Tuve Tu Amor – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Charly García

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic Spanish of Charly García. 'Tuve Tu Amor' is a perfect track to study the use of the preterite tense (past tense) in Spanish to express personal history and emotional closure, set against the backdrop of Argentina's most influential rock artist.

[English]

I had your love, I had your love within me now

I had your love

You see your love, you see your love in me now

You see your love

Exile dressed you up like an actress because

Someone got confused, someone discovered you

Tired of waiting, wondering how to see you again

Someone committed suicide, someone betrayed you

The places will keep spinning forever

Places to break the rules

There's something in your nose that you hide so well

I find you happy-sad

Susana escaped, Miguel did too

Ana stayed behind, Ana stayed behind

You look good, you look very good

You look great, you look so good

You look so good like that, sipping tea

I have to hold you like you were a baby

No one will be able to forget this again

No matter where you are, no matter where you are

I was able to say goodbye in September

...

But before leaving, I had your love

I had your love, I had your love within me now

I had your love

You see your love, you see your love in me now

You see your love

I had your love, I had your love within me now

I had, I had your love

I had your love!

Yeah; I had, I had your love

I had your love!

You see your love

...

I had your love

(Uh-ehh!)

...

[Spanish]

Tuve tu amor, tuve tu amor en mí ya

Tuve tu amor

Tú ves tu amor, tú ves tu amor en mí ya

Tú ves tu amor

El exilio te vistió de actriz porque

Alguien se confundió, alguien te descubrió

Cansado de esperar, cómo volverte a ver

Alguien se suicidó, alguien te traicionó

Los sitios girarán por siempre

Sitios para transgredir

Hay algo en tu nariz que escondes muy bien

Te encuentro feliz-triste

Susana se escapó, Miguel también

Ana se quedó, Ana se quedó

Te veo bien, te veo muy bien

Te ves muy bien, te ves muy bien

Te ves muy bien así, fumando té

Te tengo que abrazar como si fuera un bebé

Nadie podrá olvidar esto otra vez

No importa dónde estés, no importa dónde estés

Yo me pude despedir en septiembre

Pero antes de partir, tuve tu amor

Tuve tu amor, tuve tu amor en mí ya

Tuve tu amor

Tú ves tu amor, tú ves tu amor en mí ya

Tú ves tu amor

Tuve tu amor, tuve tu amor en mí ya

Tuve, tuve tu amor

¡Tuve tu amor!

Yeah; tuve, tuve tu amor

¡Tuve tu amor!

Tú ves tu amor

Tuve tu amor

(¡Uh-ehh!)

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amor a-mor A1	noun - Strong feeling of affection
exilio ek-si-lio B2	noun - State of being barred from one's native country
actriz ak-tris A2	noun - Female performer in a play or movie
confundió kon-fun-dio B1	verb - To mistake one thing for another
descubrió des-ku-brio A2	verb - To find or reveal something
cansado kan-sa-do A2	adjective - Exhausted or fatigued
suicidó sui-si-do B2	verb - To take one's own life
traicionó trai-sio-no B2	verb - To break faith or betray someone
sitios si-tios A2	noun - Places or locations
transgredir trans-gre-dir C1	verb - To violate a law or boundary
escondes es-kon-des B1	verb - To hide or conceal
escapó es-ka-po A2	verb - To run away or flee
abrazar a-bra-zar A2	verb - To hug someone
olvidar ol-vi-dar A1	verb - To cease to remember
despedir des-pe-dir B1	verb - To say goodbye or fire

Key Grammar Structures

• Tuve tu amor, tuve tu amor en mí ya

  ➔ Preterite tense (Pretérito indefinido)

  ➔ The verb "tuve" is the irregular conjugation of "tener" in the first-person singular past tense, indicating a completed action.

• El exilio te vistió de actriz

  ➔ Direct Object Pronoun (Clitic pronoun)

  ➔ The pronoun "te" functions as the direct object, receiving the action of the verb "vistió".

• Alguien se confundió, alguien te descubrió

  ➔ Reflexive verb usage

  ➔ The particle "se" in "se confundió" indicates a reflexive action or a change in state.

• Cansado de esperar

  ➔ Adjective phrase + Preposition + Infinitive

  ➔ The adjective "cansado" is followed by the preposition "de" to introduce the purpose or cause (infinitive "esperar").

• Te tengo que abrazar

  ➔ Periphrastic obligation (Tener que + Infinitive)

  ➔ The structure "tener que" expresses personal obligation, translated as "I have to".

• No importa dónde estés

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in subordinate clause

  ➔ The verb "estés" is in the present subjunctive, used because the location is unknown or indefinite.

• Yo me pude despedir

  ➔ Reflexive verb with modal verb

  ➔ The reflexive pronoun "me" precedes the conjugated modal verb "pude", showing the reflexive nature of the action.

• Pero antes de partir

  ➔ Temporal connector + Preposition + Infinitive

  ➔ The phrase "antes de" acts as a temporal marker followed by an infinitive to indicate sequence of events.