Café Tacvba
Amor violento lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2002
- Genre
- Indie Pop
- Length
- 4:18
Cuando por primera vez te vi
When I saw you for the first time
Supe que mi cielo era para ti
I knew my sky was meant for you
Y para mí
And for me
Y para ti, para mí
And for you, for me
Nunca más podré dormir
I will never be able to sleep again
Nunca más podré soñar
I will never be able to dream again
Con alguien que no seas tú
Of someone who isn't you
(Ah, ah, ah)
(Encontrar la tuya)
(Finding yours)
Gastaré toda mi vida y más
I will spend all my life and more
El amor tendrá que esperar
Love will have to wait
Un buen rato para descanzar
A good while to rest
De tú, de mí
About you, about me
De tú y de mí
About you and me
(Ah, ah, ah)
El amor tendrá que esperar
Love will have to wait
Un buen rato para descanzar
A good while to rest
De tú y de mí
About you and me
De tú y de mí
About you and me
(Oh, oh, oh, oh)
Gastaré toda mi vida
I will spend my whole life
Encontrar la tuya
Finding yours
Gastaré toda mi vida
I will spend my whole life
Y más, y más
And more, and more
(Encontrar la tuya)
(Finding yours)
(Encontrar la tuya)
(Finding yours)
Gastaré toda mi vida
I will spend my whole life
Gastaré toda mi vida
I will spend my whole life
Gastaré toda mi vida
I will spend my whole life
Y más
And more
Y más
And more
Y más
And more
Porque un amor violento
Because a violent love
Nos deslumbró
Dazzled us
Porque un amor violento
Because a violent love
Nos fulminó
Struck us down
Porque un amor violento
Because a violent love
Nos deslumbró
Dazzled us
Porque un amor violento
Because a violent love
Nos fulminó
Struck us down
(Oh, oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh, oh)
(Ay, ay, ay, ay)
(Ay, ay, ay, ay)
(Ay, ay, ay, ay)
(Yah, uh)
(Yah, uh)
(Yah, uh)
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Key vocabulary
- buen
- goodA1
- violento
- violentA1
- vi
- I sawA2
- cuando
- whenB1
- primera
- firstA2
- vez
- timeA2
- supe
- knewB1
- cielo
- skyA2
- era
- wasB1
- ti
- youA2
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About this song
Café Tacvba are a Mexican rock en español band. Formed in Mexico City in the late 1980s, they are known for blending alternative rock with Mexican folk and other genres across acclaimed albums such as Re (1994) and their later genre-hopping releases.