Amores Lyrics in English by Juan Luis Guerra
Tartamudos translates to "stutterers" or "stammerers". It's a very unusual and specific word to find in a song, especially in the context of love.
Juan Luis Guerra uses it in the line "Amores sabios, amor barroco, De tartamudos y amores cojos" (Wise loves, baroque love, Of stutterers and lame loves). This creates a vivid and somewhat quirky image, suggesting that love can be awkward, imperfect, and still profound, making it a memorable and intriguing choice.
Juan Luis Guerra opens "Amores" with a catalogue rather than a story: love that never ends set against love that runs lukewarm, "Amor fingido, amores necios" [Feigned love, foolish loves] beside "Amores locos y amores cuerdos" [Crazy loves and sane loves]. Each pair contradicts the one before it, and that's the point — he's naming every shape love takes instead of picking a favorite.
The verses keep stacking opposites: loves that fight, loves that wait, loves that cry, loves that burn. "Hay amores que luchan" [There are loves that fight] sits right next to "Hay amores que esperan" [There are loves that wait], and the song never settles into one verdict. It closes on the same image it opened with — love that burns — leaving the contradiction standing instead of resolving it.
