Apesar De Querer Lyrics in English Rodrigo Alarcon

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Apesar De Querer by Rodrigo Alarcon from Portuguese to English.

Verse 1

I can't get it out of my head

Those eyes I've never seen so close

Close enough for your lash to touch mine

That half-open smile won't leave my mind

I wonder if I'm wrong or if I'm right

For nurturing this sweet affection

The problem is there's already someone by your side

And I feel so wrong for trying to get closer

So I keep the necessary distance

So you don't forget, my dear

That by my side is a good place

More than that I won't do

Though I want to

Ah ah

Though I want to

Ah ah

Verse 2

I can't get it out of my head

Those eyes I've never seen so close

Close enough for your lash to touch mine

That half-open smile won't leave my mind

I wonder if I'm wrong or if I'm right

For nurturing this sweet affection

The problem is there's already someone by your side

And I feel so wrong for trying to get closer

So I keep the necessary distance

So you don't forget, my dear

That by my side is a good place

More than that I won't do

Though I want to

Ah ah

Though I want to

Ah ah

How I want it, ah, how I want it

Ah ah

How I want it, ah, how I want it

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SONG MEANING

Apesar de Querer paints the picture of a head-turning encounter that refuses to leave the singer’s thoughts. He replays every tiny detail – the almost-touching eyelashes, the half-open smile – and wonders if nurturing this sudden spark is right or wrong. The feeling is sweet, dizzying and impossible to ignore.

Yet there is a hard truth sitting in the middle of the daydream: the person who stole his attention is already taken. Caught between longing and respect, he decides to keep a “safe distance,” repeating “apesar de querer” (despite wanting) like a mantra. The song becomes a tender lesson in self-restraint: sometimes the kindest way to love is from afar, quietly hoping the other will one day notice that being by your side is “um bom lugar” – a good place to be.

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Rodrigo Alarcon Apesar De Querer Lyrics