Otro ocupa mi lugar – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Miguel Gallardo

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the emotional depth of Spanish music with Miguel Gallardo's "Otro Ocupa Mi Lugar." This timeless ballad offers a poignant narrative of love and loss, providing insight into the cultural expression of heartbreak and resilience. Learning the lyrics can offer a window into Spanish vocabulary related to emotions and relationships, making it a beautiful way to connect with the language.

[English]

I was

Your great love

Your echo, your voice

Your dawn, the companion of your yesterday

I gave you

My soul and my home

My youth, my solitude

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

And now, another occupies my place

Another sleeps next to you

He takes away what I loved

Without thinking that my path was ending

That without you I am worth nothing

Now, another occupies my place

Another will quench your thirst

It's hard to forget

To understand that yesterday I had you in my hands

And now you belong to my brother

And I want to flee

I want to cry

Stay here, start again

Break everything and begin

Goodbye

I say goodbye

And without looking back

I will leave slowly in the morning with my life shattered

Meanwhile, another occupies my place

Another sleeps next to you

He takes away what I loved

Without thinking that my path was ending

That without you I am worth nothing

Now, another occupies my place

Another will quench your thirst

It's hard to forget

To understand that yesterday I had you in my hands

And now you belong to my brother

...

He takes away what I loved

Without thinking that my path was ending

That without you I am worth nothing

...

[Spanish]

Fui

Tu gran amor

Tu eco, tu voz

Tu amanecer, el compañero de tu ayer

Te di

Mi alma y mi hogar

Mi juventud, mi soledad

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

Y, ahora, otro ocupa mi lugar

Otro duerme junto a ti

Él se lleva lo que amé

Sin pensar que mi camino se acababa

Que sin ti no valgo nada

Ahora, otro ocupa mi lugar

Otro calmará tu sed

Es difícil olvidar

Comprender que ayer te tuve entre mis manos

Y ahora eres de mi hermano

Y quiero huir

Quiero llorar

Quedarme aquí, echar andar

Romperlo todo y empezar

Adiós

Te digo adiós

Y sin volver, la vista atrás

Me iré despacio en la mañana con la vida destrozada

Mientras, otro ocupa mi lugar

Otro duerme junto a ti

Él se lleva lo que amé

Sin pensar que mi camino se acababa

Que sin ti no valgo nada

Ahora, otro ocupa mi lugar

Otro calmará tu sed

Es difícil olvidar

Comprender que ayer te tuve entre mis manos

Y ahora eres de mi hermano

Él se lleva lo que amé

Sin pensar que mi camino se acababa

Que sin ti no valgo nada

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.