Te Vi Lyrics in English Julieta Venegas

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Te Vi by Julieta Venegas from Spanish to English.
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I'm surprised by my urge to cry
If you were never mine
A wish that won't happen
A transparent sigh
I don't understand what I had expected
Your voice confused me
When we talked about feeling so close
I never suspected
What awaited me, when what awaited me
When I saw you
Kissing a woman in the countryside
I saw you kissing her near the sea
Also in the city
I saw you
Kissing a woman in the countryside
I saw you kissing her near the sea
Also in the city
I already understand how this will go on
We'll be such friends
From afar I'll watch them pass
From behind a pane of glass
And my body won't remember you
You'll be a longing
A door that will never open
I already get that
Now I already see it, because now I already see it
Because I saw you
Kissing a woman in the countryside
I saw you kissing her near the sea
Also in the city
I saw you
Kissing a woman in the countryside
I saw you kissing her near the sea
Also in the city
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SONG MEANING

“Te Vi” feels like opening a secret diary and catching the exact moment a crush turns into heartbreak. Julieta Venegas sings from the perspective of someone who never quite confessed her feelings, yet still dreamed of “what if.” That fragile hope shatters when she literally sees the object of her affection kissing another woman—in the countryside, by the sea, and even in the city. Each new setting makes the truth unavoidable: the romance she imagined will stay an unfulfilled wish.

Instead of lingering in sorrow, the narrator pivots to clarity. She accepts that they will only be friends, observes their love from behind “a pane of glass,” and promises her body will eventually forget. The song moves from surprise tears to calm resignation, capturing the bittersweet journey from fantasy to acceptance in catchy, sing-along form.

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