawn
compañero /kompaˈɲeɾo/ B2	noun - partner, companion
alma /ˈalma/ A2	noun - soul
hogar /oˈɣaɾ/ A2	noun - home, household
juventud /xwenˈtuð/ B1	noun - youth
soledad /soleˈðað/ B2	noun - loneliness
defecto /deˈfek.to/ B2	noun - defect, flaw
caricia /kaˈɾisi.a/ B2	noun - caress
lugar /luˈɣaɾ/ A2	noun - place
camino /kaˈmi.no/ A2	noun - path, way
valgo /ˈbal.go/ B1	verb - to be worth, to be valid
sed /sed/ B2	noun - thirst

Key Grammar Structures

• Te di mi alma y mi hogar.

  ➔ Simple past tense (preterite) to indicate completed actions.

  ➔ The phrase "Te di" uses the simple past to express that the action of giving happened in the past.

• Él se lleva lo que amé.

  ➔ Present tense to express habitual actions or truths.

  ➔ The phrase "Él se lleva" indicates a current action that is happening regularly.

• Quiero huir.

  ➔ Infinitive form to express desires or intentions.

  ➔ The phrase "Quiero huir" uses the infinitive to express a desire to escape.

• Adiós, te digo adiós.

  ➔ Repetition for emphasis.

  ➔ The phrase "te digo adiós" emphasizes the act of saying goodbye.

• Es difícil olvidar.

  ➔ Impersonal construction to express general truths.

  ➔ The phrase "Es difícil" expresses a general truth about forgetting.

• Que sin ti no valgo nada.

  ➔ Subjunctive mood to express doubt or uncertainty.

  ➔ The phrase "Que sin ti" uses the subjunctive to express a condition that is uncertain.

• Ahora, otro ocupa mi lugar.

  ➔ Present tense to indicate current situations.

  ➔ The phrase "Ahora, otro ocupa" indicates a current situation where someone else has taken the speaker's place.