Tiene Apenas 16 – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Los Acosta
• Album: Íconos 25 Éxitos

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the passionate world of Latin American romantic music with "Tiene Apenas 16." As a staple of the Grupero genre, this song offers a fantastic opportunity to learn high-emotion, narrative-driven Spanish, focusing on vocabulary related to heartbreak, despair, and first love. The lyrics are clear, helping you grasp the core message and the evocative language typical of the Cumbia Romántica style.

[English]

She's only sixteen

But she fell in love

He, in exchange for a kiss

Gave her a flower

And she got excited

She's only sixteen

And gave him her love

He offered her a thousand promises

But one day he went away

He only left her thorns

Her heart fell in love

But he abandoned her

Nothing comforts her

Because her great love is gone

Her heart fell in love

But he didn't care

She is so small and fragile

To feel so much pain

...

You're only sixteen

She was left sobbing

She thinks that her life

Has no solution anymore

And that the world is over

Her heart fell in love

But he abandoned her

Nothing comforts her

Because her great love is gone

Her heart fell in love

But he didn't care

She is so small and fragile

To feel so much pain

...

[Spanish]

Tiene apenas dieciséis

Pero ella se enamoró

Él, a cambio de un beso

Una flor le regaló

Y ella se ilusionó

Tiene apenas dieciséis

Y su amor le entregó

Mil promesas le ofreció

Pero un día se alejó

Solo espinas le dejó

Su corazón se enamoró

Pero él la abandonó

A ella nada la consuela

Pues se fue su gran amor

Su corazón se enamoró

Pero a él no le importó

Ella es tan pequeña y frágil

Para sentir tanto dolor

Tienes apenas dieciséis

Sollozando se quedó

Ella piensa que su vida

Ya no tiene solución

Y que el mundo se acabó

Su corazón se enamoró

Pero él la abandonó

A ella nada la consuela

Pues se fue su gran amor

Su corazón se enamoró

Pero a él no le importó

Ella es tan pequeña y frágil

Para sentir tanto dolor